Virgen de los Remedios Church is a Roman Catholic and Marian church located in Labangon, Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines. Its patroness is Virgen de los Remedios (Virgin of Los Remedios).
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History
Virgen de los Remedios Church was founded in 1960. An image of the patroness was reportedly one of three gifts that was given by Spanish explorer Ferdinand Magellan to Hara Humamay, later renamed Queen Juana, in 1521. The image is lost in history. The other two gifts were the Sto. Niño and Ecce Homo.
Architecture
The church is located in a gated complex. Its entrance has a cantilevered ceiling that covers over the portico and a short staircase. The primary entryway is through a rectilinear door and in each side is rectangular window. Its facade also features a central section that is recessed from the rest of the church wall; within it contains three arches the middle of which is a concrete niche of the patroness holding the Holy Child and her feet firmly on clouds. In the epistle side stands a modern-looking church-tower that is crowned with a cross.
Interiors: the church has three naves. Along the main nave is a colonnade of fluted composite pillars supporting arches and above on the clerestory are arch windows with tracery and stained glass panes. The side nave walls have rectangular apertures topped with semicircles (tympanum) with stained glass.
On the apse wall is a set of three arch windows whose panes depict theological images. Meanwhile, the retablo is rendered in red ochre and gold; its tabernacle is flanked by alcoves of holy figures.
Celebration
The feast of Virgen de los Remedios is every September 8.
Services
Confession is open starting at 5:30 in the afternoon from Monday to Saturday.
Mass schedule
Below is the weekly mass schedule of Virgen de los Remedios Church in Labangon, Cebu City from November 18, 2024 to November 24, 2024. Please reach out to the church for an updated schedule. Additionally, you may also want to view mass schedules of churches in Cebu City.
Monday
- 6:00-7:00 AM (Cebuano)
- 6:00-7:00 PM (English)
Tuesday
- 6:00-7:00 AM (Cebuano)
- 6:00-7:00 PM (Cebuano)
Wednesday
- 6:00-7:00 AM (Cebuano)
- 6:00-7:00 PM (Cebuano)
Thursday
- 6:00-7:00 AM (Cebuano)
- 6:00-7:00 PM (Cebuano)
Friday
- 6:00-7:00 AM (Cebuano)
- 6:00-7:00 PM (English)
Saturday
- 5:30-6:30 AM (Cebuano)
- 6:00-7:00 PM (English - Anticipated Mass)
Sunday
- 6:00-7:00 AM (Cebuano)
- 8:30-9:30 AM (Cebuano)
- 10:30-11:30 AM (English - Baptism)
- 1:30-2:30 PM (Requiem Mass)
- 3:30-4:30 PM (Children's Mass)
- 5:00-6:00 PM (Cebuano)
- 6:00-7:00 PM (Cebuano - Labangon Sports Complex)
Church information
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Name | Virgen de los Remedios Church in Labangon, Cebu City |
| Address | A. Lopez St. Labangon, Cebu City, Philippines |
| Country | Philippines |
| Contact | 261-2247 |
| remediosparishcebu@gmail.com | |
| Religion | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1960 |
| Age | 64 years |
| Status | Parish |
| Archdiocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cebu |
| District | District II - Metro Cebu South |
| Vicariate | Vicariate of Sto. Niño |
| Patron | Our Lady of Remedies |
| Feast day | September 8 |
Nearby Churches
- Archdiocesan Shrine of Blessed Pedro Calungsod in Cebu City
- Archdiocesan Shrine of San Nicolas de Tolentino in Cebu City
- Archdiocesan Shrine of San Roque in Cebu City
- Archdiocesan Shrine of St. Arnold Janssen in Cebu City
- Chapel of San Pedro Calungsod in Cebu City
- Holy Cross Parish Church in Basak, Cebu City
- Mary Help of Christians Church in Cebu City
- Our Lady of Consolation Church in Talisay, Cebu
- San Lorenzo Parish Church in Cebu City
- Sto. Niño Church in Pasil, Cebu City
- Sto. Tomas de Villanueva Church in Pardo, Cebu City
References
- District II – Metro Cebu South. Archdiocese of Cebu. Retrieved November 14, 2022
- James Malabanan. The Lost Gift of Ferdinand Magellan: Nuestra Señora de los Remedios de Cebu – “Birhen sa Kotta”. Pintakasi. Retrieved November 14, 2022