Palm Sunday

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Christian feast liturgical observance

Palm Sunday is a Christian feast that commemorates Jesus Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem, marking the start of Holy Week before Easter.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Palm Sunday canonical	26
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord	2
Feast of Palm Sunday	1
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion	1
Palm Sunday procession	1
Passion Sunday	1
Passion Sunday in the modern Roman Rite (Palm Sunday)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian feast ⓘ liturgical observance ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Palm Sunday ⓘ surface form: Passion Sunday
associatedWith	Holy Week ⓘ Jerusalem ⓘ Passion of Christ ⓘ
basedOnEventDescribedIn	Gospel of John ⓘ Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ New Testament ⓘ
calculatedBy	date of Easter ⓘ
celebratedBy	Anglican Communion ⓘ surface form: Anglicans Christianity ⓘ surface form: Christians Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Christians Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Christians Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestants Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholics
celebratedOn	Sunday before Easter ⓘ
commemorates	Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem ⓘ surface form: triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem
customarilyIncludes	blessing of palms ⓘ procession with palms ⓘ reading of the Passion narrative ⓘ
dateType	moveable feast ⓘ
follows	Lazarus Saturday in Eastern traditions ⓘ
hasTheme	fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy ⓘ messianic kingship of Jesus ⓘ
liturgicalColor	red ⓘ violet ⓘ
marksStartOf	Holy Week ⓘ
observedIn	churches worldwide ⓘ
partOf	Paschal cycle ⓘ surface form: Easter cycle
precedes	Resurrection Sunday ⓘ surface form: Easter Sunday Good Friday ⓘ Holy Monday ⓘ Holy Saturday ⓘ Maundy Thursday ⓘ
relatedScripture	John 12:12–19 ⓘ Luke 19:28–40 ⓘ Mark 11:1–11 ⓘ Matthew 21:1–11 ⓘ Psalm 118:25–26 ⓘ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem ⓘ surface form: Zechariah 9:9
symbolizes	Christ’s kingship ⓘ beginning of Christ’s Passion ⓘ peace ⓘ victory ⓘ
symbolUses	olive branches ⓘ other green branches ⓘ palm branches ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Easter → associatedDay → Palm Sunday ⓘ

Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem → isCommemoratedOn → Palm Sunday ⓘ

Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem → hasAlternativeName → Palm Sunday ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palm Sunday procession

Great Feast in Eastern Christianity → includes → Palm Sunday ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of Palm Sunday

Lent → includesDay → Palm Sunday ⓘ

Paschal cycle → includesFeast → Palm Sunday ⓘ

Patriots’ Day → follows → Palm Sunday ⓘ

Holy Week → startsWith → Palm Sunday ⓘ

Holy Week → includesDay → Palm Sunday ⓘ

Passion of Christ → liturgicalCommemoration → Palm Sunday ⓘ

Palm Sunday → alsoKnownAs → Palm Sunday ⓘ

this entity surface form: Passion Sunday

General Roman Calendar → includesFeast → Palm Sunday ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord

Syriac liturgical year → majorFeast → Palm Sunday ⓘ

Christian liturgical year → includesFeast → Palm Sunday ⓘ

Passion narrative → associatedWith → Palm Sunday ⓘ

Fifth Sunday of Lent → precedes → Palm Sunday ⓘ

Fifth Sunday of Lent → relatedTo → Palm Sunday ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion

Fifth Sunday of Lent → relatedTo → Palm Sunday ⓘ

this entity surface form: Passion Sunday in the modern Roman Rite (Palm Sunday)

Iztapalapa Holy Week passion play → startTime → Palm Sunday ⓘ

Holy Monday → follows → Palm Sunday ⓘ

Roman Rite liturgical calendar → includesFeast → Palm Sunday ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord

Church of England liturgical calendar → includesFeast → Palm Sunday ⓘ

Byzantine liturgical calendar → includesFeast → Palm Sunday ⓘ

Battle of Towton → day → Palm Sunday ⓘ

Semana Santa de Guadalajara → startsOn → Palm Sunday ⓘ

Ethiopian Evangelical churches (for religious holidays) → observes → Palm Sunday ⓘ

subject surface form: Ethiopian Evangelical churches

Holy Week in León → startEvent → Palm Sunday ⓘ

Semana Santa in Murcia → startPeriod → Palm Sunday ⓘ

moveable feasts → isAssociatedWith → Palm Sunday ⓘ

moveable feasts → hasExample → Palm Sunday ⓘ

Gloria laus et honor → usedOnOccasion → Palm Sunday ⓘ

Gloria laus et honor → feastAssociatedWith → Palm Sunday ⓘ

First Sunday of the Passion → precedes → Palm Sunday ⓘ