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 ...

MANILA, Philippines — Every year, the Feast of Jesus Nazareno draws thousands—if not millions of devotees—to the annual Traslacion, a procession that commemorates the transfer of the ...

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

The Traslacion or the procession of the 400-year-old image of Jesus Nazareno started early Thursday morning with thousands of devotees flocking around areas of the City of Manila to join and witness ...

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 ...

He is the one holding on to us,” said Father Rufino Sescon Jr., rector of the Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Jesus Nazareno, in his homily after the procession. “We know he is the first ...

Devotees in Iloilo City joined the annual procession for the Feast of the Image of Jesus of Nazarene, otherwise referred to as “Poong Hesus Nazareno,” past 5 a.m. on Thursday, January 9, 2025. The ...

Hundreds of thousands of Catholic pilgrims swarmed the streets of Manila in search of a miracle yesterday, straining to reach a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ in an annual display of religious ...