Eastern Orthodox Christians Around the World Celebrate Palm Sunday
Eastern Orthodox Christians Around the World Celebrate Palm Sunday
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For Christians worldwide, Palm Sunday marks Jesus Christ's entrance into Jerusalem, when his followers laid palm branches in his path, prior to his... 05.04.2015, Sputnik International
For Christians worldwide, Palm Sunday marks Jesus Christ's entrance into Jerusalem, when his followers laid palm branches in his path, prior to his crucifixion.
For Christians worldwide, Palm Sunday marks Jesus Christ's entrance into Jerusalem, when his followers laid palm branches in his path, prior to his crucifixion. In Russia and other European countries willow branches are used instead of palm fronds, unavailable that far north. In 2015, most Eastern Orthodox Christians (an estimated 225-300 million) celebrated Palm Sunday on April 5.
A Coptic woman holds a palm fond in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ during Orthodox Palm Sunday, in Jerusalem.
People stand by fires they lit by a relative's grave in a cemetery during an Orthodox Palm Sunday memorial for the departed in Herasti, southern Romania. In Romania and Moldova, Palm Sunday is known as Duminica Floriilor, translating Flowers' Sunday.
Ethiopian Orthodox Christian women pray at Deir El Sultan outside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.
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