A Farewell Procession for Santo Niño de Atocha will be held on Sunday, June 1, at 3 p.m., starting at Our Lady of Guadalupe ...

Particularly in the Philippine provinces of Aklan, Cebu and Iloilo, the icon of the Santo Niño is celebrated by the faithful during the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord in January. The statue of ...

Small devotional cards behind the register feature the Santo Niño de Atocha ... But our favorite find was a foot-tall ceramic statue of the Virgin Mary that we bought in Las Cruces.

The festive atmosphere unfolds as people are seen joyfully dancing while holding a Santo Niño statue. During the celebration, one dancer accidentally trips and leans on another, causing a moment ...

This connection to history is what makes Sinulog so special”, Angelo Miguel Magat, vice-president of the Santo Niño de Cebu in Macau Association, told “O Clarim”. Faith Like Flowing Water Nobody knows ...

Cebu (AsiaNews) – “Nothing can ever separate us from the love of the Santo Niño (Holy Child ... It is believed to be the same statue that explorer Ferdinand Magellan gave to the wife ...

In Las Piñas City, various sizes of the Santo Niño statues were paraded and blessed by a priest. In Sto. Tomas City in Batangas, performers of Barangay Santa Maria Elementary School participated ...

Niño icon is a dark wood statue, 12 inches (30 cm ... Today, the original image is permanently encased in a bullet proof glass inside the Basilica del Santo Niño. 4. In 1965, Pope St. Paul VI decreed ...

Through the hands of the 51-year-old Angelito “Litoy” Giangan, the revered image of Señor Santo Niño, central to the festival ... On occasion, while working on a statue, Giangan would place a crown on ...

Cebu may have its much older Santo Niño (in fact, it is the oldest religious artifact ... The following morning, they went back to the church to take photos of the statue. Even without light from the ...

Sinulog Festival snaps multiple days after the Feast of Santo Nino and includes vibrant parades, markets, dancing, and colorful celebrations. In 1521, Magellan was killed by angry locals, and the Baby ...

As an example, it's common for home altars to have Santo Nino statues (statues of Jesus as a child), a Buddha, grains of rice, and mythological creatures of carved wood. Through the Treaty of ...