There are many different church holidays in the Christian Orthodox calendar. Palm Sunday is a special day when the fullness of the Orthodox Church triumphs and rejoices. This day is not assigned to a specific date, so the celebration of this event is rolling.
Palm Sunday is one of the twelve major holidays of the Orthodox Church. This is a popular name. The following name is considered more orthodox - the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem. The very name of the holiday reflects the whole essence of the Christian celebration. Jesus Christ rides on a donkey to Jerusalem in order to suffer and by his death save all mankind.
Palm Sunday is celebrated a week before the bright celebration of Easter. The resurrection of Jesus is the central event of the Christian faith and life. From this day, the beginning of the annual liturgical circle begins, which means that some church holidays are counted from Easter. The Lord's Entry into Jerusalem is one of those.
The Holy Scripture of the New Testament says that Christ entered Jerusalem on the last Sunday before his suffering. That is why the Orthodox Church carries out the celebration a week before Easter. This is a sign of the Church's adherence to the essence and meaning of Holy Scripture. So, in 2014, Palm Sunday was celebrated on April 13, and next year 2015 will be celebrated on April 5 (Easter is even earlier next year).
The people spread branches to the Savior walking to Jerusalem and shouted, giving glory to Christ. Few people in the Jewish people understood that after a few days the Savior would be crucified and shouts of glory would be replaced by screams with requests for murder. However, Christ, knowing all this, himself enters the city in order to make a voluntary sacrifice for humanity.
