Named in honor of Brazil's patroness, Our Lady of the Apparition Chapel was consecrated by Cardinal Eusebio Oscar Scheid, Archbishop of Rio, in October 2006, on the 75th anniversary of the statue's completion. The chapel allows Catholics to celebrate baptisms, weddings and masses.
"The Sanctuary of Christ the Redeemer is the first sanctuary under the open sky in the world! National symbol of Christian sentiments in the country, it is originally a sacred space that had great participation of the faithful and commitment of the population of Rio de Janeiro for its construction.
To Corcovado - the hill on which it is situated, where we contemplate the natural beauty of the Tijuca National Park, and where we have a privileged view of the Marvelous City - flock people from all over the world with spiritual needs. The Christ of soapstone (the 8th photo) welcomes them with open arms, so that his real presence in body and blood, soul and divinity, living in the Chapel of Our Lady of Aparecida, can touch their hearts.
Place of worship, evangelization, charity, culture, ecumenical and inter-religious dialogue, pilgrimage and ecology, it offers, in its religious activities, in a more abundant way, the means of salvation to men.
Catholic doctrine teaches us that the model of every sanctuary is the risen Christ. Therefore, the Church gathers in the Sanctuary of Corcovado, as it once gathered around Jesus himself. More than representing his image, the monument carries the real presence of the Redeemer, fruit of his permanence in the consecrated host in the tabernacle of the monument, and of the liturgical celebration of the seven sacraments - Baptism, Eucharist, Confirmation, Penance, Anointing of the Sick, Orders and Matrimony.
Thus, the Sanctuary offers more abundantly the means of salvation to men, through the sacraments of the Church, celebrated in it with more or less frequency, according to the possibilities and needs of the faithful." (
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The chapel has a capacity of 22 people seated and 10 to 15 people standing. It is adorned with a replica of Our Lady of the Apparition statue (the 4th photo), miraculously found in the waters of the Paraíba River, in October 1717, venerated since then with growing devotion by the Brazilian people.
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