article_snippet.sent: By dying on Good Friday, Christ atoned for the sins of others; by rising from the grave on Sunday, Christ conquered death.
article_snippet.sent: At the Vatican, Holy Week began with Palm Sunday last week and culminated in Easter Sunday Mass with multiple celebrations in between to mark the final week of Christ's mortal life.
article_snippet.sent: Christ rode on the back of a donkey into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday where crowds celebrated Christ as the Messiah and laid down palm branches in Christ path.
article_snippet.sent: But the crowd and the Romans turned on Christ in the course of the final week of Christ's mortal life, according to the Bible, leading to Christ crucifixion and resurrection.
article_snippet.sent: The Church of the Holy Sepulcher in old Jerusalem unifies the spot where Christ was crucified -- Calvary -- with Christ tomb, or sepulcher.
article_snippet.sent: On Sunday, Catholics and Armenian Christians celebrated the Resurrection there.
article_snippet.sent: In the morning, the Latin Patriarch, the Archbishop of Jerusalem, entered the basilica.
article_snippet.sent: Then mass was held followed by a procession.