For the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and give His soul for the redemption of many. Gospel of Mark, 10:45
The Feast of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem (also often called «Palm» or «Palm» Sunday) is celebrated a week before Easter, on the sixth Sunday of Lent.
The holiday is named after the meeting of Jesus Christ, according to the Christian tradition — of the Son of God, when entering Jerusalem with a jubilant palm procession.
Since palm trees do not grow everywhere, residents of middle and temperate latitudes use other plants on the holiday instead of palm branches: in Russia — willow, in Germany and other European countries — willow, juniper, beech, pear, apple.
Lutherans use more than just willow for celebration, which is decorated with painted paper eggs and eggshells. To reproduce the lushness of palm branches, Lutheran Germans bind branches of a wide variety of plants into a bundle (the so-called «palm bundle»).
At the same time, in accordance with the ancient German tradition of Lutheranism, the requirement to select three types of tree species is met: three branches of blossoming willow, three branches of beech and three branches of juniper. The tufts can also be decorated with birds baked from dough, pastries or sweets for children hidden inside the tuft.