Last year's Palm Sunday was on March 24 − the Sunday before Easter. The palm branches are burned into a fine powder and, in ...

In places where real palm fronds aren’t available, worshippers sometimes get creative by making Easter crafts, using the branches of other trees (pussy willows are a favorite!), plants local to ...

Holy Week timeline traces the final days of Jesus on Earth, from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday. It starts with Jesus entering ...

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving in preparation for Jesus Christ' resurrection.

These palm branches that symbolize goodness and victory ... of Jesus and to prepare for his resurrection. After sunset, the Easter Vigil is often celebrated it is a a liturgical tradition that ...

The season lasts for 40 days, ending during Holy Week, the final week before Easter. In the Roman Catholic Church, Lent ends on Holy Thursday, or April 17, 2025. For Protestant denominations, the last ...

Also known as the Day of Ashes, this traditional day of repentance for Christians, and observed by various denominations, involves fasting and mass.

Easter Sunday will be celebrated on April ... As Jesus entered the city, crowds greeted him by waiving palm branches, which is where the name Palm Sunday originated from. The event, recorded ...

Last year's Palm Sunday was on March 24 − the Sunday before Easter. The palm branches are burned into a fine powder and in the United States, mixed with holy water or oil to create a light paste ...