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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 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.
The Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Jesus Nazareno (Black Nazarene), [b] popularly known as Quiapo Church [c] and canonically as the Saint John the Baptist Parish, [d] is a prominent basilica and national shrine in the district of Quiapo in the city of Manila, Philippines.
Millions of Catholic devotees flooded the streets of the Philippine capital Tuesday to honor the Black Nazarene, a centuries-old religious tradition that has returned after a three-year hiatus due ...
[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 race and appearance of Jesus, widely accepted by researchers to be a Judean from Galilee, [1] has been a topic of discussion since the days of early Christianity. Various theories about the race of Jesus have been proposed and debated. [2][3] By the Middle Ages, a number of documents, generally of unknown or questionable origin, had been ...
The Black Christ of Esquipulas is a darkened wooden image of Christ enshrined within the Cathedral Basilica of Esquipulas in Esquipulas, Guatemala. It is one of the famed black Christological images of Latin America. Pious legends claim the image was darkened due to Spanish missionaries who wished to convert the natives who worshiped pagan ...
The formation of the Church of the Nazarene is a part of the history of Methodism in the United States. The Church of the Nazarene is the product of a series of mergers that occurred between various holiness churches, associations and denominations throughout the 20th century, with roots starting in the 1880s. [9]