palm sunday

On Palm Sunday, (Cvjetnica in Croatian),

many Croatian Catholics traditionally participate in the solemn triumphal entry of our Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem and the beginning of Holy Week, by washing their faces with flower petal water. Usually violets or other fragrant flowers and herbs.

This also symbolizes Spring and new life. At Holy Mass, parishioners receive either blessed palm fronds or olive branches.

(EN) Nuncio Pezzuto and Archbishop Hoser to celebrate Holy Mass on Palm Sunday in Medjugorje

Medjugorje parish website:

http://medjugorje.hr/en/news/nuncio-pezzuto-and-archbishop-hoser-to-celebrate-holy-mass-on-palm-sunday-in-medjugorje,10318.html

(HR) Nuncij Pezzuto i nabiskup Hoser slavit će mise na Cvjetnicu u Međugorju

http://medjugorje.hr/hr/novosti/nuncij-pezzuto-i-nabiskup-hoser-slavit-ce-mise-na-cvjetnicu-u-medugorju,10316.html