Armenian Church in S. Prior to the Resurrection Day, Tsaghkazard mentions the triumphant entrance to Christ in Jerusalem. N.S.O.T.T. Under the high direction of the Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, Tsaghkazk was declared the day of the blessing of children, because while entering the Lord, the children of Jerusalem was cry out, saying: "Blessed are the Son of David!" - Matt. 21:15. On that day, the church blessing is being blessed in the churches.
Jesus' entrance to Jerusalem people accepted enthusiasm, spread their clothes on the road with olive and palm branches. "Ovsanna, blessed to be the one who comes in the name of the Lord, be blessed to be the Kingdom of our Father, David, who comes. Peace in heaven and glory in heights "(Mark 11: 9-10).
According to the Fathers of the Church, Spreading the clothes before Jesus symbolized the sins to confess Christ. Providing branches and branches in general meaning special honors and a solemnity. The olive was perceived as a symbol of wisdom, peace, victory and glory. The gift of olive and palm branches of Dead Lazarus symbolizes victory over death.
Tsaghkazard also symbolizes the first day of the creation, when God created the heavens and the earth, and the light was spread, and persecuted the darkness.
This day also symbolizes the first period, when the earth was decorated with plants and flowers, and Adam and Eve rejoiced in Paradise. And in the first time, Cain killed Abel, the Jews, pondering the evil, killed Christ and became the heirs of the Cain Curse.
On the day of Tsaghkazard, five days before the Jewish Easter, Christ came to Jerusalem, the place of his suffering to show that he was God's lamb, who wants to be lit on our salvation. Because, according to the law, the Jews took the Easter lamb five days before the Easter.
On the eve of Tsaghkazard on Saturday, a prejudice is performed, the curtain of the tabernacle opens, and the next day the festive S. The liturgy is served with an open veil.
In the morning of Tsaghkazard, the churches are blessed by olive or willow branches and dividing the people. Urenu branches, which are fruitless, symbolize the Gentiles, who fertilized only after being donated to Christ. The softness of the branch symbolizes the humility of Christ's followers. The willows of the willows are our gifts to the Lord as S. The birthdays brought by mags from the east of birth.
Jesus Christ entered Jerusalem as King, showing himself, being a king of glory who eliminates the curse. Jesus came to the gospel to the poor, to heal the heart of his heart to deliver the captives, and the prophet of Isaiah prophesied.
