When is Palm Sunday 2016? Celebrate the Entry of the Lord

Palm Sunday 2016 - a kind and bright symbolization of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem. This is a significant Christian holiday, which is celebrated every year on the sixth week of the Great Lent or one week before Easter . Mention of the celebration of Palm Sunday is found in the Gospels of Matthew, Luke, Mark, John and in the works of many theologians.

In order to better understand the essence of the holiday, one must turn to its history. According to Christian writings, it was on this day that Jesus rode on a donkey to Jerusalem, knowing of all his future torments. People who met him as a heavenly ruler threw the palm branches and even their robes under the feet of the son of God. And the good will shown by him in the name of saving mankind is still considered one of the most important postulates of the Christian teaching.

When Palm Sunday 2016

On the bright day of the Entry of the Lord it is necessary to prepare in advance. Therefore it is extremely important to know when the Palm Sunday 2016. Since the Lent and Easter days are shifting yearly, the date of the Lord's Entry is also unstable. In 2016, the holiday falls on April 24.

Springs of which trees are consecrated on Palm Sunday?

Symbolic palm grows not in all countries where Christianity is preached. So, what other branches of trees can be consecrated on Palm Sunday? Instead of a strange palm tree on Palm Sunday, people in Russia carry a blossoming willow to the church - a tree that wakes up after winter before the rest, and also symbolizes purity and well-being.

Traditions of a bright church holiday

• Before the coming of the solemn day, it is necessary to prepare the willow branches. But they should be cut off only from young trees, without dry snags, nests or hollows.
• Before going to church, the parent lightly beat his children with willows, saying: "I do not beat, the willow beats!" Thus, they drove away from their descendants all evil spirits and any oddities.
• The consecrated branches of the hostess brought from the temple were kept for a whole year, setting neatly in the corner of the house. At the beginning of the planting season, a couple of branches were stuck in the soil of the garden, thus calling for abundant fertility.

Congratulations on Palm Sunday: poems and sms

Following the church service on the festive day of Palm Sunday, they organize a lavish feast, invite their relatives, congratulate them with poems and toasts. Oral congratulations with Palm Sunday are considered a kind of wishes and calling for health, success, prosperity and prosperity.

Sunday, the Palm Sunday came again, Let the flowers come first to the house of love. Joy, hope is full of every moment, And nature is fresh, and the face shines.

There are no green palms in Russia, Only birch boughs and maples, Yes, the Willow branches over the water with a young branch. The branch of the branch gives us - We'll take them to God's temple, And under the bell ringing We'll put them at the icons.

The Lord's Entry into Jerusalem We celebrate in the spring of the early. And the willow branch twitches The cool wind is a little sad. You, the wind, do not blow out the candles, Do not interfere with this prayer. Let my Heavens close to me be sheltered.

If there are no relatives nearby, they are sent letters with postcards or holiday sms with kind words.

With Palm Sunday! May the eternal reign of the soul reign. Let the Lord keep!

To us, the Sunday of the palatine Wretched has come, I want to congratulate the first, To you all lucky.

Light in the soul and peace In the day of joy I wish. Let the willow bring you happiness, And let God shut herself.

The main thing to remember: Palm Sunday 2016 does not accept any negative thoughts, sinful deeds, insidious plots and quarrels. On the bright day of the Entry of the Lord, thoughts should be filled with only kind and noble motives.