JERUSALEM (AP) -- Hundreds of
Christians from around the world marched from the Mount of Olives into
Jerusalem
to mark Palm Sunday, on March 28, retracing the steps of Jesus
2,000 years ago. The pilgrims waved national and
church flags and
followed a white donkey, which according to Christian tradition was the
way Jesus entered the holy city.
Others celebrated at the Church of the
Nativity in Bethlehem, the traditional birthplace of Jesus, and in the
Gaza Strip,
home to a small Christian population. According to the
Bible, Palm Sunday marks the day Jesus rode into Jerusalem,
greeted by
cheering crowds bearing palm fronds. It marks the start of Holy Week,
which concludes with Easter the
following Sunday. This year the Roman
Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox Churches mark Holy Week on the same
dates.
The Orthodox Church uses a different calendar from the others,
but they coincide every few years. (27 images)
Roman Catholic devotees carry crucifixes along the main road of the
East Timor capital, Dili, to mark Palm Sunday on March 28. Palm Sunday
marks the sixth and last Sunday of the Christian holy month of Lent. AFP / Getty Images / Mario Jonny Dos Santos
Filipino devotees wave palm fronds during blessing rites outside a
church in suburban Manila, Philippines on Sunday March 28. Roman
Catholics around the country observe Palm Sunday to signify the entry of
Jesus Christ into Jerusalem and to usher the start of Holy Week. AP / Aaron Favila
A Filipino vendor sleeps next to her Christian rosaries for sale near
the Quiapo church in Manila on March 29. The Philippines is Asia's
bastion of Catholicism and will observe the Holy Week traditions in the
run up to Easter, events including gruesome mock-crucifixions where
participants are really nailed to the cross to recall Jesus' sufferings.
AFP / Getty Images / Noel Celis
Catholics walk in a procession held ahead of the Easter Holy Week in Moscow Saturday, March 27. AP / Sergey Ponomarev
A penitent of the El Amor brotherhood take part in a Holy Week
procession in Cordoba, Spain, Sunday, March 28. Hundreds of processions
take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week. AP / Manu Fernandez
Children take part in a Holy Week procession in Cordoba, Spain, Sunday, March 28. AP / Manu Fernandez
A member of the Jesus Nazareno brotherhood brushes the hair of a
Christ figure as part of the preparations ahead of the Easter Holy Week
in Vejer de la Frontera, a Spanish hilltop town in the province of
Cadiz, Andalusia, late Friday March 26. AP / Emilio Morenatti
Musicians from the "El Despojado" brotherhood blow their horns as they
take part in a procession in Seville, southern Spain, Sunday, March 28.
AP / Emilio Morenatti
Penitents take part in the 'La Paz' brotherhood procession during the
Holy Week in Sevilla on March 28. Christian believers around the world
mark the Holy Week of Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and
resurrection of Jesus Christ. AFP / Getty Images / Cristina Quicler
Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithful as he arrives to celebrate Palm
Sunday procession in Saint Peter square at the Vatican, on March 28. AFP / Getty Images / Andreas Solaro
An elderly woman leans on a cross during a Palm Sunday memorial for the
departed in Frumusani, southern Romania, early Sunday, March 28.
Orthodox believers in the village gather at midnight, light fires at the
graves and share food in memory of their dead relatives. AP / Vadim Ghirda
Polish Catholic pilgrims carry their church's statue of Madonna as they
walk down the Mount of Olives to the Old City during the traditional
Palm Sunday procession on March 28, in Jerusalem, Israel. Getty Images / David Silverman
Palestinian boys try to sell palm branches to Christian pilgrims as
they wait for the traditional Palm Sunday procession from the Mount of
Olives to the Old City on March 28, in Jerusalem, Israel. Getty Images / David Silverman
Priesthood seminary children participate in the traditional Palm Sunday
procession on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 28. AP / Sebastian Scheiner
Roman Catholic clergy and worshippers hold palm tree branches as they
circle the aedicule during the Palm Sunday mass at the Church of the
Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's old city on March 28. AFP / Getty Images / Gali Tibbon
The head of the Greek Orthodox church in Bethlehem bishop Theofilactos
(C) holds the Palm Sunday mass at the Church of the Nativity in the West
Bank city of Bethlehem on March 28. AFP / Getty Images / Musa Al-Shaer
Palestinian children play with palm branches after the traditional Palm
Sunday procession, in Jerusalem's old city, Sunday, March 28. AP / Tara Todras-Whitehill
Christians hold palm fronds as they leave after Palm Sunday mass at the San Francisco church in La Paz, Sunday, March 28. AP / Dado Galdieri
An Indigenous Christian woman holds a palm frond during Palm Sunday
mass at the San Francisco church in La Paz, Sunday, March 28. AP / Dado Galdieri
People hold up palm fronds and other plants during Palm Sunday celebrations in Bogota. Sunday, March 28. AP / Christian Escobar Mora
Christians attend Palm Sunday mass at the San Francisco church in La Paz, Sunday, March 28. AP / Dado Galdieri
A boy carries a wicker basket with palms during the traditional Palm
Sunday procession on March 28, in San Pedro Sacatepequez, 25 km west of
Guatemala City. AFP / Getty Images / Johan Ordonez
Catholics attend Palm Sunday mass at a church in Caracas, Sunday, March 28. AP / Ariana Cubillos
People hold palm fronds as they attend Palm Sunday mass in Port-au-Prince, Sunday, March 28. AP / Jorge Saenz
Aimee Galicia, of Toronto, left, holds palms as she and others attend
Palm Sunday Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, Sunday March
28. AP / Tina Fineberg
A cross, set on the US-Mexico Border fence by members of the
Pro-migrant coalition, symbolizes the "Way of the cross of migrant
Jesus" ahead of the holy week celebrations in Tijuana, Mexico, Friday,
March 26. AP / Guillermo Arias
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