	PARROĊĊA SAN ĠORĠ MARTRI

	ST. GEORGE'S PARISH CHURCH

	QORMI - MALTA

GOOD FRIDAY

BY GEORGE BORG

This is a test home page, about the most important feast of the Roman Catholic Church, Good Friday and Easter celebrated in the Maltese Islands which is situated in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Every year the Good Friday procession starts at 5:30 p.m. while the Easter Procession starts at 9:00a.m. The last part of the procession (while the statue is in the square before entering the Church) the friars that carry the statue run from the last corner until the church entrance including the stairs. This is all about the statues that take part in the procession from the Parish Church of St. George in Qormi, Malta.

All statues are made of papier-mache figures. The first written documents show that the first procession that came out from the parish church of St. George dates back to 15th April 1764 on Palm Sunday and the first procession on Good Friday day was in 1788. Now-a-days around 600 people participate in this form of pageant including around 120 that carry the statues on their shoulders during the procession.

This page is dedicated to all the Borg Family members and in memory of those who are no longer with us, including relatives and friends, of which Good Friday was part of their lives; to all the people who take part in the organization, the clergy, the friars who take a good part in Good Friday Procession around our village of Qormi.

All these Photographs are strictly personal and brought from our family album about Good Friday & Feasts in the Maltese Islands ( Malta & Gozo ) which now holds around 750 photos. Every year more photographs are added to our album.

Anyone having photographs of Good Friday or Easter Statues from around the world, I would be very happy if being contacted to continue to build my Good Friday & Easter Album. THANKS.

(c) Photo by Borg George 2004

Sepulchre at St. George Parish Church



The Last Supper This statue is composed of the the 12 disciplines and Jesus Christ. This was made by Salvatore Bruno at Bari, Italy in 1961 and was bought by the generosity of the Qormi people. The people who took care to collect the money where Salve Debunk and Guzeppi Aegis. The Calcite that Jesus got in his hands is Silver and Gold plated. This once was used by Fr. Beneditt Axisa who died in 1946 and was given by two members of his family, Salvu and Guzeppi Ebejer.	The Agony in the Garden `This statue is composed of Jesus sweating blood and consoluated by two angels. This statue is attributed to Karlu Darmanin (1825-1909) who made after 1878. The decorated cross was made and given by Manwel Debono from Qormi in 1979. The Calcite was of Kan. Fr. Gwann Porsella Flores who died in 1939.`

The Betrayal of Guda `This statue represents Guda betraying our Lord at the Garden of Getsemany (olives) was made by Karlu Darmanin (1825-1909) in 1908. This was the first statue of its type in the Maltese Islands until 1961.`	The Scourging at the Pillar Made by Alfred Camilleri Cauchi in 1981.

The Crowning with Thorns Made by Alfred Camilleri Cauchi in 1982.	Redeemer Made by Karlu Darmanin in 1887.

Jesus meets his Blessed Mother Made by Alfred Camilleri Cauchi in 1980.	Veronica wipes the Face of Jesus Made by Alfred Camilleri Cauchi in 1981. The statue of women with face of Jesus is an old statue made by Karlo Darmanin.

Jesus dies on the Cross Dated 18th Century. The figures of Our Lady and St. John where made by Karlo Darmanin.	Jesus is Taken down from the Cross Made by Salvatore Bruno in Bari, Italy in 1965.

Jesus is Laid to Rest in a New Tomb Dated 18th Century. After alterations this tomb bed was inawgurated during the procession of 2007.	Our Lady of Sorrows Dated 18th Century.