Holy Week 2024: Tabor Hill in Talamban, experience the authentic essence of Via Crucis

Pia Piquero 03/28/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – This Holy Week, the Via Crucis, also known as the Stations of the Cross, is one of the most practiced form of devotion among Catholics, particularly in the Philippines. The Via Crucis commemorates…

Buhing Kalbaryo expects hundreds to join Via Crucis street play

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/13/2022

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — The 25th edition of the Buhing Kalbaryo expects hundreds or even thousands of people to join the street play. The Buhing Kalbaryo is a form of Pasyon or Senakulo that incorporates the…

Cebu Holy Week guidelines out

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/11/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Archdiocese of Cebu has released the guidelines for the celebration of the upcoming Holy Week from April 10 to 16, 2022. The guidelines have already been approved by the Regional Interagency Task…

PAMALANDONG: A Virtual Visita Iglesia and Via Crucis

Marc Cosep 04/03/2021

Lent is a time to reflect on the passion and death of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is a time to ask for forgiveness for all the wrongs that we have done. For many, it is also…

Palma reminds churches, devotees no crowd-gathering events for Holy Week

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/23/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Archdiocese of Cebu on Tuesday, March 23 reminded churches and devotees in the island-province to strictly follow minimum health standards in celebrating Holy Week. During the Chrism Mass and Renewal of Commitment…

Popular sites in Cebu for Stations of the Cross

Dianne Zarina G. Savillo 04/10/2020

Traditionally, Filipino Roman Catholics observe The Stations of the Cross or Via Crucis every Holy Week, specifically on Good Friday. Devout Catholics go on a pilgrimage to mimic the passion of Christ as a sign of sacrifice.…

An interactive way of the cross

04/12/2017

HAVE you ever wondered how painful those thorns on Jesus Christ’s head were; how heavy the cross on his back was and how big and piercing those nails were when he died on the cross? How arduous…

Reliving Christ’s Passion at the Celestial Garden

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/23/2016

Gemma Natividad, 44, has a Holy Week ritual that  she has  faithfully observed  since she was a young girl and which she has now passed on to her own young children. Natividad, a devout Catholic who hails…

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