This year’s Feast of Black Nazarene, one of the three annual processions when the life-sized, dark wooden statue of Jesus Christ carrying the cross is brought out for public veneration, takes place on Wednesday, January 9, 2013.
Here’s the 2013 Feast of Black Nazarene schedule of activities:
January 7 (Monday)
January 8 (Tuesday)
The Traslacion 2013 procession of the Black Nazarene starts from the Quirino Grandstand left to Katigbak Drive through Padre Burgos St., left to Taft Avenue through McArthur Bridge, right to Palanca St. through under Quezon Bridge, left to Quezon Blvd., right to Arlegui St., right to Fraternal St., right to Vergara St., left to Duque de Alba St., left to Castillejos St., left to Farnecio St., right to Arlegui St., left to Nepomuceno St., left to Aguila St., right to Carcer St., right to Hidalgo St. through Plaza del Carmen, left to Bilibid Viejo through Puyat St., left to Guzman St., right to Hidalgo St., left to Barbosa St., right to Globo de Oro St. through under Quezon Bridge, right to Palanca St., right to Villalobos St. through Plaza Miranda and ingress to Quiapo Church.
Authorities said an estimated 11 million devotees are expected to join this year’s procession.
Here’s the 2013 Feast of Black Nazarene schedule of activities:
January 7 (Monday)
- 3 p.m. - Procession of replicas of the Black Nazarene
January 8 (Tuesday)
- 1 p.m. - Kissing of the replica of the Black Nazarene
- 7 p.m. - Vigil at the Quirino Grandstand
- 12 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Vigil
- 6 a.m. - Holy Mass
The Traslacion 2013 procession of the Black Nazarene starts from the Quirino Grandstand left to Katigbak Drive through Padre Burgos St., left to Taft Avenue through McArthur Bridge, right to Palanca St. through under Quezon Bridge, left to Quezon Blvd., right to Arlegui St., right to Fraternal St., right to Vergara St., left to Duque de Alba St., left to Castillejos St., left to Farnecio St., right to Arlegui St., left to Nepomuceno St., left to Aguila St., right to Carcer St., right to Hidalgo St. through Plaza del Carmen, left to Bilibid Viejo through Puyat St., left to Guzman St., right to Hidalgo St., left to Barbosa St., right to Globo de Oro St. through under Quezon Bridge, right to Palanca St., right to Villalobos St. through Plaza Miranda and ingress to Quiapo Church.
Authorities said an estimated 11 million devotees are expected to join this year’s procession.