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This year, Palm Sunday is on Sunday, April 2, 2023, but every year, it's celebrated for the same important reason: to commemorates Jesus' entrance into Jerusalem.
Palm Sunday is the last week of Lent before Easter Sunday. It is the first day of Holy Week , the most sacred seven days of the Catholic calendar. Many Protestant religions also honor Palm Sunday.
Osborne 2010, p. 747 stated that Jericho was traditionally a place for pilgrims to cross the Jordan River on the way to the Passover festival in Jerusalem, so the presence of many people travelling in the same direction would have been 'natural', but the texts (e.g., Matthew 20:29) specifically say that a large crowd was following Jesus ...
Palm Sunday procession of Trique people in Santo Domingo, Oaxaca. Holy Week in Mexico is an important religious observance as well as important vacation period. It is preceded by several observances such as Lent and Carnival, as well as an observance of a day dedicated to the Virgin of the Sorrows, as well as a Mass marking the abandonment of Jesus by the disciples.
The name "Palm Sunday" is a misnomer; the "verba" or "dwarfed spruce" is used instead. According to tradition, on the Saturday before Palm Sunday the Lithuanians take special care in choosing and cutting well-formed branches, which the women-folk decorate with flowers. The flowers are meticulously tied onto the branches, making the "Verba".
Palm Sunday procession in Astorga (Spain) Palm Sunday: The day when Jesus arrived in Jerusalem. Holy Thursday: The day when Jesus shared the Last Supper with His Apostles, followed by the beginning of his Passion. Good Friday: Jesus' crucifixion, performed in 14 stations.
The murals from the Christian temple at Qocho (German: Wandbilder aus einem christlichen Tempel, Chotscho) are three Church of the East mural fragments—Palm Sunday, Repentance and Entry into Jerusalem—discovered by the German Turpan expedition team, which was led by two German archaeologists Albert Grünwedel and Albert von Le Coq, in the early 20th century.
Friday before Palm Sunday Choral Symphonic Concert in the St. Marc Church; Saturday before Palm Sunday Procession with transfer of the platform (“andor”) with the “Senhor dos Passos” (Christ carrying the cross), from the Holy Cross Church to the St. Paul Church. Popular stations of the cross, through the “calvários”. Palm Sunday