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December 8 Taguig Holiday: Araw ng Taguig: As per Proclamation No. 81 signed December 1, 2010, Taguig Holiday is celebrated henceforth every December 8. December 11 Pampanga Day: Araw ng Pampanga: Under the virtue of Proclamation No. 2226 of late President Ferdinand Marcos.
The Feast of the Immaculate Conception celebrates the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary on 8 December, nine months before the feast of the Nativity of Mary on 8 September. It is one of the most important Marian feasts in the liturgical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church .
December 18. Next time. 18 December 2024. ( 2024-12-18) Frequency. annual. Lopez Jaena Day is a public holiday to celebrate the birth of Philippine national hero Graciano López Jaena. It was declared a holiday by the Philippine National Government only for Iloilo Province and Iloilo City . Lopez Jaena's newspaper.
December 31 – Last Day of the Year (Reverted to being a special non-working holiday.) Chinese New Year , a then special non-working day which was celebrated on January 22 , [255] as well as Christmas Eve ( December 24 ), declared since 2021 as a special working day, are not in the list.
In the Catholic Church, holy days of obligation or precepts are days on which the faithful are expected to attend Mass, and engage in rest from work and recreation (i.e., they are to refrain from engaging in work or activities that hinder the worship owed to God), according to the third commandment. The expectation is attached to the holy day ...
The episcopal conference responsible in governing the faith is the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). Christianity was first brought to the Philippine islands by Spanish pirates, missionaries and settlers, who arrived in waves beginning in the early 16th century in Cebu by way of colonization.
National Heroes Day (Filipino: Pambansang Araw ng mga Bayani) is a holiday in the Philippines dedicated to Filipino Heroes. It is a public holiday in the Philippines. History. The holiday traces its roots to the Cry of Pugad Lawin in August 1896, which marked the beginning of the Philippine Revolution.
Rizal Day (Spanish: Día de Rizal, Filipino: Araw ni Rizal; Tagalog:) is a Philippine national holiday commemorating life and works of José Rizal, a national hero of the Philippines. It is celebrated every December 30, the anniversary of Rizal's 1896 execution at Bagumbayan (present-day Rizal Park ) in Manila .
Commemoration of the life of Andrés Bonifacio. Date. November 30. Next time. November 30, 2024. ( 2024-11-30) Frequency. annual. Bonifacio Day is a national holiday in the Philippines, commemorating Andrés Bonifacio, one of the country's national heroes.
The holiday season gradually begins by September, reaching its peak in December during Christmastide, and concludes within the week after New Year's Day, more specifically on the Sunday of Epiphany; however, festivities could last until the third Sunday of January, the feast day of the Santo Niño de Cebú.