Held every January 9, since 1787, devotees accompany the image of the Black Nazarene back to Quiapo Church. This year, anestimated 8.2 million devotees joined what has been described as the ...

A feature of traslacion is the “Dungaw” or “La Mirata” ritual, which is the historic practice of the San Sebastian and Quiapo churches, the Black Nazarene meets the image of Nuestra ...

January 9 commemorates the day in 1787 when the Archbishop of Manila ordered the Black Nazarene to be transferred from its original church to Quiapo Church in the capital, where the statue remains ...

with the procession route starting from Rizal Park and ending at the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene (Quiapo Church). The church is a significant religious site, attracting devotees year-round.

The celebration honors the life-sized, dark wooden statue of Jesus Christ carrying the cross, known as the Black Nazarene, housed at Quiapo Church. Congressman Sam Versoza joined millions of Black ...

Annual processions commemorate this transfer. In 1988, the late Cardinal Jaime Sin, then archbishop of Manila, initiated the building of the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene in the Quiapo church.

The former includes the pahalik, the kissing, touching, or wiping with a cloth of the image of the Black Nazarene, and its traslacion, which is the transfer of a copy of the Black Nazarene image from ...

THIS year's "Traslacion," or the annual procession of the Black Nazarene — the statue of Jesus of Nazareth carrying his cross toward Calvary for his crucifixion — again reminded us of the serious ...

WASHINGTON − A historic Black church in Washington, D.C., whose Black Lives Matter sign was vandalized by members of the Proud Boys, plans to launch a project Monday to further support its ...

Located near the corner of Pine Street and West Mesa Avenue in the Bessemer neighborhood, the church not only has a rich history but continues to be used today by a sizable Black congregation.