President Ferdinand Marcos Jr declares the founding anniversary of religious group Iglesia ni Cristo or INC on July 27, 2025, a special non-working day nationwide.
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00:00President Ferdinand Marx Jr. declares the founding anniversary of religious group Iglesia
00:06Ni Cristo, or INC, on July 27, 2025, a special non-working day nationwide.
00:13It falls on a Sunday.
00:14The INC will mark its 111th founding anniversary next year.
00:18Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin signed the proclamation on October 30 and released
00:23it on Thursday.
00:24The president says this gives the members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo the full opportunity
00:28to participate in the occasion.
00:30The INC endorsed Marcos when he ran for vice president in 2016 and in his presidential
00:35bid in 2022.
00:36The INC is the third-largest religious affinity in the country with over 2.8 million members.