Palm Sunday 2025
When is Palm Sunday 2025?
What is Palm Sunday?

The typical image of Palm Sunday: Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem on a donkey (early 1900s Bible card illustration)
Palm Sunday marks the beginning of
Holy Week and is an important Christian festival around the world. It falls on the Sunday before
Easter Sunday and is therefore, like
Easter, a movable feast (i.e. a religious celebration or observance which does not occur on the same date each year). Western Christian churches often refer to Palm Sunday as 'The Sunday of the Passion', while Orthodox Christian churches may call the festival 'The Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem'.
The meaning of Palm Sunday - why is Palm Sunday celebrated?
Palm Sunday is a commemoration of Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, coming in peace and riding on a donkey. Jesus' entry into Jerusalem coincided with the Jewish festival of Passover. He was met by crowds of followers and supporters who lined the road into the city and waved branches cut from palm trees. They laid palm fronds on the road and even laid down cloaks for Jesus to ride over. This entry into Jerusalem fulfilled the Old Testament prophecies promising that God's Messiah would enter the holy city and go to the temple.
Palm Sunday church services typically start with a procession of churchgoers carrying branches (often of willow or pussy willow) and palms. The service may include a Dramatization of the Passion. Small crosses, each made of a single palm frond, are blessed and distributed to everyone in the congregation. Additional crosses are kept until the following year when they are burned to make the ashes for
Ash Wednesday observances. A few churches also maintain the ancient tradition of distributing small biscuit-like cakes, called Pax Cakes, which are marked with a lamb as a symbol of peace and goodwill. Palm fronds may be used as altar and other church decorations. Children often play a prominent role in Palm Sunday services.
In the Eastern Orthodox Church Palm Sunday is preceded by
Lazarus Saturday.
For further information see Wikipedia's entry on
Palm Sunday.
When is Palm Sunday 2026?
Dates for Palm Sunday in other years
The next occurrence of Palm Sunday is marked in
red.
When is ...? |
Date |
Day of the week |
Days away |
Palm Sunday 2020 |
April 5, 2020 |
Sunday |
1771 days ago |
Palm Sunday 2021 |
March 28, 2021 |
Sunday |
1414 days ago |
Palm Sunday 2022 |
April 10, 2022 |
Sunday |
1036 days ago |
Palm Sunday 2023 |
April 2, 2023 |
Sunday |
679 days ago |
Palm Sunday 2024 |
March 24, 2024 |
Sunday |
322 days ago |
Palm Sunday 2025 |
April 13, 2025 |
Sunday |
in 62 days |
Palm Sunday 2026 |
March 29, 2026 |
Sunday |
in 412 days |
Palm Sunday 2027 |
March 21, 2027 |
Sunday |
in 769 days |
Palm Sunday 2028 |
April 9, 2028 |
Sunday |
in 1154 days |
Palm Sunday 2029 |
March 25, 2029 |
Sunday |
in 1504 days |
Palm Sunday 2030 |
April 14, 2030 |
Sunday |
in 1889 days |
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