According to the Christian Gospels, people lined the streets to greet him, waving palm branches and shouting words of praise. As a specialist in Catholic liturgy and ritual, I think it’s clear ...

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.

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 ...

"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 Jesus entered the city on a donkey, people gathered and laid palm branches and their cloaks across Jesus’ path, shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” It is also significant because it ...

Then, “they took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, ‘Hosanna!’ ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’ and ‘Blessed is the king of Israel!'” They waved the ...

Commemorating Palm Sunday with palm branches goes back to the early Christian church. It remains a favorite among parishioners, who are handed palm branches or palm crosses as they enter the ...

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 ...

People lined the way throwing garments and palm branches as Jesus entered the holy city. They shouted "Hosanna!" This means, "Save us!" Ancient Jerusalem then was under Roman occupation ...

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 ...