PASSJONI : SILENT WITNESSES IN GETHSEMANE

Il-Gnien taz-Zebbug, jew il-Getsemani, jinsab f’riglejn l-Gholja taz-Zebbug biswit il-belt ta’ Gerusalemm. Dan il-gnien fejn Gesù qatta’ parti sew mill-ahhar lejl tieghu u fejn gie ttradut u arrestat hu marbut sew mal-grajjiet tal-Passjoni. Il-grajja ta’ Gesù jitlob fil-Getsemani nsibuha rrakkuntata fl-erba’ vangeli, ghalkemm b’xi dettalji u enfasi differenti.

Dawn ir-rakkonti juru c-centralità li dan il-post ghandu fir-rakkont tal-ewwel fazi tal-Passjoni, jigifieri l-agunija ta’ Gesù fil-Getsemani u t-tradiment ta’ Guda.

Wara l-ewwel ktieb, PASSJONI – Merging Art and Faith, issa ghandna ktieb iehor dwar il-vari tal-bidu fil-purcissjonijiet tal-Gimgha l-Kbira li juru episodji mill-Passjoni li graw fic-Cenaklu u fil-Gnien taz-Zebbug.

Found at the foot of the Mount of Olives, the Garden of Gethsemane is located just outside the walls of Jerusalem. This is the garden where Jesus went to pray after the Last Supper and where he was betrayed by Judas and arrested. Therefore, it plays a crucial role in the story of the Passion of Christ.

The story, told in all four Gospels, with some minor differences between them, begins with Christ praying in the Garden.

In 2019, the first book in this series, PASSJONI – Merging Art and Faith, gave readers an overview of the statues that make up the Maltese Islands’ many Good Friday processions. Now, the second book shines a light on the statues that open these well-attended processions, starting from The Last Supper and moving on to the events that took place in the Garden of Gethsemane, namely those of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane and The Betrayal by Judas.