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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 Tondo Cathedral was the Iglesia Filipina Independiente 's first national cathedral along Calle Azcarraga (now Claro M. Recto Avenue) in Tondo, Manila which was established in 1905. It was destroyed during the Second World War in 1945. The Iglesia Filipina Independiente's first central church was actually the ground floor of a big house ...
Maka-Diyos, Maka-tao, Makakalikasan at Makabansa ( Filipino for "For God, People, Nature, and Country" [ 1] or "For the Love of God, People, Nature, and Country" [ 2]) is the national motto of the Philippines. Derived from the last four lines of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Philippine Flag, it was adopted on February 12, 1998, with the ...
Quiapo Church. The Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Jesus Nazareno (Black Nazarene), [ b ] popularly known as Quiapo Church[ c ] and canonically as the Saint John the Baptist Parish, [ d ] is a prominent basilica and national shrine in the district of Quiapo in the city of Manila, Philippines.
The image of the Divine Mercy is a depiction of Jesus Christ that is based on the Divine Mercy devotion initiated by Faustina Kowalska . According to Kowalska's diary, Jesus told her "I promise that the soul that will venerate this image will not perish. I also promise victory over enemies already here on earth, especially at the hour of death.
Proportion. 1:2. Design. As above, with the blue and red stripes switched to indicate a state of war. The national flag of the Philippines ( Filipino: pambansang watawat ng Pilipinas) is a horizontal bicolor flag with equal bands of royal blue and crimson red, with a white, equilateral triangle at the hoist.
Melchora Aquino. The historical marker installed by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines at the Melchora Aquino Shrine in Quezon City in 2012. Melchora Aquino (January 6, 1812 – February 19, 1919) was a Filipino revolutionary. She became known as " Tandang Sora " ("tandang" meaning "old") because of her age during the ...