The turnout is comparable to pre-pandemic years but the longest procession on record was in 2012 when the Black Nazarene took 22 hours to arrive at the church. The Philippines is Asia’s largest ...

Msgr. Hernando Coronel, rector of Quiapo Church, has said the Black Nazarene will be displayed on the church’s balcony from two weeks before the feast, and that instead of the procession ...

The venerated image of the Black Nazarene was processed Jan. 8 from the Quirino Grandstand to St. John the Baptist Church in Manila, also known as the “Church of Quiapo,” with an estimated ...

In this year’s procession, the carriage of the Black Nazarene reached Fraternal Street around 1:30 a.m. However, it took some time for the carriage to turn to Vergara street.

Reuters. Filipino Catholic devotees jostle to touch the carriage carrying the statue of the Black Nazarene during the annual procession on its feast day in Manila, Philippines, January 9, 2025.

In 1767, the popularity of the icon was recognized by Christian leaders when the Black Nazarene was moved to the Quiapo Church and its devotees followed.

The procession, called the “traslacion,” or translation, commemorates the transfer of the Black Nazarene from a church inside the old Spanish colonial capital of Intramuros, in present-day ...

The procession started before dawn at around 4 a.m. and lasted 15 hours, church ... or “transfer,” referring to the relocation of the Black Nazarene to Quiapo Church. “I was super ...

(CNN) — Millions of Catholic devotees flooded the streets of the Philippine capital Tuesday to honor the Black Nazarene, a centuries-old religious tradition that has returned after a three-year ...