Georgia celebrates Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday is marked on the Sunday before Easter and is the beginning of Holy Week. Photo via Tamar Taliashvili/twitter
Tweet 
Share
Orthodox Christians in Georgia today are celebrating Palm Sunday, which commemorates Jesus' entry into Jerusalem, where he was greeted by people waving palm branches.
Believers in Georgia celebrate the holiday by going to a church with candles and boxwood tree branches, which are blessed in the churches with holy water as a symbol of welcoming the Lord.
The Divine Liturgy was performed at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi by Senaki and Chkhorotsku Metropolitan Shio Mujiri, who is the Locum Tenens of the Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church.
Palm Sunday is marked on the Sunday before Easter and is the beginning of Holy Week.
Georgian officials and institutions on Sunday wished Happy Easter to everyone celebrating the Christian holiday today in Georgia and across the world.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Thursday highlighted religious diversity as “one of the main wealth” of the country, in his address at the Iftar, the fast-breaking evening meal of Muslims in Ramadan, which was held in honour of the Muslim community in Georgia on behalf of the PM.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili together with his spouse and the representatives of the Georgian Government joined the liturgy service held last night at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi to celebrate Easter, the resurrection of the martyred Christ.
Orthodox Christians in Georgia and around the world are commemorating the Good Friday holiday today, marking the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.