Holy Week & Pascha · Week 26

Palm Sunday

Ծաղկազարդ

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For younger children (5-6), focus on the vocabulary cards and repetition. For older children (8-10), engage with the discussion questions and encourage them to use the words in sentences.

🙏 Opening Prayer

Read together, slowly.

Տէր Աստուած, օրհնեա́ մեզ.

Der Asdvadz, orhnyal mez.

Lord God, bless us.

📖 This Week's Story

Today is a happy day! Jesus is entering Jerusalem riding on a donkey. But this isn't just any ride — people are treating him like a king! They spread their coats on the road. They cut palm branches from the trees and wave them high. They shout: "Ovsanna! Ovsanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!" In Armenian churches on Palm Sunday — "Dzaghgazart" — we celebrate with beautiful decorations and palms. Children often carry palm branches or olive branches.

📝 Vocabulary

Արմավենի

Armaveni

Palm branch

We wave the armaveni in church.

Ըշ

Esh

Donkey

Jesus rode on an esh.

Թագաւոր

Tagavor

King

Jesus is our tagavor of love.

Օվսաննա

Ovsanna

Hosanna

We shout Ovsanna!

🎮 Activity

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Make palm crosses from paper strips. Show kids how to fold them into a cross shape. Wave them while shouting Hosanna/Ovsanna!

1Why did people wave palms?
2What would you shout to Jesus?

🙏 Closing Prayer

Փառք քեզ, Տէր. Ամէն.

Park kez, Der. Amen.

Glory to you, Lord. Amen.

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