Catholic nuns hold palm branches as they march during the traditional Palm Sunday procession from the Mount of Olives to Jerusalem's old city on Sunday, April 1. Palm Sunday is celebrated on the Sunday before Easter to commemorate Jesus' triumphal entry to Jerusalem. Palm Sunday marks the start of Holy Week.
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Catholic nuns hold palm branches as they march during the traditional Palm Sunday procession from the Mount of Olives to Jerusalem's old city on Sunday, April 1. Palm Sunday is celebrated on the Sunday before Easter to commemorate Jesus' triumphal entry to Jerusalem. Palm Sunday marks the start of Holy Week.
Roman Catholic clergy hold palm branches during the Palm Sunday procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
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Roman Catholic clergy hold palm branches during the Palm Sunday procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
Catholics wave their palms as a priest blesses them during a Palm Sunday Mass in Manila, Philippines.
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Catholics wave their palms as a priest blesses them during a Palm Sunday Mass in Manila, Philippines.
iReporter Roland Roman submitted this photo of palms lying on the ground before the blessing of the palm branches and the devotees holding them.
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iReporter Roland Roman submitted this photo of palms lying on the ground before the blessing of the palm branches and the devotees holding them.
Worshippers take part in a Palm Sunday procession in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
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Worshippers take part in a Palm Sunday procession in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
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Catholics worshippers wave palms during a Palm Sunday procession in Capiata, Paraguay.
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Catholics worshippers wave palms during a Palm Sunday procession in Capiata, Paraguay.
Catholics walk past decorated juniper twigs and palms after attending a blessing and a Palm Sunday Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Stanislaus and Vladislaus in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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Catholics walk past decorated juniper twigs and palms after attending a blessing and a Palm Sunday Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Stanislaus and Vladislaus in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Indian schoolchildren take part in a Palm Sunday procession in Dimapur.
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Indian schoolchildren take part in a Palm Sunday procession in Dimapur.
Pope Benedict XVI arrives to celebrate the Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
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Pope Benedict XVI arrives to celebrate the Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
Children carrying olive branches and palm fronds read religious texts outside a church in Arbil, Iraq, on Saturday.
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Children carrying olive branches and palm fronds read religious texts outside a church in Arbil, Iraq, on Saturday.
Iraqi Christians sit holding olive branches at a Palm Sunday service in Arbil on Saturday, March 31.
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Iraqi Christians sit holding olive branches at a Palm Sunday service in Arbil on Saturday, March 31.