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Passion Sunday is the fifth Sunday in Lent, marking the beginning of Passiontide.In 1969, the Roman Catholic Church deleted Passiontide from the liturgical calendar of the Mass of Paul VI, but it is still observed in the Church by those who keep the Extraordinary Form and Personal Ordinariates, and outside it by some Anglicans and Lutherans.
In the Lutheran Churches, as well as in the Episcopal/Anglican churches, the day is officially called The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday; in practice, though, it is usually termed Palm Sunday as in the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer and in earlier Lutheran liturgies and calendars, to avoid undue confusion with the penultimate Sunday of ...
Also known as Passion Sunday, it marks the start of Holy Week. The most sacred week of the Christian year includes the Good Friday re-enactment of Jesus’ crucifixion story and death, and their ...
Passiontide and other named days and day ranges around Lent and Easter in Western Christianity, with the fasting days of Lent numbered. Passiontide (in the Christian liturgical year) is a name for the last two weeks of Lent, beginning on the Fifth Sunday of Lent, long celebrated as Passion Sunday, and continuing through Lazarus Saturday.
Palm Sunday commemorates the Christian belief in the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, when he was greeted by cheering crowds waving palm branches that they set out on the ground along his ...
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.
The fourth Sunday of Lent has also been called "Rose Sunday"; on this day the Pope blesses the Golden Rose, a jewel in the shape of a rose. The fifth Sunday in Lent, also known in some denominations as Passion Sunday (and in some denominations also applies to Palm Sunday) marks the beginning of Passiontide.
This year, Palm Sunday is on Sunday, March 24, 2024. As the first day of Holy Week, Palm Sunday always occurs on the Sunday before Easter—hence, why the date doesn't remain consistent every year.