Our Lady of the Angels Day is a public holiday in Costa Rica celebrated on August 2. “Que viva la Virgen de Guadalupe!” they chanted in Spanish. Several hundred people celebrated the Virgin Mary this week by taking part in a 2.5 … Virgen de los Angeles Day is a Costa Rican holiday celebrating Costa Rica's patron saint, the Virgen de los Angeles (la Negrita). Viva San Juan Diego! El Mercadito de Los Angeles "Celebration of Virgen de Guadalupe" Déc.12,2015. THIS Sunday, September 22, thousands of us, particularly Kapampangans, will gather at the Cathedral of Los Angeles to celebrate the 63rd Canonical Coronation Mass of Virgen de Los Remedios. Accompanied by mariachis, people chanted “Viva la Virgen de Guadalupe! Virgen de los Ángeles Day, celebrated annually on August 2, honors Costa Rica’s patron saint. It is the feast day of Virgen de los Angeles (the Virgin of the Angels or Our Lady of the Angels), the patron saint of Costa Rica. Costa Rican Catholics — and faithful from across the world — complete the romería to give thanks to and ask for blessings from La Negrita. This Monastery was built in 1962 on the foundation of an old Sanctuary in which the "La Virgen de los Ángeles" painting was discovered. Día de la Madre, Mothers Day August 15th (Public) According to tradition, La Negrita, the Black Virgin, is a small (less than a meter tall), probably mulatto, representation of the Virgin Mary found on this spot on August 2, 1635 by a native woman. Raul Reyes Dec. 12, 2017, 10:29 AM UTC / Updated Dec. 12, 2017, 10:29 AM UTC El Mercadito de L'os Angeles is Presenting à Réal Cultural Event Déc.12, 2015 from 12am-8pm "Celebration of Virgen de Guadalupe" featuring Aztec Dancers,Théâtre Play, Live Marachi & Spécial Artists too! Musical Celebration (Convivencia) Dance and Musical performances by different ethnic groups representing Los Angeles. The Holiday Festivities of La Plana revolve around the Monastery: La Mare de Déu dels Àngels during the first week of August. Costa Rica Pilgrimage to the Virgen de Los Angeles written by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2019/08/03 Prayers ascend today as many pilgrims walk toward la Basilica in honor of the Virgin of the Angels. (August 2) The Virgen de los Angeles (the Virgin of the Angels) is Costa Rica’s patron saint, also known as La Negrita. Depiction of Our Lady of Guadalupe adorns a wall in Los Angeles, California. Viva la Virgen de las Americas!” during the oldest religious procession in Los Angeles that recalls Mary appearing to St. Juan Diego 480 years ago at Tepeyac Hill, … The Virgen de Los Angeles is a very religious day with many starting the annual pilgrimage to Cartago almost a week before hand. Plus Great Mexican Food:) - PR12516877 We will come to this annual Marian celebration to express our love and devotion to Mary, the Virgin of Remedies, and to ask for her powerful… According to tradition, a peasant girl found a small stone statuette of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus on August 2, 1635. It is celebrated on August 2 with religious pilgrimages from San José to the Nuestra Señora de los Angeles Basilica in Cartago.It is the basilica where many tourists and local visit in … Virgen de los Angeles Day is a Costa Rican holiday celebrating the Virgen.. Thursday, December 12, 2002: Celebración de Nuestra Virgen de Guadalupe: 4:30-5:15 am