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Palm Sunday 2028

The Sunday before Easter, remembering Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, which opens Holy Week.

In 2028 it falls on Sunday 9 April, in Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant practice alike.

The date

In each branch

Orthodox

Palm Sunday. A Great Feast — fish, wine and oil are allowed even in the Fast.

Catholic

The entry into Jerusalem, with palms and with the reading of the Passion. Holy Week begins.

Protestant

The entry into Jerusalem, and the beginning of Holy Week.

The season

Thursday 13 April · Orthodox
Great and Holy Thursday

The Mystical Supper, and the washing of the feet.
Thursday 13 April · Catholic
Holy Thursday

The Mass of the Lord's Supper — the institution of the Eucharist and the washing of the feet. Lent ends and the Triduum begins.
Thursday 13 April · Protestant
Maundy Thursday

The Last Supper, the washing of the feet, and the new commandment.
Friday 14 April · Orthodox
Great and Holy Friday

The Crucifixion. The strictest fast of the year, kept with the Lamentations at the tomb.
Friday 14 April · Catholic
Good Friday

The Celebration of the Passion of the Lord. A day of fasting and abstinence, and no Mass is offered — today or tomorrow, until the Vigil.
Friday 14 April · Protestant
Good Friday

The crucifixion. Kept as a fast, in silence and mourning.
Sunday 16 April · Orthodox
Pascha

The Resurrection — the Feast of Feasts, on which the whole year turns. Christ is risen from the dead.
Sunday 16 April · Catholic
Easter Sunday

The Resurrection of the Lord — the greatest solemnity of the year, and the feast every other date is counted from.
Sunday 16 April · Protestant
Easter Day

The resurrection of Christ — the feast on which the whole year turns.

In ActivePray, each branch’s holy days and fasts come in its own year, with reminders for them, and every prayer at its hour.

Palm Sunday in other years: 2026 · 2027. Every holy day of the year is on the calendar and in Christianity.