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April 5 (Eastern) Palm Sunday is the Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four canonical Gospels. [ 3 ] Its name originates from the palm branches waved by the crowd to greet and honor Jesus Christ as he entered the city.
Holy Week in the liturgical year is the week immediately before Easter. The earliest allusion to the custom of marking this week as a whole with special observances is to be found in the Apostolical Constitutions (v. 18, 19), dating from the latter half of the 3rd century and 4th century.
The triumphal entry into Jerusalem is a narrative in the four canonical Gospels describing the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem a few days before his crucifixion. This event is celebrated each year by Christians on Palm Sunday. According to the Gospels, Jesus arrived in Jerusalem to celebrate Passover, entering the city riding a donkey.
According to Christian beliefs, Palm Sunday honors the day that Jesus rode a donkey and arrived in Jerusalem. He was met by worshipers who fanned him and laid palm leaves at his feet. His arrival ...
Christian faithful march carrying green Palm branches to commemorate Palm Sunday, which marks the entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, in the streets of Nairobi, Kenya, Sunday, April 2, 2023.
Easter Sunday: Worship service with chorale, brass, timpani and organ, 9 and 11 a.m.; Sunday school at 11 a.m. only and Children’s Egg Extravaganza on the Great Lawn, after 11 a.m. service.
The 1662 edition-derived Sunday Service has remained a "urtext" for Methodist denominations in the U.S., through its 1932 adaptation by the Methodist Episcopal Church—and its successor denomination, the United Methodist Church and its 1965 Book of Worship—and the African Methodist Episcopal Church's Communion office. [132] [131]
Good Friday is always two days before Easter, and Palm Sunday consistently takes place seven days before Easter on a Sunday. For 2023, that Palm Sunday date is April 2, 2023, and looking ahead to ...