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St Anthony and Theodosius (HDR)
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Sts. Anthony and Theodosius were sainted founders of the Russian and Ukrainian monasticism. They established the Kiev Pechersk Monastery in the mid-11th century.
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Loboc River Docking Port (By Nightfall)
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Something you’ll never see most often than not: Loboc River Night Lights. (See the Bridge with Loboc Church as the backdrop.)
Against a backdrop of the unfinished bridge — which almost cuts into the Loboc Church’s side — as night falls, a different nostalgic and winding Loboc River Cruising is one that is not to be missed.
The lighting of the whole place was specially arranged and we requested it from the town mayor for this photographic assignment. Special thanks to Hon. Leon Calipusan, Ryan Gases (my host / tour guide), Bayon (our tour driver) and Alex Garcia-Calipusan, for this wonderful opportunity to shoot the island of Bohol.
Famous for its floating restaurants and dancing & serenading townsfolks on moored rafts, like pitstops, this is the place to be when in Loboc, Bohol, Philippines. See my Bohol Photography Assignment.
Bohol Factoids:
Bohol Island, southeast of Cebu, is the Philippines’ tenth largest island. Rich in agriculture and fishing, Bohol has been discovered by tourists seeking the simple charm of a rustic retreat. The rich tropical waters off Panglao island ebb and flow above some of the Philippines most seductive dive sites: the islands of Pamilacan and Balicasag.
The oldest stone church is located at Baclayon, six kilometers off Tagbilaran (now contested with the Loboc Church).
At Maribojoc, the Punta Cruz Tower and Cross stands as a silent sentinel guarding the entrance to the bay.
Panglao Church with its twin antique confessionals and the church at Dauis, are worth visiting.
The world’s smallest monkey, the Philippine Tarsier, shares a sanctuary with exotic flora and fauna near the inland town of Bilar.
Bohol’s mysterious Chocolate Hills are the island’s premier attraction. Ranging in height from 40 to 120 meters, the 1268 dot hills resemble like giant scoops of chocolate ice cream during the dry seasons.
Discover Paradise that is Bohol.
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Since pre-Hispanic times, Loboc has always been an inland market village where products from the sea were bartered for the agricultural goods of the upland regions. It is said to be the domain of Sigala, the other chief of Bohol, whose contemporary, Sikatuna, made the famous Blood Compact with Miguel Lopez de Legaspi in 1565.
In 1596, the Jesuit Fr. Juan de Torres came to Loboc from Baclayon to found the second oldest Christian settlement in the Island. After the traumatic Moro raid on Baclayon on October 26, 1600, the Jesuit Missionaries decided to move the center of their missionary activities to the inland village of Loboc. By 1602, Loboc became a Parish, making it the oldest in the Island. To the Jesuits, Loboc was the Residencia Boholana, where their local superior resided. It remained so until the middle of the 18th century when the exigencies of the times forced to them to move once more to Baclayon. — Wikipedia
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Gold Domes for Sale
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One way some monasteries pay their way is making "gold domes" for other churches. Or a reasonable facsimile of such. Rest assured that in these particular domes, there is no gold. One had a tag of approximately 16,000 hriven, which comes out to around 00. With the price of gold well over 00 an ounce, this is a case where "all that glimmers isn’t gold."
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