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'Palm Sunday' celebrated in Kerala Kochi:
Hundreds of Christians in Kerala commemorated 'Palm Sunday', marking the beginning
of Holy Week on Sunday. According to the Bible, 'Palm Sunday' is celebrated to
mark the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem on a donkey where the
rich and the poor greeted him by waving palm branches, and by covering his path
with palm branches and expensive clothes and flowers. Immediately following the
celebration, Jesus Christ's journey to the cross began followed by his Last Supper
to disciples, and finally his crucifixion. Commemorating this incident, large
number devotees took out a procession holding palm leaves blessed by the priest,
before the mass in all catholic, orthodox and jacobite Churches. "It is the day
when the Christ entered Jerusalem City with his followers as the king of the world
and he entered the Jerusalem church," said Father Varghese Kalappara, a parish
of Saint Thomas Jacobites Church Parish. Jimmy Abraham, a devotee, said: "We are
celebrating 'Palm Sunday' because we are entering into holiest of the holy weeks
from this Sunday to the next Sunday till the Easter. This celebration actually
signifies the glory of Jesus." Similar celebrations were also held in other parishes
in the interiors and rural areas of Kerala. In many Christian churches, 'Palm
Sunday' is often referred to as 'Passion Sunday' and marks the beginning of Holy
Week, which concludes on Easter Sunday. -Apr 6,
2009 | | |
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