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 ... and raising white towels in jubilation.

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the solemn encounter of the Black Nazarene and the image of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, representing Jesus meeting his grief-strick Mother Mary on the Way of the Cross. According to the Nazareno ...

The image of was called Black Nazarene until recently, but the church announced that it is now called Jesus Nazareno. Every year on January 9, devotees of the Nazareno gather for the annual Traslacion ...

Footage shows the devotees twirling white towels as the carriage holding the black ... holy image was paraded throughout the city before arriving at the Quiapo Church. The Feast of Jesus Nazareno ...

MANILA, Philippines—The traslacion of Jesus Nazareno has always ... start waving their white or maroon towels, which they would later wipe on the centuries-old image, either in procession ...

But devotees were allowed in 2023 to touch the black image of Jesus Christ using a towel or handkerchief. Alex Irasga, technical adviser of Nazareno 2025, said they elevated and decreased the size of ...

While it is not prohibited, the spokesperson for this year’s Feast of the Black Nazarene encouraged devotees to avoid kissing the image of Jesus Nazareno, if possible. Fr. Robert Arellano ...

For one, Thursday’s mammoth procession, a spectacle centered around the image ... the Black Nazarene will now be officially known as the “Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Jesus Nazareno.” ...