San Pablo, Philippines. December 27, 2023 : Iglesia ni Cristo house of worship without Christmas decors. In the Christmas-obsessed Philippines, as city centers and Roman Catholic churches are overdecorated, more than 4 million Christian Filipinos don't celebrate Christmas including Jehovah's Witnesses, Seven Day Adventists, Bible-based church Iglesia ni Cristo estimates the feast celebrated on December 25 was Sol Invictus pagan feast and nowhere in the Bible it say Jesus Christ was born on that day or that his birth should be : Kevin Izorce/Alamy Live News


Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) - “Church of Christ” is the third-largest religious denomination in the Philippines and the largest indigenous Christian church in the country with an estimated 3 million members in the Philippines and in over 156 countries and territories overseas. The Philippines is the world's third largest Catholic country and “Filipino Christmas” is more centered on Jesus Christ and religion rather than Santa Claus.


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Location: San Pablo city, Laguna province, Calabarzon region, Philippines, Southeast Asia
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