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The Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Jesus Nazareno – Saint John the Baptist Parish (Quiapo Church), 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.
While the actual patron saint of the basilica is John the Baptist (making its feast day June 24, concurrent with the secular Manila Day), the Black Nazarene and its Traslación are more popular. At the end of each Mass said in the basilica, devotees pay homage to the image by clapping their hands.
Bonfires (commonly called Saint John's Fires in various languages) were lit in honour of St. John on Saint John's Eve and Saint John's Day, [13] and served to repel witches and evil spirits. [14] A Christian interpretation of carrying lighted torches on St John's Eve is that they are "an emblem of St. John the Baptist, who was 'a burning and ...
It was moved to the Saint John the Baptist Church, which is now commonly referred to as the Quiapo Church, on January 9, 1787. [1] The "solemn transfer" eventually became the date of the Feast of the Jesus Nazareno. [2]
The Filipino Diaspora continue keeping the Wednesday Novena, holding novena services in their respective parishes overseas. [20] [21] In Saint John the Baptist Church, Garcia Hernandez, Bohol, the feast of the image is held on 27 April instead of the usual liturgical date. The 48 sub-chapels in the parish participate in the annual feast, while ...
John the Baptist [note 1] (c. 6 BC [18] – c. AD 30) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early 1st century AD. [19] [20] He is also known as Saint John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy, John the Immerser in some Baptist Christian traditions, [21] and as the prophet Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyā (Arabic: النبي يحيى, An-Nabī Yaḥyā ...
St. John the Baptist is one of the few remaining Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Archdiocese of Boston. Masses are celebrated daily (except for Tuesdays) at 8:00 AM, and Saturday evening at 4:00 PM. Sunday mass is at 10:00 AM in Polish and 11:45 AM in English. There is also a novena to St. Jude Monday nights at 7 PM.
The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, Benozzo Gozzoli, 1461–62, National Gallery of Art; The Head of St John the Baptist, Giovanni Bellini, 1464–68; The Beheading of St. John the Baptist, Lieven van Lathem, 1469, The J. Paul Getty Museum; Herod's Feast, Heydon, Norfolk, c. 1470, wall painting in an English parish ...