Our Lady of the Pillar shrine, Zamboanga City(Facebook photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The grand procession for the feast of the Our Lady of the Pillar on October 12 will see a fewer number of worshipers due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Our Lady of the Pillar feast (Pilar Festival or Fiestas del Pilar) is the highlight of the Zamboanga Hermosa Festival that kicked off Friday. She is the most revered patron saint of this city and is the patroness of Spain, other Hispanic people, policemen, and postmen. The city government released Saturday Executive Order No. BC-683-2021, signed by Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar, that specifies protocols and traffic rerouting and limits the participation of worshipers in all religious events of the Zamboanga Hermosa Festival. The grand procession will be limited to just 100 worshipers, regardless of vaccination status. "The listing is to be determined by the Archdiocese. Given the number of attending persons, strict social distancing measures of one
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