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# Parishioners of the Russian Orthodox Church in Africa celebrate Palm Sunday with palm branches
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/tem-vremenem-verbnoe-voskresene-v-afrike-s-nastoiashchimi-palmovymi-vetviami-s-kotorymi-vstrechali-iisusa-khrista-u-ierusalima/
- Published: 2025-04-13T13:44:12.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:50:44.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Faith, Ethnography, Humour

Meanwhile, Palm Sunday in Africa, with real palm branches, of the kind with which Jesus Christ was greeted at Jerusalem. This, according to a report from the Exarchate, is how African parishioners of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrate the feast.

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