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	Definition of Virgin of Suyapa
		The Virgin of Suyapa is a 6 cm (2.3 in) statue that is the patron saint of Honduras.
		The statue is kept in Suyapa, a suburb of the capital Tegucigalpa, and toured through various other parts of the country each year in early February.
		On examination he discovered it was a tiny statue of a virgin, which he took to his mother's home in Suyapa, and set up on an altar.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Virgin_of_Suyapa (373 words)

	Virgin of Suyapa: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		On examination he discovered it was a tiny statue of a virgin virgin quick summary:
		A virgin is most commonly seen as a person who has not engaged in sexual intercourse....
		A small church[For more facts and a topic of this subject, click this link] was built in Suyapa to house her in 1780.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/v/vi/virgin_of_suyapa.htm (775 words)

	News \| TimesDaily.com \| TimesDaily \| Florence, Alabama (AL) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The statue of the Virgin remained in Colindres's mother's house for 20 years, until the first miracle was recorded in 1768.
		The Virgin spends most of her time in the chapel, but every year before the celebration of her festival, the Virgin is moved into the larger church to accommodate the crowds.
		The Virgin of Suyapa has a group of lay caretakers, all male, known as the Orden de los Caballeros de Suyapa, founded in the 20th century.
	www.timesdaily.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Virgin_of_Suyapa (587 words)

	Honduras This Week Cultural
		It was a 6½-centimeter cedar statue of the Virgin Mary.
		The Virgin was taken to Zelaya's house, where he promised to build, at his own expense, a chapel "to the greater glory and worship of the Mother of God," if she would listen to his prayers asking for better health.
		The Virgin of Suyapa was declared patron of Honduras by Pope Pius XII on April 25, 1953.
	www.marrder.com /htw/feb97/cultural.htm (1948 words)

	Megan Lyles :: Tegucigalpa, Honduras - La Virgen de Suyapa
		She usually lives in the small Iglesia de Suyapa, but on holidays she's brought to the fancy Basilica de Suyapa.
		But whoever designed the Virgin's altar understood how tiny she is, and made it fancy enough to look at on its own.
		I was amusing myself viewing the juxtaposition of a poster of Thalia in a bustier and tight jeans squatting next to a poster the Virgin Mary.
	www.meganlyles.com /tegucigalpa-honduras---la-virgen-de-suyapa (1381 words)

	Honduras News This Week
		Many a fervent catholic did their customary annual pilgrimage to the sanctuary of the Lady of Suyapa, located on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa.
		The massive basilica of Suyapa welcomed visitors from around the country and was bustling with activity during the days just before and after the 3rd of February, date when the devotion to the virgin of Suyapa is celebrated.
		Curiously, the impressive basilica is closed most of the year, as common belief is that the figure of the Virgin is more at home in the old sanctuary, located nearby in the original church built to house the image in the village of Suyapa.
	www.honduras.com /thisweek/archive/2000-2-23.html (850 words)

	news
		The Embassy of Honduras in Sweden celebrated the Virgin Mary of Suyapa´s Day by giving a mass in her honour at the Catholic Cathedral of Stockholm on February 4th.
		In 1925, His Holy Highness Pope Pius XII declared our Lady of Suyapa, Patron of the Republic of Honduras, and February 3rd was chosen as day of celebration with a national holiday and a massive pilgrimage to the Basilic of Suyapa in Tegucigalpa.
		It was the first time that the Honduran community in Sweden had the opportunity to commemorate and venerate their patron "la Virgencita de Suyapa" in an offical ceremony, also attended by other Latin-Americans, local authorities and diplomatic representatives from countries such as El Salvador, Colombia, Nicaragua and Perú.
	www.hondurasembassy.se /paginas-ing/noticias.html (574 words)

	CAFOD : News and events : Personal Voices : Unearthing justice in Honduras : 21 June: Seminarians and students sign up
		It sits on the edge of Tegucigalpa in the hills, and it was hard to believe that we were still so close the capital city.
		The seminary is dedicated to The Virgin of Suyapa, the patron saint of Honduras.
		The Virgin is actually a tiny statue – only 6cm high - of the Virgin Mary which is said to have been miraculously discovered in 1747.
	www.cafod.org.uk /news_and_events/personal_voices/unearthing_justice_in_honduras/21_june_seminarians_and_students_sign_up (502 words)

