JANESVILLE – On Palm Sunday, as it began Holy Week, First Congregational United Church of Christ in downtown Janesville revealed its 2 newest stained-glass windows. On Easter Sunday, it embraced ...

The Rev. Alexander Brown gives Holy Communion Sunday, April 13, 2025, at St. Anne Roman Catholic Church in Bethlehem. Palm Sunday marks the start of Holy Week, when Christians recall the events ...

Palm Sunday, the first celebration observed during Holy Week, honors Jesus Christ's last days on earth. Here's what to know about it.

Palm Sunday draws hundreds for start of Christian Holy Week The crowd at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross was so large church officials said they nearly ran out of palms to distribute.

Palm Sunday is considered the beginning of the Passion, the last days of Jesus' life before the Last Supper (Holy Thursday), his death (Good Friday) and his resurrection (Easter Sunday).

Palm Sunday is a nod to Easter Sunday, said Mark Jobe, president of the Moody Bible Institute. It's a celebration of Jesus dying and rising again.

This year, Palm Sunday falls on March 24. Also known as Passion Sunday, it marks the start of Holy Week. The most sacred week of the Christian year includes the Good Friday re-enactment of Jesus ...

In the biblical Palm Sunday story, a cheering crowd greeted Jesus along the road. Some spread their garments on the ground; others threw down leafy branches they had cut from the fields.

Nuns wait for the start of the Palm Sunday's mass celebrate by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, April 2, 2023. Palm Sunday will be celebrated by Christians worldwide Sunday. It ...