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The partial calendar list contains several of the oldest and larger religious and/or cultural festivals in the country. Each town, city, and village has a dedicated fiesta, resulting in thousands held throughout the year; a few are national in character. Some fiestas may contain multiple/conflicting dates and/or place entries.
The image is the only canonically crowned image of Jesus Christ in the Philippines. [5] The dark wood statue measures approximately 12 inches (30 cm) tall, and carved in the Flemish style. It depicts the Child Jesus, with a serene countenance, in the attitude and dress of a Spanish monarch.
A Sinulog Festival Queen carrying the image of Santo Niño, representing Toledo City in 2023. The street dancers performs at South Road Properties.. The Sinulog Festival (as known as Sinug and Sulog) is an annual cultural and religious festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu, with the center of the activities being in Cebu City, and is the centre of the Santo Niño Christian ...
The most famous procession in Manila during the inter war period was of Santa Cruz. Almost all images were obliterated during the aerial-bombardment of Manila in 1945. Today, Makati has a major Holy Wednesday procession aside from the usual Good Friday one, both of which have some of the oldest images and is held in the city proper.
The 50th annual Barrio Fiesta celebration returns on Saturday at the Filipino Center Plaza. 50 years of Barrio Fiesta, Stockton's Filipino celebration returns after COVID-19 hiatus Skip to main ...
Name Born Died Church Status Diocese Type of Cause Ref. Isabel Larrañaga Ramírez (rel. name: Isabel of the Heart of Jesus) November 19, 1836 in Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines (Insurales Filipino) January 17, 1899 in Havana, American Cuba: Professed religious, Founder of the Sisters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Heroic ...
A Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he said he would devote to pray for peace in Ukraine ...
A massive crowd of mostly barefoot Catholic worshippers marched Tuesday in an annual procession in the Philippines’ capital that paraded a centuries-old black statue of Jesus. Many said they ...