For the 4th consecutive year, Ghaqda Drammatika Xewkija, the Xewkija Local Council, the Ministry for Gozo together with the Gozo Culture Office are presenting Il-Fidwa.

Lent will soon be reaching its climax with the Holy Week celebrations, followed by the Resurrection on Easter Sunday, the biggest feast in the Church’s calendar.

But before we celebrate the rise of Jesus Christ from amongst the dead, we will also be commemorating the passion and the crucifixion of our Saviour.

Ghaqda Drammatika Xewkija in collaboration with the Xewkija Local Council, will be holding a reenactment of the episode between the Last Supper and the capture and arrest of our Saviour Jesus Christ.

Everyone is cordially invited to join the Jewish Rabbis, the Apostles, Judas and Jesus Christ in the Gnien ta’ Blankas (better known as Gnien iz-Zebbug in Triq il-Kanal) for this re-enactment before the commencement of the Holy Week celebrations.

During the day on Sunday, Gnien ta’ Blankas Olive Grove at Mgarr ix-Xini Heights, Xewkija, will be open to the public. Visitors will have the opportunity to “experience the environment of 2000 years ago and walk in the footsteps of Jesus.”

Visitors will be given a map of the locations and very place will have a description of what happened back then.

The re-enactment will be held on two nights, Saturday and Sunday, the 12th and 13th of April, leaving from Xewkija Square at 8.00pm and starting at 8.30pm at ta Blankas Olive Grove, Xewkija.

Fidwa 2013 – Photo by: Anthony Grech

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