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 ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Willow branches in hand, Ukrainians marked Palm Sunday in the country’s most revered Orthodox site that has been at the heart of a religious dispute playing out in ...

Palm Sunday is a Christian holiday. As you might have guessed from the name, it’s on a Sunday — always the Sunday before Easter. That’s because it’s meant to commemorate Jesus’ arrival ...

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

On that first Palm Sunday, there was another procession entering Jerusalem. From the west came Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor, riding a warhorse and flanked by armed soldiers bedecked in the ...

A convalescing Pope Francis greeted the crowd in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, wishing more than 20,000 faithful a “Happy Palm Sunday, Happy Holy Week,“ in yet another reassuring public ...

This photo taken and issued as a handout on April 2, 2023 by the Vatican Media shows Pope Francis (front left) presiding over the celebration of the Palm Sunday mass on April 2, 2023 at St. Peter ...

The faithful hold olive branches and walk in a procession past St. Peter’s Basilica during a Palm Sunday mass celebrated by Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Square in 2019.

On Sunday, the 88-year-old pontiff wished more than 20,000 people a “happy Palm Sunday, happy Holy Week” as he sat in a wheelchair without nasal tubes for supplemental oxygen.

The Palm Sunday bombardment came more than two months after President Trump started cease-fire talks with a phone call to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. And in recent days it has become an ...

Jamaicans joined Christians around the world in marking Palm Sunday, the start of Holy Week and the journey of Jesus to the cross. Here one-year-old Mia Burke was all smiles as she enjoyed Palm ...

Patna: Christian community in the city celebrated ‘Palm Sunday' with devotion and enthusiasm, marking Jesus Christ's victorious arrival in Jerusalem more than 2,000 years ago. The observance ...