Palm Sunday services mark start of Holy Week

Blessing of palms: Father Paul Das (centre back) from Our Lady of Fatimah church in Brickfields beginning the Palm Sunday procession.

PETALING JAYA: Palm Sunday service was held at churches nationwide yesterday as Christians ushered in the Holy Week.

The morning mass held at the Church of Saint Francis Xavier here at 9am saw churchgoers assembling near Xavier Hall for the blessing of palms before joining a short procession into the church.