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Santo Niño de Cebú. The Señor Santo Niño de Cebú is a Catholic title of the Child Jesus associated with a religious image of the Christ Child [ 1] widely venerated as miraculous by Filipino Catholics. [ 2][ 3] It is the oldest Christian artifact in the Philippines, [ 4] originally a gift from the Conquistador Ferdinand Magellan to Rajah ...
January 9. Good Friday (liturgical) The Black Nazarene ( Spanish: El Nazareno Negro; Filipino: Poóng Itím na Nazareno[ 1]) is a life-sized dark statue of Jesus Christ carrying the True Cross. The venerated image is enshrined in the Minor Basilica and National Shrine of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo, Manila, Philippines.
The Philippine Independent Church ( Filipino: Malayang Simbahan ng Pilipinas; Ilocano: Nawaya a Simbaan ti Filipinas ), officially referred to by its Spanish name Iglesia Filipina Independiente ( IFI) and colloquially called the Aglipayan Church, is an independent [ e] Christian denomination, in the form of a nationalist church, in the Philippines.
The Kamay ni Hesus Healing Church, also known as the Healing Church of the Risen Christ and commonly known as the Kamay ni Hesus Shrine, is a Roman Catholic church and tourist destination found along the Lucban-Tayabas Road in barangay Tinamnan, Lucban, Quezon province, Philippines under the supervision of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucena.
The Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC or KJC), officially the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, The Name Above Every Name, Inc., is a Philippine-based Nontrinitarian Restorationist church. It was founded by pastor Apollo Quiboloy, whose followers refer to him as the "Appointed Son of God". The members of the church refer to their community as a "Kingdom ...
The Parish and National Shrine of Saint Padre Pio[ 1] ( Filipino: Parokya at Pambansang Dambana ni Santo Padre Pio ), commonly known as Padre Pio Shrine, is a Roman Catholic parish church and pilgrimage site situated along Governor Antonio Carpio Avenue (Santo Tomas–Lipa Road) in Barangay San Pedro, Santo Tomas, Batangas, Philippines.
The episcopal conference responsible in governing the faith is the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). Christianity was first brought to the Philippine islands by Spanish pirates, missionaries and settlers, who arrived in waves beginning in the early 16th century in Cebu by way of colonization.
In recent years, the Catholic Church in the Philippines has suppressed the usage of green colored garments for images of the Santo Niño because doing so would imply that the Child Jesus is no longer viewed as God but rather as a "good luck charm" and is against the very identity of Jesus as revealed in the Scripture. Along with this move from ...