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Inside a rural church in the picturesque Oxfordshire village of Goring on Thames. Palm Sunday is the Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four canonical Gospels. Its name originates from the palm branches waved by the crowd to greet and honour Jesus as he entered the city. Many churches distribute palms in the shape of a cross. Churches may also have a procession that involves people singing songs and waving palm leaves. Some churches give people pax cakes at the end of a service., Credit:Geoffrey Swaine / Avalon (KEYSTONE/AVALON/Geoffrey Swaine / Avalon)