Christians join annual Palm Sunday procession


  • Nation
  • Monday, 15 Apr 2019

Faithful stroll: Parishioners singing hymns while waving palm leaves and palm crosses during the 400m-long procession around the church compound at St George’s Church Penang in Farquhar Street, George Town.

GEORGE TOWN: Singing hymns while waving palm fronds and palm crosses, some 400 parishioners of St George’s Church here took part in a procession to observe Palm Sunday.

As they gathered at the parish hall as early as 7.30am, Anglican Church Diocese of West Malaysia Suffragan Bishop Rev Datuk Charles Samuel blessed the palm crosses before the procession began at 8am.

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