Easter Sunday Processions in Malta and Gozo

Easter Sunday processions are just as popular in Malta and Gozo as the Good Friday manifestations.

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Every year, 19 processions are organised – 14 in Malta (

The processions likely date to the late 16th century.[1]

The

On June 5, 1892, its members were authorised to wear a white habit, a red girdle and a medallion of the Risen Christ, thus becoming a confraternity. On March 7, 1934, Archbishop Maurus Caruana permitted the transfer of this confraternity from the Greek Church to the Church of the Jesuits, also in Valletta, where it still has its seat today.^{[citation needed]}

It is traditionally held that the Valletta wooden statue of the Risen Christ (L-Irxoxt) is in the Melchiorre Cafà genre which, if correct, would date it to the second half of the 17th century. However, there is no documentation to actually demonstrate the origins of the Valletta procession because many records were destroyed in World War II, when the Greek church was destroyed in air raids.^{[citation needed]}

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