What is Palm Sunday, and why do we celebrate it? Palm Sunday is one of the holiest days in the Christian calendar, but it's often not understood. From the changing date to the actual traditions of ...

Photos: Christians at church services around the Lehigh Valley, including St. Anne Roman Catholic Church in Bethlehem, marked Palm Sunday, which begins Holy Week.

Christians all over the world are making preparations for Palm Sunday, a holiday commemorating Jesus Christ's final days on earth, his trial and crucifixion. The Christian celebration, observed on ...

Palm Sunday has the stuff that makes children's church programs so fun: palm branches, singing and shouting, a donkey and more. Yet these things also carry the weight of symbolic significance for ...

As they walked through the streets of Qaraqosh, participants sang Palm Sunday hymns in both Arabic and Syriac and waved olive branches. Thousands celebrate the beginning of Holy Week on April 13 ...

April 13 is Palm Sunday, a holy day kept by many Christians around the world. This day commemorates the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem some 2,000 years ago. For Jesus, it was the ...

The strike in Sumy, a northeastern Ukrainian city 18 miles from Russia’s border, took place on a major Christian holiday.

The days of the Holy Week have not changed in recent tradition: Easter always falls on a Sunday, and the standard definition ...

To honor the beginning of Holy Week, Francis made an appearance at St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, April 13. “Happy Palm Sunday, Happy Holy Week,” he told the 20,000 attendees ...