Culture of Zejtun

Żejtun boasts a large number of chapels such as the one dedicated to St. Clement[ ] (San Klement), Our Lady of Good Counsel (Il-Madonna tal-Bon Kunsill), The Saviour (Is-Salvatur) and The Assumption (known as Santa Marija in Maltese), The Holy Spirit (L-Ispirtu Santu), St. Angelo (Sant' Anġlu), St. Nicholas (San Niklaw), Our Lady of Mercy (Il-Madonna tal-Ħniena), Our Lady of Lourdes (Il-Madonna ta' Lourdes), Our Lady of Signora (Il-Madonna tas-Sinjura), and St. Mary of Hal Tmiem (Santa Marija ta' Ħal-Tmiem). Other chapels that in the recent past were part of the Żejtun parish are of St. Anthony (Sant' Antnin) and San Gejtanu in the limits of St. Thomas Bay.

Devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows

The devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows in the Maltese Islands is very strong. In Żejtun this devotion is alive in churches, streets and also in homes.

The Village Feast

The statue of Our Lady of Sorrows

The most important event which takes place in the town during the year is the feast of St. Catherine of Alexandria, which is celebrated in summer and not in the traditional date of 25 November. On this day Żejtun's two rival musical bands, the Banda Beland and the Żejtun Band, perform at Gregory Bonnici Square. The anthem dedicated to St. Catherine of Alexandria, sung in Żejtun during the feast, was written by Emmanuele Palmier-Cecy while it was composed by Dun Lawrenz Mifsud. Until the mid-1970s Żejtun used to celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Doctrine as a secondary feast.

Parish Church