| Palm Sunday is the Sunday before
Easter Day
Palm Sunday remembers the
time when Jesus went into Jerusalem riding on the back of a
donkey. The people welcomed Him like a King and threw coats and
palm leaves on the ground for the donkey to walk over, just as a
red carpet would be put on the ground for a King or Queen today.
This occasion is sometimes known as the Triumphal Entry to
Jerusalem and the story can be found in The Bible: Matthew Chapter
21 and Mark Chapter 11.
Jesus went to Jerusalem
because it was the time of the Jewish feast of Passover. Many Jews
travelled to Jerusalem to celebrate this feast together.
To celebrate Palm Sunday,
in some churches palm branches or palm crosses, made from palm
leaves, are given out to everyone. In some other churches the
children will make palm crosses from strips of paper. Many
churches will have a procession in or around the church while
people sing songs of praise and wave palm leaves. This is to help
them imagine what Jesus' entry into Jerusalem might have been
like.
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