Editor’s Note: This story was first published on Inquirer.net on January 07, 2025. It is being republished as part of Inquirer.net’s continuing coverage of Traslacion 2026. MANILA, Philippines — It was in 1606 when the Augustinian Recollects brought from Mexico a dark image of Christ that would later draw millions of people every Jan. 9 in the Philippines, when the image is brought out for public viewing and the traslacion. The traslacion, which will be celebrated in all dioceses across the Philippines starting this year, commemorates the transfer of the centuries-old image from Bagumbayan to its present church in Quiapo, […]... Keep on reading: Jesus Nazareno ‘Traslacion’: Origins