Christ the King Sunday celebrates the full authority of Christ as King and Lord of the universe. It is celebrated on the final Sunday of Ordinary Time, the Sunday before Advent. In 2017, the feast falls on November 26th.
Here in Madeira, in the town of Garajau, there is a 15 metre high (49ft) statue of Christ the King. In Portuguese it’s called the Cristo Rei statue. It is the work of French sculptor Georges Serraz. The monument was dedicated on the 30th of October 1927, and consists of a statue of Christ with open arms facing the ocean. It was financed and commissioned by the Counselor Aires de Ornelas, who had it erected to fulfil a promise. The majestic statue stands on top of a hill which drops into a ravine towards the sea, and is open to the public all year round.