Black Nazarene Feast Honors The Miraculous Patron Saint

BLACK NAZARENE FEAST

Photo from: http://www.festivals-holidays.com/feast-of-the-black-nazarene-philippines/

This religious festivity is held annually every May 13th in Capalonga, Camarines Norte in honor of the town’s patron saint, the Black Nazarene. Thousands of people come to the town to pay homage to the miraculous saint.

Photo from: http://www.bicolstandard.com/2014/12/capalonga-black-nazarene.html

Held every May 13, the town Fiesta in honor of the Black Nazarene draws devotees from all over the country. The image is said to be miraculous and its feast is particularly celebrated by Chinese businessmen, who pay annual homage and ask for long life and good fortune. Read More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capalonga,_Camarines_Norte

Photo from: http://www.bicolstandard.com/2014/12/capalonga-black-nazarene.html

Hundreds of kilometers away in the south is another venerated Black Nazarene enshrined in the church of Capalonga, a sleepy almost forgotten town tucked in a strip of the Philippine Sea coast in the province of Camarines Norte. This one was made in the Philippines, said to be sculpted from driftwood on top of a rocky mountain called Punta de Jesus during which it shed real blood. Capalonga’s Black Nazarene is one of 6 pilgrimage churches dedicated to Jesus Christ from the first 14 shrines mentioned by Regalado Trota Jose in his red book “Simbahan: Church Art in Colonial Philippines, 1565-1898”. Its feast day is celebrated every May 12-13 when multitude of devotees and pilgrims line up throughout the night to kiss the image’s feet. It is especially venerated by Chinese businessmen. Read More: http://bigberto.blogspot.com/2008/01/tale-of-2-black-nazarenes.html

Photo from: https://www.flickr.com/photos/44877083@N05/4438330360