An estimated eight million devotees turned out for this year’s Jesus Nazarene procession in Manila, one of the largest ...

(AP Photo/Basilio Sepe) Devotees grab the rope as they pull a glass-covered carriage carrying the image of Jesus Nazareno during its annual procession in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.

The procession marks the feast of Jesus Nazareno and is a major annual Catholic event in Asia. The image was previously called the Black Nazarene, but church officials appealed for a change, saying ...

a procession that commemorates the transfer of the Nazareno image to the Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Jesus Nazareno, more commonly known as the Quiapo Church. During the Traslacion ...

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but noted that many still consider visiting Quiapo Church and the original Nazareno image irreplaceable. Last year marked the physical return of the Traslación, four years since it was last held ...

RELIGIOUS FERVOR. The andas (carriage) carrying the image of Jesus Nazareno starts moving through a crowd of devotees at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila at 4:40 a.m. on Thursday (Jan. 9, 2025) on its ...

Kumar plans on closing up the shop at 7 p.m. to join the Traslacion as the Holy Image of Jesus Nazareno makes its return to Quiapo Church. She shared her prayers for the Nazareno: “Mamaya ...

Devotees carried their replicas of the Jesus Nazareno image while attending the mass at the Quiapo Church in Manila on Thursday. As of 8 a.m., the church said around 20,500 people were observed in the ...

MANILA, Philippines — The procession of Jesus Nazareno image started slow from the Quirino Grandstand early Thursday morning. At 4:41 a.m., the andas or carriage of the life-sized wooden ebony ...