Caleruega Church Transfiguration Chapel

Caleruega Church The Transfiguration Chapel

Caleruega Church is one of the most sought after wedding churches for weddings at the south of Luzon. It can be found at Nasugbu, Batangas.

Caleruega Church is always booked and occupied by soon to be couples so its wise to book your wedding 1 year before your wedding date. The most busiest schedule for this church is during the wedding peak season like summer and from November to December.

The Caleruega Church is somewhat still considered a part of Tagaytay City. The panoramic view on the way into this place is just fantastic that it’s also the favorite location by most professional wedding photographers.

The maximum numbers of ceremony that can be held on the place is just 2 ceremonies — one in the morning and one in the afternoon. They do have this minimum management charges for the use of the venue which does not include the donation to the parish priest for officiating the rites.

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This is how the Caleruega Church is being described at Dominicans.Ph

The Transfiguration Chapel

Rising tall and majestic in the highest point of Caleruega is the Transfiguration Chapel. From here one can behold the expanse of Caleruega and witness the glorious opus of radiant nature – a symphony of sky, trees, and the distant hills of Batulao. Like St. Peter during Jesus’ transfiguration, anyone who experiences such splendor of nature’s poetry will declare: Lord, it is good for us to be here… (Mt.17:4).

The chapel itself is replete with symbolism. Its façade is a reproduction of the original chapel in Caleruega, Spain. Its hut-shaped roof is in remembrance of the temporary sheds that the apostles wanted to build for Jesus, Moses, and Elijah during the transfiguration (Mt 17:1-8). The seal of the Dominican Province of the Philippines is depicted in stained glass in the upper portion of the chapel’s façade. The seven grapevines entwined in the steel doors of the chapel not only portray Jesus as the vine and we as branches (John 15:5), but also symbolize the seven sacraments.

The main altar is a carved tree trunk representing the “stem of Jesse,” mentioned in the Book of the Prophet Isaiah: then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit (Is 11:1). The tabernacle is a gentle reminder of the burning bush through which God revealed Himself to Moses in Mt. Sinai (Ex 3:2). The birds carved on the communion table are representations of God’s providence in Matthew 6:26: Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, neither do they reap…and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. The stained glass depicts the Transfiguration of Jesus witnessed by Peter, John, and Luke. With Jesus are Moses and Elijah, two significant instruments of God in the Old Testament (Mat 17:3).

Closest And Possible Reception Venues:

Caleruega Roofdeck
Caleruega Reception Hall
Chateau Royale
Hacienda Isabella
Josephine’s Tagaytay
Sonya’s Garden Tagaytay
Splendido Tagaytay
Ville Sommet