Held annually on January 9 in the Quiapo district of Manila, this festival honors the Black Nazarene, or Hesus Nazareno, a full-sized statue of a dark-skinned statue of Jesus Christ carrying the cross ...

Millions of Filipino Catholics join the march every year to see and touch Jesus Nazareno, believed to be a source of countless healings and miracles throughout the years. Just as the woman ...

Key Points Data from the Nazareno Operations Center reported that this year’s Traslacion, which saw over 8 million attendees, was marked by numerous incidents as devotees attempted to get closer ...

(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.

Sescon expressed happiness that Filipinos around the country will be able to have their own local celebrations, but noted that many still consider visiting Quiapo Church and the original Nazareno ...

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 ...

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 ...

PAHALIK'. Devotees line up for the "pahalik" (kissing of the image) for the Jesus Nazareno hours prior to the start of Traslacion on Thursday (Jan. 9, 2025). Believers said their devotion to the Jesus ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Feast of Jesus Nazareno is a big opportunity for many business owners in Quiapo to make ends meet due to millions of devotees attending the event. However, these small ...

Barefoot men and women in maroon shirts—the color of the robe that covers the black, wooden Jesus the Nazarene statue—scrambled to grab the rope used to draw the life-sized religious icon, believing ...

Millions of devotees are expected to participate in this year's Feast of Jesus Nazareno as the crowd in Quiapo Church already reached over 89,000 early Thursday. Devotees carried their replicas of the ...