"Traditionally, worshipping Christians will receive palm branches or palm crosses on Palm Sunday as a tangible sign of Jesus’ ‘triumphal entry’ into Jerusalem," according to the University ...

As they walked through the streets of Qaraqosh, participants sang Palm Sunday hymns in both Arabic and Syriac and waved olive branches. Thousands celebrate the beginning of Holy Week on April 13 ...

It’s Palm Sunday, the beginning of the Christian Holy Week, leading up to the celebration of Easter next Sunday, April 20. Millions of Christians worldwide carry palm leaves in processions today ...

To mark the day, Christians recreate Jesus’ procession, often starting outside churches and winding down sidewalks and city streets waving palm branches. Celebrations like this often miss an ...

The name Palm Sunday originates from the palm branches waved by the crowds to honour Christ as he entered the holy city. Special services and prayers were held in churches across the district.

He rode on a donkey's colt while his followers laid palm branches along his path. "Similarly, the devotees carried palm leaves and participated in the procession from Mother Teresa Convent to ...

which marks the beginning of Holy Week and is often celebrated by waving palm branches, representing the palm branches scattered in front of Jesus as he rode through Jerusalem on a donkey.