East meets West in the Blessed Lady of China, one of this year’s new images. Hair gathered in a bun like an empress and frocked in a deep-red robe, the icon created by artist Jodee Jose is as much Mary as Kwan Yin.
The icon is named Nuestra Senora Desatadora de Nudos, the Undoer of Life’s Difficult Knots. Though the first of its kind in the country – it is owned by the Linsangan Family in Bocaue, Bulacan.
This year's feast day of Our Lady of Fatima is Arch. Glenn Encarnacion.
Archbishop Socrates Villegas swings the thurible before the image of the Virgin Mary after a brief procession from the nextdoor shrine to signal the opening of the exhibit.
Archbishop Socrates Villegas playfully put on his skullcap to a boy as he graces the opening of the 17th Marian Exhibit at the Museo Valenzuela.
A visitor snaps a picture of an image of the Blessed Lady of China. The image was originally commissioned by fashion designer Kenneth Chua, who was slain in 2014 before he could claim it.
A girl reaches out to the hand of one of the image at the 81 icons on display at the Museo Valenzuela as part of the 17th Marian Exhibit.
A devotee swabs the cross pendant of his necklace on the papal chair that highlights the 17th Marian Exhibit at the Museo Valenzuela.
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A of youngsters visiting the 1th Marian Exhibit takes a selfie before one of the 81 iamges on display at the Museo Valenzuela.