Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees joined an annual procession in the Philippines of a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ on Thursday in one of the world’s grandest displays of Catholic devotion and expressions of faith.

As the Feast of the Black Nazarene approaches, the Manila Public Information Office has officially announced the route for the Traslacion 2025.The theme of

Taking place each year in January, the procession sees devotees carry across Manila a replica of a famous life-size statue of Jesus carrying a black wooden cross.

It’s all systems go for the procession of the Black Nazarene in Davao City on Thursday, January 9, 2025. The replica of the Black Nazarene arrived at the San Alfonso Parish in Barangay Mandug from St. Mary’s Perpetual Rosary Parish in Buhangin around 10 a.m. on Wednesday, January 8.

Thousands of devotees filled the streets for an annual Catholic procession in the Philippines. Religious locals gathered around the Quiapo Church in the capital city Manila, where the image of the Black Nazarene depicting Jesus Christ carrying a cross was set to arrive during the religious festival on January 9.