LIMASAWA ISLAND, S. LEYTE, Philippines ... Paintings of the implanting of the cross, first mass, and portraits of Magellan and Antonio Pigafetta, hung around its walls. Its 1/4 ...

Why did I come to the island in the first place? I asked myself. Limasawa, the smallest municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, is popularly known as the site of the 1521 Easter Sunday ...

The celebration is part of the yearlong commemoration of the 500 Years of Christianity in the Philippines and the opening of the “Jubilee Door” in Shrine of the Holy Cross and the First Mass on ...

CHRISTIANITY TAKING ROOT An artist’s rendition of the first Mass in the Philippines, from the book “The Encounter” by Fr. Jose Vicente Braganza, depicts the planting of the cross on Limasawa ...

While Limasawa is the site of the first Mass, other religious denominations also thrive on the island. The Philippine Statistics Authority’s 2015 data showed that members of other religious ...

Magellan, after converting the king of Cebu, died in the same year in a revolt led by an indigenous leader, Lapu-Lapu, on the island of Mactan. The search for the "first mass" celebrated in the ...

LIMASAWA, Southern Leyte — On March 31, 1521, or 504 years ago, the first Catholic Mass in the Philippines was celebrated on this island in what stands as one of the most pivotal moments in Philippine ...

The other is the Island Lagoon on Limasawa’s northernmost ... Leyte-based historian Rolando Borrinaga has examined the site and reckoned that the planting of the cross on March 31, 1521, was done in ...

On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the evangelization of the Philippines, the bishops confirm the study of the National Historical Commission. The celebrant was Fr. Pedro Valderra ...