Palm Sunday is a nod to Easter Sunday, said Mark Jobe, president of the Moody Bible Institute. It's a celebration of Jesus dying and rising again.

People carry palm fronds during a Palm Sunday procession in Warsaw, Poland on Sunday, March 24, 2024. Palm Sunday opens the Holy Week that ends with Easter Sunday, the most important Catholic holiday.

Palm Sunday is considered the beginning of the Passion, the last days of Jesus' life before the Last Supper (Holy Thursday), his death (Good Friday) and his resurrection (Easter Sunday).

This year, Palm Sunday falls on March 24. Also known as Passion Sunday, it marks the start of Holy Week. The most sacred week of the Christian year includes the Good Friday re-enactment of Jesus ...

Essenam Ahoy, 6, takes a palm after Mass on Sunday, April 13, 2025, at St. Anne Roman Catholic Church in Bethlehem. Palm Sunday marks the start of Holy Week, when Christians recall the events ...

This year, Palm Sunday is on Sunday, April 13, 2025. As the first day of Holy Week, Palm Sunday always occurs on the Sunday before Easter—hence, why the date doesn't remain consistent every year.

In the biblical Palm Sunday story, a cheering crowd greeted Jesus along the road. Some spread their garments on the ground; others threw down leafy branches they had cut from the fields.

Palm Sunday is often celebrated with processions and distribution of blessed palm leaves. In some churches, the palms are saved and burned into ashes to be used on Ash Wednesday of the next year.

Palm Sunday is considered the beginning of the Passion, the last days of Jesus' life before the Last Supper (Holy Thursday), his death (Good Friday) and his resurrection (Easter Sunday).