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In Pictures: Palm Sunday celebration in Egypt

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Last updated: April 13, 2014 2:44 pm
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Egyptian Orthodox Christians celebrate Palm Sunday. The ceremony is a landmark in the Christian calendar, marking the triumphant return of Christ to Jerusalem the week before his death, when a cheering crowd greeted him waving palm leaves.

(AFP Photos/MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)

 

An Egyptian Orthodox Christian priest give communion during the Palm Sunday service on April 13, 2014 in Cairo.
Orthodox Christians wear headbands made of palm during the Palm Sunday service on April 13, 2014 in Cairo
Orthodox Christians wear headbands made of palm during the Palm Sunday service on April 13, 2014 in Cairo
Orthodox Christians wear headbands made of palm during the Palm Sunday service on April 13, 2014 in Cairo
An Orthodox Christian wears a headband made of palm during the Palm Sunday service on April 13, 2014 in Cairo, to celebrate the triumphant return of Jesus Christ to Jerusalem when a cheering crowd greeted him waving palm leaves the week before his death. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED
An Orthodox Christian wears a headband made of palm as she makes a palm leaf ornament during the Palm Sunday service on April 13, 2014 in Cairo,
Orthodox Christians creat palm leaf ornaments during the Palm Sunday service on April 13, 2014 in Cairo
Orthodox Christians receive communion during the Palm Sunday service on April 13, 2014 in Cairo
An Orthodox Christian holds a cross made of palm leaves during the Palm Sunday service on April 13, 2014 in Cairo
Christian children, some holding palm leaves, gather for the Palm Sunday service on April 13, 2014 in Cairo
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Orthodox Christians attend the Palm Sunday service on April 13, 2014 in Cairo
Orthodox Christian alter boys hold fans made of palm leaves during the Palm Sunday service on April 13, 2014 in Cairo
Orthodox Christians creat palm leaf ornaments during the Palm Sunday service on April 13, 2014 in Cairo
Orthodox Christian women make palm leaf headbands during the Palm Sunday service on April 13, 2014 in Cairo

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