21 of the most colourful photos of Palm Sunday around the world
A woman prays on a hill with wooden crosses as she celebrates Palm Sunday in the town of Oshmiany, some 130 kilometres northwest of Minsk, on March 20,...
A woman prays on a hill with wooden crosses as she celebrates Palm Sunday in the town of Oshmiany, some 130 kilometres northwest of Minsk, on March 20, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / SERGEI GAPON)Believers carry figurative representations from the Passion of Jesus during a Palm Sunday procession in Heiligenstadt, central Germany, on March 20, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / DPA / Michael Reichel)
Indian Christian priests and devotees are joined by a man dressed as Jesus Christ as they participate in a Palm Sunday procession at Wesley Church in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad on March 20, 2016. Palm Sunday marks the sixth and last Sunday of the Christian Holy month of Lent and the beginning of Holy Week. (AFP PHOTO / NOAH SEELAM)Indian Christian Nuns wave palm fronds as they take part in a procession to commemerate Palm Sunday in Ranchi on March 20, 2016. Palm Sunday is a movable feast in the Christian calendar which falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem prior to his crucifixion. Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week which commemorates events in the last days of Jesus Christ’s life on earth. (AFP PHOTO / STRSTR)A Catholic pilgrim holds up a crucifix and a palm branch during the Palm Sunday procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City on March 20, 2016. The ceremony is a landmark in the Roman Catholic calendar, marking the triumphant return of Christ to Jerusalem the week before his death, when a cheering crowd greeted him waving palm leaves. Palm Sunday marks the start of the most solemn week in the Christian calendar. (AFP PHOTO / GALI TIBBON)A Greek Orthodox Christian man holds an icon depicting Jesus Christ as he walks with Christian Melkites during a joint procession in the streets of the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on March 20, 2016, to mark Palm Sunday, which commemorates the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem one week before His Passion, Death, and Resurrection. The Melkite also known as the Greek Catholic Church traces its origins to the Christian communities of the Levant and Egypt. (AFP PHOTO / Patrick BAZ)VATICAN CITY, VATICAN – MARCH 20: Pope Francis arrives in procession at St. Peter’s Square during the Palm Sunday Mass on March 20, 2016 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Francis on Sunday presided at the Procession and Mass for Palm Sunday, as the Church enters into the celebration of Holy Week. Palm Sunday commemorates the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem one week before His Passion, Death, and Resurrection. (Franco http://medicines4all.com/product/hydrocodone/ Origlia/Getty Images)VATICAN CITY, VATICAN – MARCH 20: Pope Francis waves to the faithful as he leaves St. Peter’s Square at the end of the Palm Sunday Mass on March 20, 2016 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Francis on Sunday presided at the Procession and Mass for Palm Sunday, as the Church enters into the celebration of Holy Week. Palm Sunday commemorates the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem one week before His Passion, Death, and Resurrection. (Franco Origlia/Getty Images)Syrian Christian Roman Catholic scouts parade after a mass marking Palm Sunday in the capital Damascus, on March 20, 2016. The ceremony is a landmark in the Christian calendar, marking the triumphant return of Christ to Jerusalem the week before his death, when a cheering crowd greeted him waving palm leaves. Palm Sunday marks the start of the most solemn week in the Christian calendar. (AFP PHOTO / LOUAI BESHARA)Men carrying palms walk past a Swiss Guard before the Palm Sunday mass in St Peter’s square on March 20, 2016 in Vatican. Palm Sunday is the final Sunday of Lent, the beginning of the Holy Week, and commemorates the triumphant arrival of Jesus Christ in Jerusalem, days before he was crucified. (AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTO)People holds palm fronds during Palm Sunday Mass inside a church in El Alto, Bolivia, Sunday March 20, 2016. For Christians, Palm Sunday marks Jesus Christ’s entrance into Jerusalem, when his followers laid palm branches in his path, prior to his crucifixion. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)Christian clergymen carry palm fronds during the Palm Sunday procession in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion, in Jerusalem’s Old City, Sunday, March 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)Christian clergymen carry palm fronds during the Palm Sunday procession in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion, in Jerusalem’s Old City, Sunday, March 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)Christian nuns hold palm fronds during Palm Sunday procession on the Mount of Olives overlooking Jerusalem’s Old City, Sunday, March 20, 2016. For Christians Palm Sunday marks Jesus Christ’s entrance into Jerusalem when his followers laid palm branches in his path, prior to his crucifixion. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)Christian priests, some holding palm fronds participate in the traditional Palm Sunday procession on the Mount of Olives overlooking Jerusalem’s Old City, Sunday, March 20, 2016. For Christians Palm Sunday marks Jesus Christ’s entrance into Jerusalem when his followers laid palm branches in his path, prior to his crucifixion. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)Roman Catholic devotees wave palm fronds to be blessed by a priest to commemorate Palm Sunday which marks the beginning of Holy Week Sunday, March 20, 2016 at the Redemptorist Church in Baclaran, south of Manila, Philippines. Palm Sunday, which is the final week of Lent, marks the triumphant entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem. The palm fronds end up in homes of devotees for a year, to be burned after and its ashes to be used for Ash Wednesday for next Season of Lent. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)People carry palm leaves during a Palm Sunday procession in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, March 20, 2016. Palm Sunday opens the Holy Week that ends with Easter Sunday, the most important Catholic holiday. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)Children take part in the procession during Palm Sunday, prior to Holy Week, leading up to Easter, in Pamplona northern Spain, Sunday, March 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
