Easter 2012 was a special one for St Mary’s parish of Żebbuġ, Gozo. Gozitan statuary Pawlu Aquilina donated a new papier-mâché statue of the Risen Christ, known locally as L-Irxoxt, to the church.

The statue will replace the older one which was donated by Can. Carm Cini and which was also sculpted by Mr Aquilina in 1989. The new statue was carriedduring the procession on Easter Sunday after the 4 p.m. Mass.

It features the Risen Christ lifted in the air with and clad in a white robe surrounding him and is in continuity with the traditional iconography characteristic of other statues featuring the same theme.

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