waving palm branches. Christians celebrate it throughout the world on the Sunday before Easter, which also marks the beginning of Holy Week. The day traditionally includes people going to church ...

Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox Christian communities celebrate Palm Sunday, marking the beginning of Holy Week, the most sacred time of year for Christians. (The Orthodox Christian community ...

The tradition of palm branches on Palm Sunday actually originates with the Jewish festival of Sukkoth, also called the Festival of the Tabernacles or Booths, which was probably the most popular ...

On Palm Sunday, which falls a week before Easter, Jesus is said to have entered Jerusalem on a donkey with the happy people welcoming him by waving palm branches. To commemorate the event ...