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January 9. Good Friday (liturgical) 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 Pasyón ( Spanish: Pasión) is a Philippine epic narrative of the life of Jesus Christ, focused on his Passion, Death, and Resurrection. In stanzas of five lines of eight syllables each, the standard elements of epic poetry are interwoven with a colourful, dramatic theme. The uninterrupted chanting or pabasa (“reading”) of the entire ...
Ends. Easter Sunday. Frequency. Annual. Holy Week ( Filipino: Mahal na Araw; Spanish: Semana Santa) is a significant religious observance in the Philippines for the Catholic majority, the Iglesia Filipina Independiente or the Philippine Independent Church, and most Protestant groups. One of the few majority Christian countries in Asia ...
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.
Pabasa (ritual) A group in Magdalena, Laguna take part in the Pabása tradition. An elderly woman chanting a verse of the Pasyon in the Kapampangan language. Pabása ng Pasyón ( Tagalog for "Reading of the Passion "), known simply as Pabása is a Catholic devotion in the Philippines popular during Holy Week involving the uninterrupted chanting ...
Santo Niño de Cebú. The Señor Santo Niño de Cebú is a Catholic title of the Child Jesus associated with a religious image of the Christ Child [ 1] widely venerated as miraculous by Filipino Catholics. [ 2][ 3] It is the oldest Christian artifact in the Philippines, [ 4] originally a gift from the Conquistador Ferdinand Magellan to Rajah ...
Divine Mercy Statue (Bulacan) / 14.777167°N 120.976444°E / 14.777167; 120.976444. The Divine Mercy Statue in Marilao, Bulacan, is a 45.72 m (150.0 ft) Roman Catholic monument to Jesus Christ as the Divine Mercy. It is the tallest statue of the Divine Mercy in the Philippines. [1]
Quiapo Church. 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.