On the Sunday before the Feast of Great and Holy Pascha and at the beginning of Holy Week, the Orthodox Church celebrates one of its most joyous feasts of the year. Palm Sunday is the commemoration of ...

So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying, 'Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!' And Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon ...

A peculiar Bull Sacrifice on Greece's Lesbos Island Blends Ancient Rituals with Greek Orthodox Traditions on Palm Sunday ...

MOSCOW, April 5. /TASS/. Orthodox Christians are celebrating Palm Sunday, the feast that commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Patriarch Kirill will deliver a Divine Liturgy ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Sunday marks the celebration of Greek Orthodox Easter! The religious holiday celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ and is observed as the holiest day by both ...

Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III celebrated Palm Sunday at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre last Sunday Church leaders in Jerusalem say Israeli police are imposing "heavy ...

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