Holy Week is a week of moveable observances that take place during the final week of Lent, leading up to Easter. It includes the events of Jesus Christ's entry into Jerusalem, the Last Supper, the ...

Today’s celebration, commonly called Palm Sunday, invites us to contemplate Jesus’ last week on Earth, anticipating all that we will relive symbolically Thursday and Friday. Our readings from the ...

What is Palm Sunday, and why do we celebrate it? Palm Sunday is one of the holiest days in the Christian calendar, but it's often not understood. From the changing date to the actual traditions of ...

If spring is coming, so is Easter with its Easter brunch spreads and Easter egg hunts. But before we get there in the Christian calendar, Holy Week takes place, with Palm Sunday kicking off the seven ...

This weekend marks the beginning of Holy Week, the final Sunday of Lent otherwise known as Palm Sunday. Scripture tells us Jesus entered Jerusalem on this day, riding a colt as observers greeted Him ...

For the sake of new readers, given my Jewish birth and upbringing, I always confess that until my mid-20s, I thought Palm Sunday was about glorifying palm trees. That is not a joke. Of course, palm ...

For his entry into Jerusalem, Jesus picked a symbol of lowliness rather than military might. Christian churches throughout the world will begin our holiest week of the year on what is popularly known ...

As churchgoers enter Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Sunday morning, they will see the traditional Palm Sunday icon in the narthex. "It's an illustration of the Scripture reading," the Rev.

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 beginning and the end of Jesus’ life are the times most prominently portrayed in Christian art. While we may not think about it often, each depiction, all the nativity scenes, sets of Stations of ...