First Easter Sunday Mass Limasawa, 499th Year Anniversary Of First Easter Mass Of 1521 At Limasawa Island Home Facebook

25 the bishops conference stand by the proceedings and findings of a panel of historians affirming previous findings on the historic event.

Atrias thanksgiving dinner. The mass held by ferdinand magellan marks the birth of christianity in the philippines. It was conducted by father pedro de valderrama along the shores of what was referred to in the journals of antonio pigafetta as mazaua. The national historical commission of the philippines issued on august 19 2020 its official position on the site of the 1521 easter sunday mass that will be the part of the countrys quincentennial celebrations in 2021.

The catholic hierarchy has adopted a government led study affirming limasawa island as the site of the first easter sunday mass in the country. And one of these events was the first easter sunday mass celebrated by father pedro valderama chaplain of the fernando magallanes ferdinand magellan expedition on march 31 1521 in the island of limasawa southern leyte. Nhcp confirms first easter sunday mass held in limasawa island.

The national historical commission of the philippines nhcp settled the controversy over the official site of the 1521 easter sunday mass in the country by favoring limasawa in southern leyte instead of masao in butuan city. This came about when both foreign and local historical research scholars of that period shifted their view from the traditionally recognized site of butuan in agusan del norte to limasawa island in leyte. Limasawa island in southern city not butuan city in agusan del norte is the site of the first easter sunday mass held in 1521 following the discovery of the philippines by ferdinand magellan according to the national historical commission of the philippines nhcp.

Today this site is widely believed by many historians and the government to be limasawa at the tip of southern leyte though this was contested by some who assert that the first mass was instead held at masao butuan. In a resolution dated sept. In light of the 500 year anniversary of the first mass in the country the national historical commission of the philippines nhcp has confirmed that portugese explorer ferdinand magellan and his spanish crew celebrated the first mass in limasawa island southern leyte.

In a resolution dated july 15 but released only on wednesday august 19 the nhcp adopted a recommendation of a panel of church historians reaffirming its earlier stand that limasawa island was the site of the first mass. But there was controversy on the site of the first easter sunday mass celebrated in 1521 that emerged in the last years of the 19th century and the early decades of the 20th century. Preparing for the quincentennial of the introduction to christianity the exact location wasnt without controversy.

To end the conflict for the issue about the fi. Rene escalante chairman of nhcp and executive director of the national quincentennial committee said they revisited the issue surrounding the site of the 1521 easter sunday mass in the philippines as part of its. Limasawa not masao named first easter site.

The first documented catholic mass in the philippines was held on march 31 1521 easter sunday. The bishops conference affirmed this in a resolution dated september 25 according to cbcp news.