This is kept at the Jesus Nazareno Parish church, which was also declared the Archdiocesan Shrine of the Black Nazarene ... last year. The nine-day novena for the Nazarene feast started on ...

For the first time, the feast day ... a novena (31 December-9 January) and is attended by millions of people praying for a personal grace or miracle. The life-size statue of the Black Nazarene ...

Filipino Catholic devotees jostle one another to touch the Black Nazarene during its annual procession on Jan. 9, 2025 ... thousands of Catholics every day for Mass and confession.

Manila, Jan 9 (EFE).- More than half a million ... Catholic devotees hold on to a rope pulling the Black Nazarene statue during a procession to mark its feast day in Manila, Philippines, 09 ...

MANILA, Philippines — The first day of the traditional pahalik or kissing of the image of the Black Nazarene drew more ... holiday in Manila on Jan. 9.

ALONE among national congregations in the Catholic Church, the Filipino faithful are allowed two celebrations related to Christmas: the nine-day early-morning or late-evening novena Masses before the ...

The traslacion commemorates the historic transfer of the Black Nazarene ... 9. Marcos said that the image of Christ with his cross should remind people of the sacrifice that Jesus made. “May ...

Based on data from the Quiapo Church and the local government of Manila, millions of people attend the traslacion and the activities throughout the nine-day Novena Masses, which starts every Dec. 31.

January 9 commemorates the day in 1787 when the Archbishop of Manila ordered the Black Nazarene to be transferred from its original church to Quiapo Church in the capital, where the statue remains ...

“The Black Nazarene is a manifestation that we ... The Feast of Jesus Nazareno is a 10-day activity which started from December 31, 2024, and will culminate on January 9, 2025, with the “Traslacion” ...

Every January 9, millions of the faithful are drawn to the vibrant streets ... This annual event is a spectacle of devotion that sees barefoot pilgrims carry a revered image of the Black Nazarene ...