[Music] good day everyone and to our beloved audience today we are going to discuss the site of the first mast is it really in li masawa or is it in masao join us as we travel and explore the roots of our christianity where did the first mass happen in the philippines is it in li masawa or masao but this was a controversy regarding the site of the first mass ever celebrated on philippine soil pigafetta stated that it was held on eastern sunday the 31st of march 1521 on the island called mazawa magellan ordered a mass to be celebrated which was officiated by father pedro valderrama the only priest then conducted near the shore of the island the first holy mass marked the birth of roman catholicism here in the philippines today this site is widely believed by many historians and the government to bilimasava off the tip of south alaika however until at least the 19th century the prevailing belief was that the first mass was held in in the account of pigafetta gomez noticed that he failed to mention some points of the journey where the masses were held one example is when they were at the port of san julian pigofeda stated that the mass was held on palm sunday which was on the first of april 1520. during their voyage to the west but never mentioned easter sunday the same situation happened when the fleet arrived in the philippines pigafeta only others the easter sunday mass while he is silent on palm sunday on the other hand in the account of francisco albo he did not mention the first mass in the philippines but only the planting of the cross upon the mountaintop from which could be seen three islands to the west and south where they were told that there was much gold this also feeds the southern end of misawa to end the conflict for the controversy of the first mass the national historical commission of the philippines or nhcp panel adapted the recommendation and anonymously agreed that the evidence and agreements presented by the probe to one advocates are not sufficient and convincing enough to warrant the repeal or reversal of the ruling on the case by the national historical institute it is further strengthened by the evidence that it was only up to 22 years in 1543 when a spanish expedition led by rue lopez de villier lobos landed in mindanao according to dr antonio sanchez de mora an expert on spanish medieval history and head of the reference service at the archival general the india's in seville spain the masawa is an island municipality in southern nato is a small yet flourishing town on easter sunday march 31 1521 the first documented catholic mass in the philippines was held it was led by father pedro di valderrama a ferdinand magellan's expedition along the coastline of what antonio figavetas referred to as mazawa in his chronicles papers primary sources and maps from the 16th century confirmed that an easter sunday mass was held on the island of mazawa on march 31 1521 and that a cross was constructed on a hill on the island to be visible from afar [Music] also moro organized his documentary tension out ferdinand magellan's historic voyage around the world survivors reports and testimonies chronicles and other primary sources by publishers who interviewed survivors and consulted their documents maps and nautical charts and secondary sources that interpreted information provided by the primary sources and the testimonies transmitted over time sources into four categories however the most comprehensive and credible account of marginalized voyage was picafeta antonio speaker peta's arrival on the course in 1521 is regarded as the only reliable account pigafettus misawa was the first christian mass was conducted on philippine territory is a historical landmark pikachu's work is important not only as a source of information about the voyage but also as the first western description of the peoples and languages of the philippines pikafeta was one of the only eaten men from the 240 soldiers that accompanied magellan back to spain based on francisco albo's statement who was one of the 18 survivors to return the sebastian el cano he records the voyage in his diary or lag book as they sailed heartward in the atlantic following the coast of south america masao in butuan is not an island although it is located off the southwestern coast of leyte but one city barangay located on the agusan river delta along the coast of northern mindanao is in province in the philippines in addition picafeta's original italian text was translated into english by james robertson the story is most trustworthy since it's faithful to the original text which has been duly validated by the department of european language at the university of the philippines to illustrate here is some evidence that we gathered up the site of the first mass in nimasawa this is the first magellan's cross monumentally misawa island at the top of a hill beside the shrine where the replica of the bigger cross was erected all things considered the first documented holy mass was conducted by father pedro valderrama on march 31 1521 on easter sunday the sad mass led to the start of roman catholicism here in our country which is considered to be the most dominant religion today today in the 21st century determining the exact site of the first mast will help in allowing the church and the government to celebrate and commemorate historical events established on fox also according to malvar it is really important to know and to understand when and where the first mass was held because that first holy must pave the way for the spread of christianity not only in our country the philippines but all over the asia as filipinos we need to find out the roots of our christianity our country is known as one of the most religious country in the world and we take pride knowing that the first mass in the whole asia happened in our country this topic tells us how the first mass in the philippines started and where it happened this historical event made a big impact in philippine history the sources of albo and pigafetta helps us understand what transpired and when the first mass was held and people nowadays have no idea about this controversy unless they are very religious person and i believe that we need to know about their history in order to us to understand what has happened in the past and we must value our history because it allows us to learn about our country's culture and beliefs in conclusion based on the witnesses gathered evidence primary and secondary sources we can say that the first mass points at lee masawa as the most likely location and not in masao in the future there may be another controversy that may arise regarding this issue however one argument still stands whether the side of the first mass is in only masawa masao or any other place it is still important for us to remember and commemorate this historic event as this signifies the start of christianity in our country one of which our faith and beliefs highly revolve on thank you for listening and we hope that you enjoyed our presentation as we briefly journeyed through the roots of christianity here in the philippines [Music] you