When Pochaev meets Santo Nino

 Just now, for the 460th anniversary of the founding of the Santo Nino Church, my icon of the Pochaev icon of the Mother of God visited the Santo Nino shrine on April 28.

                                                                    Magellan's Cross
The original image of Santo Nino with my icon of the Pochaev icon of the Mother of God
                                                               Me with the icon
The story of the Pochaev icon is that on August 5, (July 23 in the Julian Calendar) 1675, a group of Ottoman Turks tried to invade a monastery where the original icon of the Pochaev was. When the priest invoked the Blessed Virgin Mary, immediately, the Virgin appeared in the sky which frightened the Turks. The Turks tried to fire arrows at the Virgin, but the arrows bounced back and the Turks were hit by the arrows.

                                                     A painting depicting the event
                                                   The original Pochaev icon in Ukraine
As for the Santo Nino image, more than 460 years ago, the image believed to have been given by Magellan in 1521 was rediscovered on April 28, 1565 by a soldier of the army of conquistador Miguel Lopez de Legazpi. It was also kept in the Redemptorist church in Cebu during the World War II and on April 28, 1965, the image was canonically crowned. It is also my patron saint.

                        A painting depicting the discovery of the image of Santo Nino in 1565

I also prayed for the restoration of the church when I put the Pochaev icon with the original image of the Santo Nino. The prayer was composed by myself.
Santo Nino de Cebu, have mercy on us!
Our Lady of Pochaev, pray for us!






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