Nuestra Senora de Candelaria Parish Church

The Nuestra Senora de Candelaria Parish Church informally known as Mabitac Church is a Roman Catholic church positioned above Calvary or Kalbaryo Hill in Mabitac, Laguna, Philippines. Its church is thought for having a staircase of 126 steps, a breathtaking view of the town of Sta. Maria and Laguna lake and the festivity of the Three Kings every January 6, a re-enactment of the Magi's journey.

Mabitac became beneath the patronage of Nuestra Senora de Candelaria or the Our Lady of Candles. The photo of Nuestra Senora de Candelaria become commissioned among 1599 and 1600 with the aid of the alferez, Don Cristobal Mercado for Paco Church. After 3 years, in 1603, it become first introduced to a health facility-chapel in Los Banos. It changed into transferred to Siniloan in 1615 upon the request of Father Juan Miguel de Talavera to his advanced, Father Blas dela. Madre de Dios. His plan was to location it on a little mount between Inaguasan and Galoy, barrios of Siniloan, in aid of unification around his location. The people of Mabitac sought the image to be located in Mabitac and turned into enthroned to their city in that identical year.