The Shrine of Mary, Queen of Peace, Our Lady of EDSA, or more popularly, the EDSA Shrine is a small church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila located at the intersection of Ortigas Avenue and Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) in Barangay Ugong Norte, Quezon City. The church is also called the Archdiocesan Shrine of Mary, Queen of Peace or Mary, Queen of Peace Quasi-Parish, although these names are seldom used. It is also a declared Important Cultural Property by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.
View of EDSA Shrine in Ortigas Center
Marker commemorating the events of the Second EDSA Revolution
Church altar in 2016
"People's Basilica"; The initial unused proposal of Francisco Mañosa for the EDSA Shrine.
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila
The Archdiocese of Manila is the archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Metro Manila, Philippines, encompassing the cities of Manila, Makati, San Juan, Mandaluyong, Pasay, and Taguig. Its cathedral is the Minor Basilica and Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, also known as the Manila Cathedral, located in Intramuros, which comprises the old city of Manila. The Blessed Virgin Mary, under the title Immaculate Conception, is the principal patroness of the archdiocese.
Manila Cathedral
Interior of the Throne Room in the Archbishop's Palace as it was during the Spanish colonial period.
The Virgin Mary as the Immaculate Conception, patroness of the archdiocese
The cathedra of the Archbishop of Manila at the Manila Cathedral.