FEAST OF THE THEOPHANY 2025: The service of the blessing of the waters on the shores of Vittoriosa.
On the occasion of the feast of the Theophany (the baptism of Christ and the manifestation of the Holy Trinity), on Saturday, January 4th, 2025, Papàs Martin Zammit, parish priest, accompanied by deacon Jesmond Schembri and sub-deacon Dennis Mifsud, carried out the service of the blessing of the waters on…
Studju Interessanti tat-Traduttur Ivan Said dwar Verżjonijiet Differenti tal-Innu Akáthistos bil-Malti.
It-traduttur Ivan Said għadu kif ħejja studju interessanti ħafna dwar tliet verżjonijiet bil-Malti tal-innu Marjan Biżantin imsejjaħ Akáthistos. Verżjoni minnhom hija ta’ Dun Karm Sant u ż-żewġ verżjonijiet l-oħra huma tal-isqof Għawdxi Nikol Cauchi. Is-Sur Said ġentilment tana l-permess tiegħu biex intellgħu l-kitba tiegħu fuq dan is-sit. Minn qalbna nroddulu…
Most Interesting Talk about the Ferrara-Firenze Council (1438-1439)
On Thursday, 4th July, 2024, the Greek-Catholic Parish ‘Our Lady of Damascus’ organized a talk with the title Il Concilio di Ferrara-Firenze (1438-1439): Un incontro scontro. The guest speaker was the Romanian Greek-Catholic priest Rev. Fr Vasile Alexandru Barbolovici from the San Rocco church in Mestre, Venezia. The talk was…
Byzantine Liturgy at the Xewkija Parish (Gozo) on the Eve of the Feast of the Beheading of the Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John
On the 28th of August, 2023, the eve of feast of the Beheading of the Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John, Papàs Martin Zammit, parish priest of the Greek Catholic parish of ‘Our Lady of Damascus’, assisted by deacon Jesmond Schembri and subdeacon Dennis Mifsud, celebrated in Maltese the divine…
Subdeacon Dennis Mifsud’s Weekly Radio Programme Kliem u Ħajja
For the past fourteen years, Subdeacon Dennis Mifsud has been producing and presenting the weekly radio programme Kliem u Ħajja. It is aired on ten Catholic community radio stations in Malta and Gozo and also through a Maltese radio station in Australia. The programme is also recorded and uploaded as…
Xewkija Altar Boys visit ‘Our Lady of Damascus’
On July 17th, 2023, a group of altar boys from the Xewkija parish of St John the Baptist, on the sister island of Gozo, visited ‘Our Lady of Damascus’. They were accompanied by the parish priest Rev. Archpriest Daniel Xerri, Rev. Fr John Meilaq and Rev. Fr Matthew Bajada. This…
The Greek Catholic Community Greets the Procession of Corpus Christi led by the Archbishop of Malta
On Sunday, 11th June, 2023, the traditional Corpus Christi procession, led by H.G. Mons. Charles J. Scicluna, Archbishop of Malta, passed in front of the Greek Catholic church of Our Lady of Damascus. This procession, which for the past years had been interrupted due to the Covid pandemic, left St…
Courtesy Visit of the Apostolic Nuncio His Excellency Mons Savio Hon Tai-fai to ‘Our Lady of Damascus’
On Thursday, 22nd June, 2023, the Apostolic Nuncio to Malta, H.E. Mons. Savio Hon Tai-fai, accompanied by Rev. Fr Claude Portelli, paid a courtesy visit to the church of ‘Our Lady of Damascus’, in Valletta. They were met by Rev. Papàs Martin Zammit, parish priest, and Rev. Jesmond Schembri, deacon….
Ordination of Deacon Jesmond Schembri
On Sunday, 21st May 2023, the subdeacon Jesmond Schembri was ordained deacon for the Greek Catholic Parish of Our Lady of Damascus of Valletta by Mons. Manuel Nin, O.S.B, the Ezarch of the Greek Catholics in Greece. A considerable number of the parish’s community, together with the new deacon’s family,…