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The Feast of the Black Nazarene (Filipino: Pista ng Itím na Nazareno), also known as the Traslación after the mass procession associated with the feast, is a religious festival held in Manila, Philippines that is centered around the Black Nazarene, an image of Jesus Christ. It is celebrated annually on January 9.
[2] [9] All the gowns which have adorned the statue, and which are changed twice a year, are now preserved in a museum called the Museo del Cristo Negro (Black Christ Museum), which is located at the Church of San Juan de Dios, a 17th-century church located behind the Iglesis de San Felipe. [4]
The Black Nazarene (Spanish: El Nazareno Negro; Filipino: Poóng Itím na Nazareno [1]) is a life-sized dark statue of Jesus Christ carrying the True Cross. The venerated image is enshrined in the Minor Basilica and National Shrine of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo, Manila , Philippines .
The Black Nazarene icon, brought from Mexico during the Galleon Trade era, is enshrined in Quiapo Church, and is considered miraculous by devotees. It is brought out for procession every Good Friday – one of three such occasions when this is done; the other being every January 9 and New Year's Eve. The statue is borne on the shoulders of male ...
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Contents. Quiapo Church. The Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Jesus Nazareno, [ b ] commonly known as Quiapo Church[ c ] and canonically as Saint John the Baptist Parish, [ d ] 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 Black Nazarene, a dark ...
Feast of the Black Nazarene: 9 Quiapo, Manila: Commemorates the translation of the image of the Black Nazarene to Quiapo Church in 1789. Coconut Festival: 1st to 2nd week San Pablo City, Laguna [8] Honors St. Paul the first hermit, town patron. Also highlights the coconut, the primary crop of the city. Festival usually lasts a week. Minasa ...
Pedro Calungsod (Spanish: Pedro Calúñgsod or archaically Pedro Calonsor; July 21, 1654 [1] [4] – April 2, 1672), also known as Peter Calungsod and Pedro Calonsor, was a Catholic Filipino-Visayan migrant, sacristan and missionary catechist who, along with the Spanish Jesuit missionary Diego Luis de San Vitores, suffered religious persecution and martyrdom in Guam for their missionary work ...