	Honduras - Pope John Paul II Speaks on Marriage, Birth Control and Family
		I encourage you in your commitment to implement your national plan for the pastoral care of families, to ensure that your Christian roots retain all their vigour.
		You prepared it for this Year of the Family and entrusted it to the Virgin of Suyapa, your heavenly patroness, during a solemn ceremony in which the living forces of your country took part.
		I am persuaded that all you are doing on behalf of the family and the promotion of its values will contribute to an increase in vocations to the priesthood and the religious life, essential for a more promising future for the Church in Honduras.
	www.priestsforlife.org /magisterium/94-02-04popehonduras.htm (1598 words)

	Tradition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Every year the celebration begins the day before with a march from a predetermined place from where a special carriage for the virgin is paraded to the Basilica and is handed over to the parish priest and a mass is given.
		That day we have several masses and we sing the hymn of the Suyapa Virgin.
		This is also a long day, but you can get food and there are people selling beverages, crucifixes and pictures with the Suyapa Virgin’s image.
	www.kirkwood.edu /esl/trad.htm (330 words)

	Green Hotels of Costa Rica
		The Chapel is located on a grass-covered hilltop overlooking Villablanca and is complemented by pristine Cloud Forest as its natural backdrop.
		Each one of the columns formed by the 14 plates develops a theme allusive to a Latin-American virgin and her country.
		The Virgins that were chosen to honor in the chapel are:
	www.greenhotelscr.com /uniquefeatures_weddingchapel.html (374 words)

	Thousands of families cannot afford $2 for potable water
		Martha Francisca lives in Sector 2 of the neighborhood called 17 of September, a little beyond the impressive Cathedral of the Virgin of Suyapa.
		Julia is 33-years-old and she works very hard to raise her six children, ages 14, 13, 11, 8, 6 and 3.
		The death of the main wage earner made the economic life of the family very difficult; they have been reduced to less than half their weekly income.
	www.revistazo.com /english/sept/rep4.html (1086 words)

	- HotelBook.com Events Guide: Virgin of Suyapa Festival (Sanctuaria de Suyapa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras)
		The Virgin of Suyapa stands eight centimetres high but she is worshipped with a passion worthy of a giant.
		Pilgrims come from far and wide to pray to the tiny wooden image, dwarfed in its grand church, the Basílica de Suyapa in Tegucigalpa.
		Suyapa is set in some of Honduras' most beautiful countryside, a land of rich forests famed for banana and pineapple plantations.
	guides.hotelbook.com /sisp/index.htm?fx=event&event_id=19239 (209 words)

	Tegucigalpa
		Another museum, located in the Casa de Ramón Rosa, contains an art library and exhibits dedicated to Honduran culture.
		From the lookouts, the massive basilica of the Virgin of Suyapa can be seen to dominate one end of Tegucigalpa's valley.
		An annual fair dedicated to the Virgin is celebrated every year beginning February 3 and is one of Honduras' most important holidays.
	www.guate.net /destination/honduras/tegucigalpa.htm (326 words)

	Honduras - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Unlike other people from African descent who came to the Americas, these were never slaves.
		The patron saint of Honduras is the Virgin of Suyapa.
		A Honduran can be called a Catracho or Catracha.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Honduras (2351 words)

	TheDrawbridge \| The Good Lord didn't give you a head just to hang your hat on
		It was on the Fiesta de los Pelazónes;, the Feast Day of All Fools, back in 1997, that José Martinez Minera first won the heart of the lovely Maria de l'Incarnacion Guttierez Alvarado.
		The Feast of All Fools fell on the day after the Fiesta of the Little Virgin of Suyapa, and the day before the Fiesta of Pascal Abuaj.
		The priest in the church said that the Fiesta of Pascal Abuaj was a sin and a monstrosity, and even that the little fl basalt idol of this supposed saint was nothing but the representation of a man's member.
	www.thedrawbridge.org.uk /issue_1/the_good_lord_didnt_give_you_a (1985 words)

	Worldwide events guide and travel inspiration \| Whatsonwhen
		Get an insider's perspective - and make it a trip to remember.
		Muixeranga acrobats form teetering human towers as the people of Algemesi honour the Virgin of Good Health
		Head to Rio for a heady mix of samba rhythms, beaches, natural beauty and contemporary art...
	www.whatsonwhen.com /partners/lm/viewevent.asp?id=19239 (109 words)

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