January 9 — the Feast of the Black Nazarene, the octave day of the traditional Feast of Most Holy Name of Jesus (the original dedication of Quiapo Church). It is now considered a national liturgical feast day.

Jan 5, 2022 · “Passing through the city's winding roads, after 19 hours of spiritual euphoria, the procession eventually reaches Quiapo at the Basilica Minore de Nazareno. The devotees flood by to...

Jan 9, 2025 · Historically, the Traslacion commemorates the transfer of the Black Nazarene from its original home in Luneta to Quiapo in 1868. The event has weathered many challenges, with the statue itself surviving fires, earthquakes, and even wartime bombings.

The Feast of the Black Nazarene marks the octave day of the traditional Feast of Most Holy Name of Jesus (the original dedication of Quiapo Church). [1] The octave day is celebrated by the annual procession of the image of the Nazareno along the streets of Quiapo, Manila.

The image of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo Church is a life-size image of Jesus Christ carrying a black wooden cross in a semi-kneeling position. Crowned with thorns and a diadem of three silver rays, the head of Nazareno portrays the suffering face of Christ.

Every year on Jan. 9, the annual feast day, millions of devotees gather to celebrate the Feast of the Black Nazarene. They take part in the spectacular religious procession known locally as the...

In December 11, 1987, His Holiness, Pope (later Saint) John Paul II granted the recognition of Quiapo Church as the Minor Basilica of the Nazarene because of its role in strengthening a deep popular devotion to Jesus Christ and its cultural contribution to the …

Dec 14, 2020 · A devotee of the Black Nazarene is poor—if not materially poor, at least one with the poor. Quiapo Church is known to literally be a Church of the Poor. Nazareth was a poor village. “What good can come out of Nazareth?”

Crafted in Mexico, the image of the Black Nazarene was brought to the Philippines by the Augustinian Recollects on 31 May 1606 and initially enshrined in the church of San Juan Bautista in Bagumbayan.

The Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Jesus Nazareno (Filipino: Basilika Menor at Pambansang Dambana ni Jesus Nazareno [7]), commonly known as Quiapo Church [b] and canonically as Saint John the Baptist Parish, [c] is a prominent Catholic basilica and national shrine in the district of Quiapo in the city of Manila, Philippines.It is the home of the Jesus Nazareno, a dark statue of Jesus ...