The Week of the Palms

The Sixth and last week of Lent is called “The Week of the Palms.” For six days preceding Lazarus Saturday and Palm Sunday, the liturgy of the Church makes us follow Christ as He first announces the death of His friend and then begins His journey to Bethany and Jerusalem. . . The entire week is thus spent in spiritual contemplation of the forthcoming encounter between Christ and Death – first in the person of His friend Lazarus, then in Christ’s own Death.

excerpts from Great Lent: Journey to Pascha, Fr. Alexander Schmemann.