Palm Sunday, the first celebration observed during Holy Week, honors Jesus Christ's last days on earth. Here's what to know about it.

From church services to symbolic palm branches, Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week and commemorates a powerful moment in the life of Jesus Christ. Here's everything you need to know ...

worshipers receive blessed palm leaves at church; some locations (especially those further north) use substitutes like pussy willow branches or flowers if obtaining palms is impractical.

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 ...

However, the annual harvesting of palm branches, combined with increasing land conversion for commercial use, is putting pressure on palm populations throughout the country."Nowadays, palm trees ...

Palm Sunday has the stuff that makes children's church programs so fun: palm branches, singing and shouting, a donkey and more. Yet these things also carry the weight of symbolic significance for ...

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 ...

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 ...

The day commemorates the biblical story of Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem, where tradition holds that he was greeted by his joyous followers, who laid cloaks and palm branches in front of the ...