Palm Sunday is one of the 12 royal holidays during the church year. Mentioned for the first time in the 4th century, the celebration of the Lord’s Entry into Jerusalem was soon taken over by the entire Christian world.
The Feast of Flowers is also known under the following names: Day of Flowers, Sunday of the Pillars or of the Shoots and celebrates the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. Names that are celebrated every year by the Flowers: Anemona, Brândușa, Peony, Camelia, Codrin, Codrina, Codruț, Codruța, Crăița, Crenguța, Crina, Crinu, Chrysanthemum, Dalia, Delia, Florea, Flora, Florentă, Florentina, Florentin, Florica, Florin, Florina, Garofita, Gentiana, Gherghina, Hortensia, Yasmin, Yasmina, Iris, Lăcrămioara, Laurel, Laura, Laurențiu, Laurian, Lauriana, Liliana, Lilla, Mălina, Margareta, Micșunica, Budurel, Narcissus, Narcisa, Panseluta, Romanita, Rosa, Roza, Rozalia, Trandafira, Violeta, Viorel Viorela, Viorica, Hyacinth and Hyacinth.
In Romania, over 1.4 Romanians proudly bear their name, especially on Flower Day, when they are celebrated.
Flower messages for mother, sister, girlfriend, wife, friend
“Everything in the world changes… only the flowers open every spring… Because you are wonderful, all the flowers in the world wish you Happy Birthday!”
“May the path of your life be strewn with flowers: with snowdrops to keep your soul young and pure, with roses to be forever loved and with daisies to always remember to smile. Happy Birthday to the Flowers!”
“It’s time to be reborn with spring, it’s time to say “Happy New Year!” the most beautiful flowers in our life! Today, being a beautiful day and knowing it’s your birthday, in the fragrance of the morning, I want to congratulate you. Happy Birthday to Florii!”
“You are the most beautiful of all flowers on Earth! Happy Birthday!”
“For the Flowers, may all the love with which spring greets its flowers, all the joy that springs from the chirping of birds and all the goodness with which the sun spoils nature be showered upon you. Happy Birthday!”
“You are the most precious flower of my life! Happy Birthday!”
“Everything in the world changes, only the flowers open every spring. Because you are wonderful, all the flowers in the world wish you a happy birthday!
May this day bring you so many flowers that you get lost among them and so many declarations of love! You are my only flower on earth! Happy Birthday!”
“May the path of your life be strewn with flowers: snowdrops, to keep your soul young and pure, roses, to be forever loved and daisies, to always remember to smile! Happy Birthday!”
“A beautiful day begins with a flower. Life is beautiful because you exist. Happy Birthday!”
Flower messages for father, brother, lover, husband, friend
“De Florii, may the kindness and love that spring from a big and loving heart be showered on you. May the name day be bright and extend into many others bringing joy. Happy Birthday!”
“Today, de Florii, I wish you beautiful years to come your way! Health and happy birthday!”
“On the day he smiles on your doorstep and you bear his beautiful name, I wish you all the dearest and most beautiful things in the world. Happy Birthday!”
“In life, stumble on a lucky boulder, step in a puddle of happiness, sprinkle yourself from head to toe with love and be healthy! On your name day, I wish that all good and beautiful things overwhelm you and shine on your path to happiness and success. Happy Birthday!”
“Today, on the day of your name, I say to you from the bottom of my heart: good health, love as you know best and may all your wishes come true!”
“Happy birthday with health, love and fulfillment! Let’s clink a glass, celebrating a Floricel!”
“My heart would be too small without your love, my smile would be too sad without your lips, my love would not exist without you. Thus, on your name day, I give you my heart!”
What does Palm Sunday actually represent?
From the point of view of the Orthodox Church, the Feast of Flowers represents the Entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, before the Passion he went through for the salvation of mankind. Precisely for this reason, the Flowers are also called Passion Sunday and represent the most important celebration that announces the Resurrection. All four Gospels, Mark, Matthew, Luke and John, speak of this event.
The Saturday before Palm Sunday is called Lazarus Saturday. On that day, Jesus Christ resurrected Lazarus, four days after he had died. That is why, at the Entry into Jerusalem, the Lord Jesus Christ was received with flowers by the people gathered to see him. Fascinated by the miracle accomplished by Jesus, they acclaimed him and were convinced that he is the king announced by the prophets.
Nowadays, the custom is kept that on Palm Sunday, the faithful who go to church bring willow branches, to be consecrated by the priests. They are a symbol of the olive and palm branches with which Jesus Christ was greeted in Jerusalem.
