Palm Sunday
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Palm Sunday is a Christian feast that commemorates Jesus Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem, marking the start of Holy Week before Easter.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Palm Sunday canonical | 26 |
| Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord | 2 |
| Feast of Palm Sunday | 1 |
| Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion | 1 |
| Palm Sunday procession | 1 |
| Passion Sunday | 1 |
| Passion Sunday in the modern Roman Rite (Palm Sunday) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T35175 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Palm Sunday Context triple: [Easter, associatedDay, Palm Sunday]
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A.
Resurrection Sunday
Resurrection Sunday is a Christian holy day celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, observed each year on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox.
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B.
Good Friday
Good Friday is a solemn Christian holy day commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ.
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C.
Holy Week
Holy Week is the most solemn period in the Christian liturgical year, commemorating the final days of Jesus Christ’s life, including his passion, death, and burial, leading up to Easter.
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D.
Ascension Day
Ascension Day is a major Christian feast commemorating Jesus Christ’s bodily ascension into heaven, observed on the 40th day of Easter.
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E.
Holy Saturday
Holy Saturday is the Christian observance between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, commemorating Jesus Christ’s body resting in the tomb and marking the final day of Holy Week.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Palm Sunday Target entity description: Palm Sunday is a Christian feast that commemorates Jesus Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem, marking the start of Holy Week before Easter.
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A.
Resurrection Sunday
Resurrection Sunday is a Christian holy day celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, observed each year on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox.
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B.
Good Friday
Good Friday is a solemn Christian holy day commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ.
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C.
Holy Week
Holy Week is the most solemn period in the Christian liturgical year, commemorating the final days of Jesus Christ’s life, including his passion, death, and burial, leading up to Easter.
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D.
Ascension Day
Ascension Day is a major Christian feast commemorating Jesus Christ’s bodily ascension into heaven, observed on the 40th day of Easter.
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E.
Holy Saturday
Holy Saturday is the Christian observance between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, commemorating Jesus Christ’s body resting in the tomb and marking the final day of Holy Week.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian feast
ⓘ
liturgical observance ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Palm Sunday
ⓘ
surface form:
Passion Sunday
|
| associatedWith |
Holy Week
ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ Passion of Christ ⓘ |
| basedOnEventDescribedIn |
Gospel of John
ⓘ
Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ New Testament ⓘ |
| calculatedBy | date of Easter ⓘ |
| celebratedBy |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglicans
Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Christians
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Christians
Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox Christians
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Protestants
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholics
|
| celebratedOn | Sunday before Easter ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem
ⓘ
surface form:
triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem
|
| customarilyIncludes |
blessing of palms
ⓘ
procession with palms ⓘ reading of the Passion narrative ⓘ |
| dateType | moveable feast ⓘ |
| follows | Lazarus Saturday in Eastern traditions ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy
ⓘ
messianic kingship of Jesus ⓘ |
| liturgicalColor |
red
ⓘ
violet ⓘ |
| marksStartOf | Holy Week ⓘ |
| observedIn | churches worldwide ⓘ |
| partOf |
Paschal cycle
ⓘ
surface form:
Easter cycle
|
| precedes |
Resurrection Sunday
ⓘ
surface form:
Easter Sunday
Good Friday ⓘ Holy Monday ⓘ Holy Saturday ⓘ Maundy Thursday ⓘ |
| relatedScripture |
John 12:12–19
ⓘ
Luke 19:28–40 ⓘ Mark 11:1–11 ⓘ Matthew 21:1–11 ⓘ Psalm 118:25–26 ⓘ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem ⓘ
surface form:
Zechariah 9:9
|
| symbolizes |
Christ’s kingship
ⓘ
beginning of Christ’s Passion ⓘ peace ⓘ victory ⓘ |
| symbolUses |
olive branches
ⓘ
other green branches ⓘ palm branches ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Palm Sunday Description of subject: Palm Sunday is a Christian feast that commemorates Jesus Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem, marking the start of Holy Week before Easter.
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Palm Sunday procession
this entity surface form:
Feast of Palm Sunday
this entity surface form:
Passion Sunday
this entity surface form:
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
this entity surface form:
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion
this entity surface form:
Passion Sunday in the modern Roman Rite (Palm Sunday)
this entity surface form:
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
subject surface form:
Ethiopian Evangelical churches