Monday, November 9, 2015

Church reappeared in Chiapas


A few days ago, I shared a story and some facts of a church that got covered in rocks due to a volcano Paritutin, erupting. Today I will talk to you guys about a church but a different church. In mostly every town in Mexico, there is a catholic church. This church is located in Quechula Chiapa Mexico. Quechula Chiapas was a really small town, this town was formed by several houses which were located next to a lake, which back then was only firm land. In this firm lad the church was constructed. Since in Mexico it tends to rain constantly and very hard; the land in which this church was contrasted started getting weaker and weaker and somehow this land turned into a lake. Due to the storms in Chiapas, as time went on the Quechula church was completely covered in water due to the rain. In this church Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon, one of Mexico’s heroes of the Mexican War of Independence, gave his first mass there that is why this church is very much appreciated throughout the years. Many people still remember how the church used to be when it wasn’t covered in water. Not that long ago, due to drought in Mexico the water went down and the people from that town were witnesses of the repatriation of the church. Even though the church didn’t look like it used to, it remains its form. The native people from there were very shocked to see the church again since it has been under water for a while now. The citizens decided to have mass in the church were they used to go.







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