Looking forward to Holy Week and Easter

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The Launde Deanery service will be at Hallaton church at 11am, Sunday 29th March 2026

EVERYONE WELCOME

Palm Sunday

The season of Lent is almost over, as this weekend we reflect upon and remember Jesus’s last week before his death upon the cross. This weekend, Christians celebrate Palm Sunday and remember Jesus’s arrival to Jerusalem on a donkey; his way strewn in palm branches by the people, singing ‘Hosanna’. Traditionally, in churches all over the world, crosses made from the fronds of palms are given to children and adults to carry with them. Next year, any left over are burnt and the ashes mixed with scented oil. This paste is used by priests to mark the heads of penitents at the start of Lent – and the cycle of Lent and Easter starts again.

More about Palm Sunday

The Church of England has a really useful guide online called Palm Sunday Fact File which you might enjoy reading

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Photo by Maxine Dodd of a collection of seven Palm Sunday crosses, against a black background. The crosses are handmade from fronds of real palm trees, used by the people to greet Jesus as he arrived in Jerusalem at the start of Holy Week.
Traditional Palm Crosses by Maxine Dodd