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The Procession of the Bom Jesus dos Passos in Macau (also known as the Procession of the Great Jesus in Chinese or the Procissão em Honra do Senhor Bom Jesus dos Passos in Portuguese) is the most famous Catholic procession in honor of Jesus Christ organized in Macau about forty days before Easter. [1] The main purpose of the devotion is for ...
It is dedicated to the deity Nezha. Religion in Macau is represented predominantly by Buddhism and Chinese folk religions. During the period in which the city was under Portuguese rule (1557–1999) the Catholic Church became one of the dominant faiths, but nowadays it has greatly declined. According to the 1991 census, the latest to collect ...
In 2020, there were 10 male religious institutions and 18 female religious institutions in Macau. The male religious institutions were: the Society of Jesus, the Salesians of Don Bosco, the Pious Society of St. Paul, the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus, the Dominican Missions of Our Lady of the Rosary, the Society of Our Lady of the ...
Contents. Ruins of Saint Paul's. The Ruins of Saint Paul's (Chinese : 大三巴牌坊; Portuguese: Ruínas de São Paulo) are the ruins of a 17th-century Catholic religious complex in Santo António, Macau, China. They include what was originally St. Paul's College and the Church of St. Paul (Igreja de São Paulo) also known as " Mater Dei ", a ...
The frontispiece of Athanasius Kircher's 1667 China Illustrata, depicting the Jesuit founders Francis Xavier and Ignatius of Loyola adoring the monogram of Christ in Heaven while Johann Adam Schall von Bell and Matteo Ricci labor on the China mission "The Complete Map of the Myriad Countries" (Wanguo Quantu), Giulio Aleni's adaptation of Western geographic knowledge to Chinese cartographic ...
Built between 1557 and 1560, it is one of the oldest churches in Macau and located on Rua de João de Almeida. [1] It currently serves as the main church of the St. Lazarus parish. The church was completely rebuilt in 1885, although the Cross of Hope from the original chapel is located in the forecourt of the current structure.
Interior of Chapel of St. Francis Xavier. Chapel of St. Francis Xavier ( Chinese: 聖方濟各聖堂, Portuguese: Capela de São Francisco Xavier) is a church located on the island of Coloane, Macau. The chapel, built in 1928, is located on the southwestern coast of the island and stands near a monument commemorating a victory over pirates in 1910.
The Healing of the Paralytic – one of the oldest known depictions of Jesus, [18] from the Syrian city of Dura Europos, dating from about 235. Initially Jesus was represented indirectly by pictogram symbols such as the ichthys (fish), the peacock, or an anchor (the Labarum or Chi-Rho was a later development).