palmesøndag

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الدانماركية - الإنجليزية
palm sunday
the Sunday before Easter In an Episcopal Church, members of the congregation carry real palms during the service; in some churches, the tradition is that palms from one year are saved, dried and later burned to make the ashes used at the next year's Ash Wednesday service
The day that Christians remember the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem
Sunday before Easter
The Sunday before Easter, where Jesus' final and triumphal entry into Jerusalem is observed In many Episcopal congregations the passion narrative read is also read Real palm branches or crosses made from palms (or both) are usually distributed to the congregation In some churches, Palm Sunday palms are saved and later burned to make the ashes for the next year's Ash Wednesday service
The Sunday before Easter commemorating Jesus' entry into Jerusalem Also referred to as Passion Sunday, since we read the account of Jesus' passion and death Palm Sunday also begins Holy Week, the week leading up to Easter
Palm Sunday occurs the Sunday before Easter Sunday in the Western Christian religious calendar year It signals the upcoming end of Lent and the beginning of the holy week of Easter The day commemorates the spreading of palms and clothing in Jesus' path as He entered Jerusalem prior to His crucifixion
The Sunday next before Easter; so called in commemoration of our Savior's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, when the multitude strewed palm branches in the way
The Sunday next before Easter So called in memory of Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem, when the multitude strewed the way with palm branches and leaves (John xii ) Sad Palm Sunday March 29, 1461, the day of the battle of Towton, the most fatal of all the battles in the domestic war between the White and Red Roses Above 37,000 Englishmen were slain “Whose banks received the blood of many thousand men, On `Sad Palm Sunday' slain, that Towton field we call The bloodiest field betwixt the White Rose and the Red ” Drayton: Polyolbion, xxviii
the commemoration of Christ’s entry into Jerusalem Usually, people carry crosses made of palm leaves in the procession into the sanctuary which represent the palm leaves being strewn along the path when Christ entered the city (BCP pp 168, 219, 270 – 273 <liturgy>)
the Sunday before Easter, commemorating Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem the week before he was crucified
(Gr Kyriaki ton Vaion; Sl Verbnoye Voskresenye) The Sunday before Easter, commemorating the triumphal entrance of Christ into Jerusalem The Orthodox use palms or willow branches in the shape of a cross, which the priest distributes to the faithful after the liturgy