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Palm Sunday is Pussy willow Sunday in Russia

Palm Sunday is Pussy willow Sunday in Russia

Palm Sunday is Pussy willow Sunday in Russia

Palm Sunday is Pussy willow Sunday in Russia
“There is no spring without willow”, they used to say in Russia, On Willow Sunday the willow is first Nurch, and then kept at home tie icons. It was a custom to tap each other with a sprig of willow, chanting: “The willow is beating you to tears. It’s not me beating you it’s the willow beats and makes you cry. White willow beats and it knows why.” Besides, people believed willow brings good luck.
Always celebrated a week before Easter, Willow Sunday date each year depends on the date set for Easter. The day between the two Sundays comprise Holy week, a period especially devoted to the commemoration of the events of the last week of Jesus’ life on Earth. Celebration of Palm Sunday by Eastern Orthodox churches sometimes coincides with and sometimes follows the date set in the Western Christian churches. Throughout Holy Week, solemn worship services scheduled in the Russian Orthodox, Serbian, Syrian, Ukrainian and other Orthodox churches. Ruthenium, Polish, Bavarian and Austrian Roman Catholics, and various other Eastern European peoples carry pussy willows on Palm Sunday instead of palm (Verba) branches. Palm Sunday became known as Willow Sunday, as people used pussy willow branches instead of palms. Sometimes, on Palm Sunday they will bless both palms and pussy willows in church. Meanwhile, people preserved the branches throughout the year in the family’s icon corner.

Pussy willow Sunday

This is how pussy willow looks in the place where I live. It usually grows near the river

In some countries, Palm Sunday is called Branch Sunday, or Blossom Sunday, and in place of the unobtainable palms the people carry branches from other trees or plants: olive, box, yew, spruce, and willow. The names of the trees or plants used in place of palms often include the word “palm”, as in the English “palm willow”.

Palm Sunday is Pussy willow Sunday in Russia

Verba Sunday, or Willow Sunday in Russia

Verba Sunday

GIF - Willow Sunday

GIF – Willow Sunday

Branches of willow

Branches of willow

Happy willow Sunday

Happy willow Sunday

Beautiful willow branches

Beautiful willow branches

First spring holiday - Pussy willow Sunday

First spring holiday

Photo of Verba, or Willow

Photo of Verba, or Willow

Praying hands

Praying hands

Still life Willow Sunday in Russia

Still life

Saint holiday Willow Sunday

Saint holiday

In the church. Painting depicting the holiday - willow Sunday

In the church. Painting depicting the holiday – willow Sunday

Animated image of willow

Animated image

Religious holiday -willow Sunday

Religious holiday

Russian Willow (Verba) Sunday

Russian Willow (Verba) Sunday

In Russia – Willow Sunday

Russian Willow Sunday

1923 painting “Pussy – willow Sunday”

1923 painting “Pussy willow Sunday”

Dmitriy Kostuylev. Willow Sunday

Dmitriy Kostuylev. Willow Sunday

Artist V.Butko. Pussy – willow Sunday

Artist V.Butko. Pussy – willow Sunday

Also called Branch Sunday, or Blossom Sunday, Palm Sunday

Also called Branch Sunday, or Blossom Sunday, Palm Sunday

Pussy – willow Sunday

Painting – Pussy willow Sunday

Spring holiday – Pussy willow Sunday

Spring holiday