(A Sessional hymn of the Orthros) In the Icon of the Feast of Palm Sunday, Christ is the central figure, depicted seated upon the colt of a donkey as He enters Jerusalem, a fulfillment of the prophecy ...

So at Palm Sunday Mass, there is a blessing of palms which the faithful hold as they process into church. The blessed palms are later kept in the home as a witness to faith in Jesus Christ ...

Christians across the world will celebrate Palm Sunday today, offering prayers and carrying cut palm leaves in processions. Palm Sunday is a Christian feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter ...

Holy water is also removed from the fonts in churches on Good Friday and Holy Saturday in preparation for the blessing of the ... the events of Holy Week. On Palm Sunday afternoon, the crowds ...

Bishop Brennan led the march with an opening prayer and blessing, then led the crowd down Vanderbilt Avenue to the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph. Palm Sunday is the first celebration of Holy Week, the ...

Praise the King!' Christians all over the world will do the same as they remember the story of Jesus riding on a donkey into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. 8. Opportunity for prayer 'In the stillness ...

The Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach will hold its annual Blessing of the Animals service at 10 a.m. on Oct. 6. The tradition, which the church celebrates on the Sunday ...

"The next day a great crowd who had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying, 'Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes ...