Nuestra Señora De Las Mercedes Day
Road to Santo Cerro, La Vega (Virgen De Las Mercedes Altar) As the picture says, her day was on September 24th (3 days ago) but we wanted to honor this tradition by having this topic, the last we are going to post in September. Considered since 1844 the Patroness of the Dominican Republic, Nuestra Señora de Las Mercedes or the Virgin of Mercy is the spiritual mother of the Dominicans who profess the Catholic faith. Every September 24th, the country celebrates the day of Las Mercedes, who is the oldest saint posing the title Maria de La Merced that goes back to the foundation of the religious order of the mercenaries on August 10, 1218 in Barcelona, Spain. "Mercy, forgiveness, compassion, are synonyms of the word Merced, which define the particular mission that was given to the virgin, which had mercy of the capturated Christians on the hands of Muslims, many of the members...
