The procession’s organizers estimated that about 220,000 people ... Black Nazarene during its annual procession on Jan. 9, 2025, in Manila, Philippines. Credit: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images Rappler ...

Festivals and religious practices have long been integral to the Filipino identity, deeply intertwined with the nation's ...

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This annual event is a spectacle of devotion that sees barefoot pilgrims carry ... Nazarene makes the image relatable (being non-white) and the ambiance of His church more attractive to ordinary ...

Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees joined an annual procession in the Philippines of a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ on Thursday in one of the world’s grandest displays of Catholic ...

Filipinos turned the streets of Manila to a sea of maroon and gold and swarmed the “Black Nazarene,” a life-sized ... have estimated about 220,000 people attended mass before the procession ...

MANILA, Philippines — Millions of devotees are once again expected to flock to Manila next Thursday, Jan. 9, for the Feast of the Black Nazarene. Nazareno 2025 is themed “Mas mabuti ang ...

Devotees carry images of the Black Nazarene during the procession, commemorating the Traslación, or the transfer of the Black Nazarene from the St. Augustine Metropolitan Cathedral to the Jesus ...

MANILA, Philippines — A two-hour Walk of Thanksgiving kicked off the 10-day activities set by the Quiapo Church for the Feast of the Black Nazarene, which will culminate in the annual traslacion ...

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang declared January 9 a special, non-working holiday in the City of Manila to celebrate the Feast of the Black Nazarene ... than 6 million people joined the ...

Catholic devotees on Thursday gathered at the Quiapo Church in Manila, for the Replica and Estandarte Blessing of the Black Nazarene. According to Isa ... the crowd was estimated at approximately ...

The miraculous statue of Jesus Christ carrying a cross enshrined in the Minor Basilica ... So, it’s very difficult to generalize, except that the faith may have been passed on and people may have ...