Marikina City Etymology
- Jack Maico
- May 5
- 2 min read
One of the builders of the Jesus dela Peña Chapel was a young priest named “Mariquina,” who was tasked with baptizing children into Christianity. Because of this very noble job, “Mariquina” was named in his honor to bestow upon him glory and praise.
Source: https://marikina.gov.ph/our-city
Special credits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marikina_Church
Church in town: 𝐃𝐢𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝
The Diocesan Shrine and Parish of Our Lady of the Abandoned, commonly known as the Church of Marikina, is a Roman Catholic church in Marikina, the Philippines. The church enshrines one of several images of the Madonna and Child venerated as miraculous, which has received a Pontifical decree of coronation.
The church itself is a testament to a religious controversy rooted back in Marikina's early history, wherein both the Jesuits and Augustinians fought over the ecclesiastical control of the area. The church is also known for featuring Metro Manila's longest Holy Week processions with around 87 floats as of 2023, and the third overall after the St. Augustine Parish in the town of Baliuag and the San Isidro Labrador Parish in the town of Pulilan, both located in the province of Bulacan and featuring at least 110 floats.
Catholicism in what is now Marikina began when the settlement was ceded to the Augustinians by the Jesuits. On March 10, 1687, Governor Gabriel Cruz Elasque ordered the transfer of Marikina to the oversight of the Augustinians and merged it with the ministry of San Mateo. He instructed Don Juan Pimentel, the Mayor of Tondo, to vacate and demolish the visita of Jesús de la Peña as the Marikina River would flood the site during the rainy season. The visita could not accommodate the growing congregation, forcing the Augustinian friars to transfer operations across the Marikina to higher ground, where the much larger, present structure was built. The church was subsequently made an independent parish in 1690.
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲
Mariquina became the capital of the Province of Manila in 1898, when the Philippine Revolution broke out, a period when Philippine Independence was declared by Emilio Aguinaldo, the first Philippine president. Don Vicente Gomez became the first Alcalde Presidente of Mariquina in 1900.
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐚:
- Diocesan Shrine and Parish of Our Lady of the Abandoned
- Marikina River Park
- Shoe Museum of Marikina
- Ateneo Art Gallery
- Marikina City Town Plaza
𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐚:
- None in the list
𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐲 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐚:
- Maria Claire Adorna (Professional Filipina triathlete and swimmer)
- Marion Andres (Filipino politician and physician)
- Renato Corona (Filipino judge who was the 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines)
- Crazy as Pinoy (Pinoy group rapper)
- Nori Dalisay (Retired Filipina actress)
- Lav Diaz (Independent filmmaker/fil critic)
- Elise Estrada (Fil-Canadian pop-singer/songwriter)
- Bayani Fernando (Filipino politician and businessman)
- Gregorio Honasan (Filipino politician and a cashiered Philippine Army officer who led unsuccessful coups d'état against President Corazon Aquino.)
- Ronnie Magsanoc (former PBA player/Shell Rimula X)
- Salvador Panelo (Filipino lawyer)
- Nene Pimentel (Filipino politician/Human Rights lawyer)
- Blaster Silonga (Pinoy singer-songwriter)
- Paolo Taha (PBA player/Northport Batang Pier)
- Maria Rosario Vergeire (Filipino physician and public health official)
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