1. BINONDO CHURCH Dynarel Project Pua, Kerwin Y. DFM8
2. Binondo Church, also known as Minor Basilica of St. Lorenzo
Ruiz and Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish, is located in the
District of Binondo, Manila fronting Plaza San Lorenzo Ruiz, in the
Philippines.
3. The church was founded by Dominican priests in 1596 to serve
their Chinese converts to Christianity. The original building was
destroyed in 1762 by British bombardment.
4. A new granite church was completed on the same site in 1852
however it was greatly damaged during the Second World War, with
only the western facade and the octagonal bell tower
surviving.
5. San Lorenzo Ruiz, who was born of a Chinese father and a
Filipino mother, trained in this church and afterwards went as a
missionary to Japan and was executed there for refusing to renounce
his religion.
6. The baptistry of Binondo church is the exact spot where
Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo were
baptized.
7. Wedding ceremonies, confession, baptism and masses are some
of the activities in Minor Basilica of San Lorenzo Ruiz. Masses are
in three languages, Filipino, English and Chinese.
8. Interior design and decoration
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11. Blast from the past of Binondo Church
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