A guide to Easter week in Malta & Gozo. From solemn spectacles and prolonged pageants to traditions, food and family rituals.
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A guide to Easter week in Malta & Gozo. From solemn spectacles and prolonged pageants to traditions, food and family rituals.
Read more »A far cry from summer festas, the feast of Ħal Millieri chapel is a delight and a chance to see some of Malta’s rare medieval frescoes. Open day at the chapel, 27 March.
Read more »Pagan meets Christian on 10 February, the feast of St Paul, Malta’s patron saint. A rare chance to visit San Pawl Milqi, site of a Roman villa St Paul is said to have visited too!
Read more »Good Friday in Malta is a cocktail of processions, rattles and carcades to seven churches.
Read more »Baroque may dominate Malta, but medieval captivates. Bir Miftuh Chapel is an outstanding medieval building. Run by Din L-Art Helwa, a cultural heritage NGO, it’s open the first Sunday of the month.
Read more »Malta’s first all-male choir, the Cappella Sanctae Catherinae, held one of its first concerts at St. Catherine of Italy Church on 13 December, Malta’s Republic Day. Magical voices, a magical place.
Read more »It dominates the rhythms of Malta’s daily life, from the bells ringing in mass at 4.30am to evening catechism classes for kids. We’re never far from religion in Malta, and never far from hot debate about it either.
Read more »A church a day helps you work, rest and play! Good for the skyline, and perhaps good for the soul? Our pick of the best of Malta’s celebrated 365 churches and counting.
Read more »Let the best voices win! This weekend’s Malta International Choir festival may be in the spirit of unity and peace, but there’s a strong competitive edge to it all as well!
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