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When Is Palm Sunday 2011?

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Icon of Christ's entrance into Jerusalem. (Photo © Slava Gallery, LLC; used with permission.)

Russian icon of Christ's entrance into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.

(Photo © Slava Gallery, LLC; used with permission.)
Question: When Is Palm Sunday 2011?
Palm Sunday 2011, the final Sunday before Easter 2011, marks the beginning of Holy Week 2011. Christian churches distribute palms (and sometimes pussy willows) on Palm Sunday to commemorate Christ's triumphal entrance into Jerusalem, when palm branches were placed in His path, before His arrest and Crucifixion on Good Friday.
Answer: Palm Sunday falls on April 17, 2011. For the date of Palm Sunday in other years, see When Is Palm Sunday?

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