Every year in the spring, Christians celebrate Palm Sunday - one of the most important holidays for believers.. It does not have a fixed date, every year the holiday is celebrated a week before Easter or the feast of the Resurrection of Christ, the date of which varies.

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When is Palm Sunday this year.

Christians who follow the Gregorian and New Julian calendars celebrate Easter this year on April 9th.. Accordingly, believers will celebrate Palm Sunday on April 2.

Christians who follow the Julian calendar will celebrate Easter on April 16. Palm Sunday falls on April 9.

The meaning of the holiday.

In the church calendar, this holiday is called the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem.. It is believed that on this day Christ, who had resurrected Lazarus the day before, entered the city on a donkey..

The people greeted him with palm branches and cries of \! Usually only the king was greeted like this.

Palm branches are the symbol of the holiday in many countries.. Since these trees do not grow in Ukraine, they were replaced by willow branches..

Traditionally, on a holiday, believers collect twigs in bouquets and go to church to consecrate them.. Sick children were also beaten with twigs, it was believed that this could save them from the disease..