Ely Soriano Death: TV preacher Eliseo “Eli” Soriano, 73, the host of “Ang Dating Daan,” a long-running strict TV program, passed on in Santa Catarina, Brazil, at first light on Friday. Individuals from the Church of God International affirmed the news through an articulation on Facebook on Friday.

The assertion didn’t determine the reason for death.

“It is with profound trouble, yet with full confidence in the Almighty, that we declare the death of our dearest and one and only Brother Eliseo ‘Eli’ Soriano—a steadfast minister, sibling, father and granddad to many,” it said in a proclamation.

Soriano was purified through water at the Church of God in Christ Jesus, Pillar and Ground of the Truth in Pampanga in 1964. He later assumed control over its authority in 1977 and renamed it Members Church of God International in 1980.

Soriano dispatched “Ang Dating Daan” in 1980 in the wake of lecturing in Pampanga for a very long time.

In the wake of acknowledging it would require some investment to cover the whole nation utilizing the customary medium, Soriano chose to go to broadcasting. Ang Dating Daan” went on air through dwWA 1206 kilohertz. The program acquired consistent after and made its TV debut in 1983 on IBC-13. The program moved to various channels, until it for all time broadcasted on UNTV.

Soriano left the Philippines in 2004 in the wake of being harassed by a series of cases, including assault and slander.