Billedserie: Palmesøndag markeret verden over

Alverdens kristne fejrede i går palmesøndag. Se dagen blive fejret her

Palmesøndag rider Jesus ind i Jerusalem på et ydmygt æsel.
Palmesøndag rider Jesus ind i Jerusalem på et ydmygt æsel. Foto: Wikimedia Commons.

Palmesøndag er startskuddet på påskeugen. Dagen fejrer Jesu indtog i Jerusalem, som senere kulminerer med Jesu død langfredag og opstandelse påskedag.

Palmesøndag er opkaldt efter de palmeblade, som folket viftede med langs den rute, som Jesus tog ind i Jerusalem.

Forud for ind­t­o­get i Jerus­a­lem blev Jesus sal­vet. Og denne sal­ving reg­nes som vig­tig for for­stå­el­sen af Jesus, fordi det er her, han for alvor træ­der i ka­rak­ter som Mes­si­as (den sal­ve­de).

I old­kir­ken blev dagen fejret med en pal­me­pro­ces­sion fra Olieb­jer­get ind i Jerus­a­lem.

I dag fejrer den ka­tol­ske kirke pal­me­søn­dag med en messe, som ind­le­des med en pro­ces­sion, hvor pal­me­gre­ne i Dan­mark of­test buks­bom vel­sig­nes og ud­de­les til me­nig­he­den, der under sang bærer dem ind i kir­ken.

I Danmark har man selvfølgelig også fejret palmesøndag. I flere danske folkekirker har man ladt et æsel indtage kirkerummet for at mindes helligdagen. Dette fandt sted i blandt andet Vor Frelsers Kirke i København og Nykøbing Sjælland Kirke.

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29 Mar 2015, Mexico - – Oaxaca, Mexico. 29th March 2015 - - An elder woman selling woven palms for Palm Sunday in the center of Oaxaca. - - Citizens of Oaxaca attended the various churches in the city to celebrate traditional Christian Palm Sunday. Many vendors were outside each church making, and offering for sale, woven palm fronds for the offerings being inside each church. - – Image by © Lora Grigorova/Demotix/Corbis Foto: Image by Lora Grigorova/Demotix/Corbis
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