This Sunday is Palm Sunday, the first day of the Christian Holy Week leading up to Easter. On Palm Sunday, many churches distribute palm fronds to their parishioners, a reminder of the palms the Bible ...

There's just so much to love about spring: warmer weather, blooming flowers, and of course, all those special days that come with the season of rebirth and life—looking at you Easter! Thanks to ...

Christians all over the world are making preparations for Palm Sunday, a holiday commemorating Jesus Christ's final days on earth, his trial and crucifixion. The Christian celebration, observed on the ...

NEW HAVEN — The women at St. Michael Roman Catholic Church are back in force this year, braiding blessed palm into crosses. “Two years ago was a skeleton year. It was just Jeanie and Peggy,” said Olga ...

As a child, Mary Altieri, 95, of New Haven, was taught by nuns in the early 1940's how to weave palm crosses from palm fronds. She has since taught the art to about a dozen women, mostly now seniors.

Palm Sunday is the first day of the Christian Holy Week leading up to Easter. One long-standing Palm Sunday tradition is to take home palms from that day's church service and weave them into ...