Fourteen adults will be baptised by Archbishop Charles Scicluna during the Easter Vigil ceremony to be held at St John’s Co-Cathedral on Saturday evening.

The adults will also be receiving the First Holy Communion and Confirmation sacraments.

The adults come from Malta, China, Ivory Coast, Portugal, Czech Republic, Russia, Libya, Kuwait, Nepal and Albania.

A statement by the Curia said that one of the adults is Alisa, who was born in Russia to parents who followed no particular religion. At first she resisted faith as she felt it to be oppressive, but on a friend’s suggestion she attended Mass and started to embrace the Catholic religion.

The celebration will start at 8pm.