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Jan 19, 2020 · Niño is a religious celebration unique to the Philippines. The Spanish title “Sto. Niño” means “Holy Child”. Filipinos have a strong devotion to the Holy Child as can be seen through the presence of the Sto. Niño’s image everywhere—from houses to offices and from shops to jeepneys.
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.
Jan 10, 2021 · The feast day of the Santo Niño is usually celebrated in January. Ternate celebrates first every 8-9 January. Cebu and Tondo come next every third Sunday of the month. While Iloilo City—where the Santo Niño feast is called the Dinagyang—celebrates every fourth Sunday of January.
The feast of the Santo Niño falls on every third Sunday of January. Previously it was every April 28, the day of its discovery in a box by Juan Camus, one of Legazpi’s soldiers. The reason for the transfer of its feast was the former date’s proximity to Easter Sunday.
Jan 22, 2023 · How the Santo Niño became the Philippines’ most popular devotion. Each year Filipinos around the world celebrate the feast of the Santo Niño on the 3rd Sunday of January.
Jan 19, 2020 · Feast of the Sto. Niño. January 19, 2020. While the rest of the Catholic Church reflects on the Call of the First Disciples narrated in John 1, 35-39, the Church in the Philippines celebrates “Pit Senyor!,” the Feast of the Christ Child with Matthew’s “Let the children come to me.”.
Mass-scale devotion to the Santo Niño, or Holy Child, is unique to the Philippines. In Cebu, devotion reaches a fever pitch early in January, when crowds celebrate Sinulog, named for a ritual dance inspired by and performed for the Santo Niño.
