Henry Dunn, 11, second from left, laughs with other acolytes as they wait outside holding palm fronds for the Palm Sunday processional to walk into Saint John’s Cathedral during Palm Sunday services in Denver on March 24, 2024. Saint John’s will hold services all week during Holy Week leading up to Easter. Easter Services will be held twice on Easter Sunday at the church as well as an Easter egg hunt for children. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostThe Very Reverend Richard Lawson, left, and the Reverend Jack Karn, second from left, start services outside the church before taking part in the processional during Palm Sunday services at Saint John’s Cathedral in Denver on March 24, 2024.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostThe Reverend Jack Karn, holds the thurible as he starts services outside the church before taking part in the processional during Palm Sunday services at Saint John’s Cathedral in Denver on March 24, 2024.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostThurifer Andy Belanger, right, swings the thurible, filled with incense, as The Very Reverend Richard Lawson, far left, and the Reverend Jack Karn, second from left, start services outside the church before taking part in the processional during Palm Sunday services at Saint John’s Cathedral in Denver on March 24, 2024.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostThe Reverend Jack Karn, right, swings the thurifer to spread the fragrant smoke of the incense as he starts services outside the church before taking part in the processional during Palm Sunday services at Saint John’s Cathedral in Denver on March 24, 2024.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostTimothy DeMars, center, holds the hand of his granddaughter Eva Miller, 2, as they walk underneath palm fronds held out by Acolytes Daphne Blackwelder, left, and Pierce Brimmer, right, both 11, as they arrive for Palm Sunday service at Saint John’s Cathedral in Denver on March 24, 2024.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostAcolytes walk into the church during the Palm Sunday processional at Saint John’s Cathedral in Denver on March 24, 2024. Saint John’s will hold services all week during Holy Week leading up to Easter.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostUsher Craig Kuehnert, right, hands out palm leaves to parishioners as they arrive for Palm Sunday service at Saint John’s Cathedral in Denver on March 24, 2024.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostThe Very Reverend Richard Lawson, center, with subdeacon Andrew Greenberg, left, and The Reverend Jack Karn, right, prepares the Holy Communion during Palm Sunday services at Saint John’s Cathedral in Denver on March 24, 2024.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostAcolytes wear wooden crosses around their necks during Palm Sunday services at Saint John’s Cathedral in Denver on March 24, 2024.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostEva Miller, 2, stands in the aisle, next to her grandfather Timothy DeMars, fourth from left who can’t be seen in the photo, as she listens during Palm Sunday service at Saint John’s Cathedral in Denver on March 24, 2024.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostMadison Dunn, 5, tries to get her mother Jenn, left, to play with her palm leaf during Palm Sunday services at Saint John’s Cathedral in Denver on March 24, 2024. Her father Matt and brother Preston, 9 are in the photo.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostAcolyte Gaile Koehler holds a young toddler on her lap as the youngster plays with her wooden cross necklace during Palm Sunday services at Saint John’s Cathedral in Denver on March 24, 2024.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostPalm leaves made into crosses rest on a wooden mantle inside Saint John’s Cathedral in Denver on March 24, 2024.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostMembers of the Saint John’s Cathedral Choir sing during Palm Sunday services at Saint John’s Cathedral in Denver on March 24, 2024. The Saint John’s Cathedral Choir consists of dedicated volunteers and sixteen paid singers known as the Vicars Choral.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostAcolyte Clara Winter, right, gives communion to a parishioner during Palm Sunday service at Saint John’s Cathedral in Denver on March 24, 2024.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostA young girl takes communion during Palm Sunday service at Saint John’s Cathedral in Denver on March 24, 2024.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostThe procession walks down the aisle after Palm Sunday services at Saint John’s Cathedral in Denver on March 24, 2024.
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Henry Dunn, 11, second from left, laughs with other acolytes as they wait outside holding palm fronds for the Palm Sunday processional to walk into Saint John’s Cathedral during Palm Sunday services in Denver on March 24, 2024. Saint John’s will hold services all week during Holy Week leading up to Easter. Easter Services will be held twice on Easter Sunday at the church as well as an Easter egg hunt for children. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
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Palm Sunday services at Saint John’s Cathedral in Denver on March 24, 2024.
Saint John’s will hold services all week during Holy Week leading up to Easter. Easter Services will be held twice on Easter Sunday at the church as well as an Easter egg hunt for children.
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