Xagħra celebrates the feast of St Anthony the Abbot, patron saint of animals, on Sunday. Today, tomorrow and Thursday are days of triduum. Rosary will be said at 5.30pm followed by the ...

Alternately known as St. Anthony the Great, St. Anthony Abbot, St. Anthony of the Desert, St. Anthony the Anchorite and St. Anthony of Thebes, the saint’s most remarkable aspect of his feast day ...

Vatican City, Jan 17, 2023 / 12:20 pm. St. Peter’s Square was filled with horses, cows, donkeys, dogs, goats, geese, and rabbits on Tuesday for the feast of St. Anthony Abbot.

On this day, Mexican Catholic congregations and priests welcome pups, cats and the occasional parrot on the feast day of St. Anthony the Abbot, considered the patron saint of animals.

Cute, little, furry animals lined up in Madrid to be blessed by priests in celebration of the Feast of Saint Anthony Abbot, Spain's patron saint of animals.Dogs, cats and even an adorable hamster ...

Elsewhere in Spain and around the world, the feast day of Saint Anthony the Abbot is marked in a far less fiery way. Pet owners take their beloved animals to churches so that priests can bless ...

Reuters. A woman holds her dog after it got blessed at San Anton Church during celebrations on the feast of Spain's patron saint of animals, Saint Anthony, in Madrid, Spain, January 17, 2025.

The feast of St Anthony the Abbot will be celebrated in Xagħra on Sunday, January 17. Gozo Bishop Anton Teuma will concelebrate Mass at the basilica of Marija Bambina at 5pm.

St. Anthony Abbot was a fourth-century hermit known for his asceticism and as a father of monasticism. His holy life in the Egyptian desert was recorded by St. Athanasius in The Life of St. Antony.

On this day, Mexican Catholic congregations and priests welcome pups, cats and the occasional parrot on the feast day of St. Anthony the Abbot, considered the patron saint of animals.