supported by Ministry of Tourism Government of India. Every ten years, Goa reverberates with spiritual fervour as the decennial exposition of the sacred relics of St. Francis Xavier ...

St. Francis Xavier continues to captivate the ... His missionary efforts extended beyond Goa to other regions of South India, including Cochin and the Cape of Comorin, and reached Japan and ...

St. Francis Xavier, one of the most venerated Catholic saints in the world, arrived in Goa in 1542 as a Jesuit missionary. He played a crucial role in establishing Christianity in Goa and ...

The churches and convents of Goa, the former capital of the Portuguese Indies - particularly the Church of Bom Jesus, which contains the tomb of St Francis-Xavier - illustrate the evangelization of ...

Born in the Castle of Xavier near Sanguesa, in Navarre, on April 7, 1506. Francis Xavier ... embarked on a long and dangerous voyage to Goa, India where he landed 13 months later.

PANJIM: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) Old Goa has requested the Commissioner for Exposition to take due cognisance of the letter and to facilitate the removal of works undertaken during the ...

The annual feast day of St Francis Xavier, the patron saint of Goa, is one of the most important ... and pilgrims coming from other states of India can book these for a mass in their language.

is catching a glimpse of the ornate tomb of 16th Century saint and Jesuit St Francis Xavier at the iconic Basilica of Bom Jesus in Old Goa from afar. Enshrined in an elaborate tomb carved by ...

Famous for being the first Minor Basilica in India, the Basilica of ... mortal remains of St. Francis Xavier. St Francis is considered the patron saint of Goa and the Apostle of the Indies.

Of the many homilies I heard during the recently concluded Exposition of the Sacred Relics of St Francis Xavier, there was ...

In addition to the holidays prescribed by the Reserve Bank of India, Goa celebrates festivals such as Carnival, Easter, and Feast of St. Francis Xavier. On these significant occasions, banks will ...