Pilar Manalo Danao

Personal life Pilar de Guzman Manalo was born on March 10, 1914, in Punta, Santa Ana, Manila to Honorata de Guzmán and Felix Manalo, who is regarded by the members of Iglesia ni Cristo as the Last Messenger of God in These Last Days, months before the beginning of the First World War coinciding with the registration of the Church to the Philippine Government. Her name, given by her father, literally means "pillar." She was married to Artemio Montes Danao, a dentist.

Pilar Manalo Danao is buried alongside her family members at the graves and two mausoleums at Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina.

Religious career

Head Choir Director In 1942, Felix Manalo consolidated all choir units under the post, Head Choir Director of the INC, given to her daughter, Pilar Manalo Danao. Hymns about the Church (Hymn #209 Ang Iglesia Ay Kaniya/The Church Belongs To God); Hymns about performing Church duties (Hymn #6 Nasa Tungkulin Ko Ang Aking Kaligtasan/My Salvation Rests In My Duty); Hymns about worship services (Hymn #263 Ang Pagsambang Iniaalay/This Worship That We Offer To You); Hymns about the Holy Land (Hymn #58 Ang Bagong Jerusalem/The New Jerusalem), Hymns about prayer (Hymn #22 Ang Aming Pagdaing/Our Fervent Prayers); Hymns for the Offering (Hymn #251 Ang Handog Ko Sa Diyos/My Offering To God); Recessional Hymns (Hymn #300 Muling Makikipagbaka/Once More We Will Fight For Our Faith), and Hymns about hymn singing (Hymn #1 Tayo'y Umawit Sa Ama/Let's Sing To Our Father)

Other hymns Danao also made Special Hymns (called Mga Tanging Awit in Tagalog) for other church occasions and functions (i.e. the Anniversary and Year-End Thanksgiving for CWS and Regular Worship Services, Holy Supper, Baptism, Weddings and Evangelical Missions). These hymns were not specifically found in the hymnal but are performed by the choir, and were also updated in recent years.

Doxology

In the Iglesia ni Cristo, the Doxology is sung before the Benediction and Concluding Rites of the worship service. The original text reads: Tagalog "Ang Amá ay papurihan, Anák, Espiritung mahal, Ng mga taong nilalang, At ng tanang sanlangitan. Amen"

The revised text reads: Tagalog !! Official English version

Commemoration Pilar Manalo-Danao Multimedia Center

The infrastructure commemorating the late Pilar Manalo Danao was inaugurated on March 10, 2014, coinciding the latter's 100th birth anniversary, by the current Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo, Brother Eduardo V. Manalo. It was part of Centennial projects of the Church, which includes Philippine Arena, Philippine Sports Stadium, Honorata de Guzman-Manalo Building, Eraño G. Manalo Medical Center, Philippine Sports Center and New Era University Bocaue Campus .

The building is located at the INC Central Complex in Quezon City, comprising about . Classically designed but with a modern approach, the sunny-yellow infrastructure has eight levels. It consists of two basements, six upper floors and a roof deck. It has 200 rooms, serves as designated office for choir directors, songwriters and all those who part in the artistic works of the church.

Ancestry