THE Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) will mark its 95th founding anniversary in the Philippines on July 27, 2009.

Aside from the annual thanksgiving services that will be held Saturday in its many houses of worship all over the country, the INC is also set to conduct on Monday grand religious assembles in 14 huge venues across the nation. Here in Negros Occidental, such a gathering will be held at the spacious Panaad Stadium in Mansilingan, Bacolod City.

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Huge crowds are expected to come to said event as INC delegates and supporters from neighboring provinces are set to join in the celebration of the “Iglesia ni Cristo Day.”

Malacañang earlier declared July 27 as a special national working holiday pursuant to Republic Act 9645 enacted last June 12, which decrees the observance of the INC’s foundation day as a national holiday.

Traffic advisories have also been issued by local authorities to avoid possible congestion of public roads on that day, especially from afternoon to evening.

The other venues where “Iglesia ni Cristo Day” celebrations will also be held simultaneously with the gathering here in Negros Occidental are as follows: In Metro Manila, the Araneta Coliseum (Cubao, Quezon City) and Rizal Memorial Sports Complex (Malate, Manila); in the rest of Luzon, the Quirino Stadium (Bantay, Ilocos Sur), the Central Integrated Terminal (Santiago City, Isabela), the Narciso Ramos Sports Center (Lingayen, Pangasinan), Villa Del Sol Subdivision – Olongapo – Gapan Road (San Fernando, Pampanga), the Ashton Field Subdivision grounds (Calamba City, Laguna) and the Bicol University Sports Complex and Commencement grounds (Legaspi City, Albay); In the Visayas, the Cebu Sports Center (Cebu); and in Mindanao, the Ipil Sports Complex (Zamboanga Sibugay), the Davao Agro–Industrial Institute Football Field (Davao), the General Santos City Oval Plaza (Cotabato) and the Butuan City Sports Complex (Agusan del Norte).