Around 20,000 devotees join Black Nazarene motorcade on Good Friday


The Quiapo Church said that around 20,000 people participated in the motorcade of the Black Nazarene on Good Friday, April 7.

The motorcade started at 11:13 p.m. on Maundy Thursday, April 6, and ended at 12:31 a.m. on Good Friday, the Manila Public Information Office stated on its official Facebook page.

Citing  Manila Police District Director BGen. Andre Dizon, the Manila Public Information Office said that the motorcade ended peacefully.

In a viber message to reporters, Quiapo Church attached priest Fr. Earl Allyson Valdez said that this was the second motorcade of the Black Nazarene for the Holy Week since the Covid-19 pandemic happened.

To note, the motorcade started from Plaza Miranda/ Quiapo Church and made its way on the streets of Villalobos, Carlos Palanca, Plaza Lacson, Carriedo, Evangelista, Gonzalo Puyat,  Quezon Blvd,  Arlegui, Legarda, Concepcion Aguila, Carcer, Hidalgo, Quezon Blvd, Carlos Palanca, Villalobos, and back to Plaza Miranda/ Quiapo Church.