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| Palm Sunday 2011: What You Need To Know |
Palm Sunday is a Christian feast, which is the beginning of Holy Week and celebrates the return of profit of Christ in Jerusalem. In 2011, Palm Sunday is celebrated on April 17.
Despite the return to Jerusalem, he said all the four canonical Gospels, is Palm Sunday traditions largely based on the description of the Gospel of John.
They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting: "Hosanna", "Blessed are they that came with the name of God" (John 12:12-13)
Shaking the dates and use them to cover up his street, he ran into town on a donkey, "said the audience was admired and respected compensation.
To celebrate, many Christian churches - Catholic and Protestant churches in the east - to distribute palm leaves of the community, which is then carried in procession, or inside or outside the church? Palm leaves are often woven or knotted into small crosses can keep people in their homes as a reminder of the lessons of Easter. The regions of the world where palm leaves are not available other native plants can be a substitute for Palm Sunday and can be accessed at the same time, the first president, Willow Sunday, or anything else that serves this community.
Palm Sunday liturgy and services normally involved in the procession of palm-reading the story of a passion - remember the importance that many in the crowd who welcomed Jesus to Jerusalem to join the crowd, who cheered the death of her less than a week later.
For Christians, Palm Sunday marks the beginning of the last week of Lent and the events leading to the crucifixion of Christ on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter. This is also related to the liturgical calendar for next year's palm leaves were returned to the church to be burned in a fire years according Information ceremonies on Wednesday.
