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Senor de los Milagros
By: Lindsay Wolfe
History
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In Peru, many Peruvians celebrate Christian
holidays each year. October is known as the
purple month because this is when Christians
wear purple as they take part in Senor de los
Milagros, the Lord of Miracles. Some may say
that in 1651 that an African slave painted the
image on the wall of a building in the
Pachacamilla area of Peru.
Slaves during this time would come to the
wall. They brought Gifts and they would often
pray in front of it.
• This painting is also know as
‘The Black Christ’ or ‘The
Christ of Pachacamilla’.
•
• This Image shows a picture
of Jesus Christ on the cross.
Above the cross is God and
that holy spirit, On the bottom
right of the image is the
Virgin Mary heartbroken
because of the death of
Jesus. On the Bottom right is
Mary Magdalene.
• This photo is found in Lima,
Peru.
In 1655, a devastating earthquake hit that area. This
earthquake would destroy all the walls of the
building this painting was in EXCEPT the wall with
the painting of Jesus Christ. Although no one
seemed to take interest in this fact. But In 1670, a
local man found the image and built a shrine around
it. It is also said that this many was cursed with a
life-threatening tumor and that he was cured due to
this devotion to this image on the wall. It was that at
that point, the public began to worship the image.
Simply because they believed it would heal or better
them. Although this was seen to be a good thing,
church authorities started to worry that it would
affect the order in the church. There solution was to
hire another painter to cover the image, none would
take the job on with fear that they could be cursed.
Celebration!
• This is again Purple Month.
• But the main event takes place on October 18th. This 24
hour event starts at the Church of Nazarenes.
• Christ's image sits on top of a 2 ton litter that is
decorated with silver, gold, and flowers. It is carried by
men in all purple. They pray and sing as they carry the
image across downtime Lima till they reach the Church
of La Merced in Barrios Altos. Hundreds of thousands of
people gather on the street to join hoping for the healing
powers the image is known to with hold. They also give
out delicious Peruvian desserts and the famous soft
nougat candy made only during this time.