Thousands of devotees from the predominantly Roman Catholic Cagayan de Oro and other places in Mindanao are expected to attend the city’s version of the Traslacion.
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic crippled Cagayan de Oro, the centuries-old replica of thewill be brought out for a public procession from the Saint Augustine Metropolitan Cathedral to its home parish church in Barangay Lapasan on Monday, January 9.
“After two years of absence, we cannot estimate the exact number of devotees but we expect it would be big considering the attendance in the mass last Christmas,” said Monsignor Perseus Cabunoc, vicar general of the Cagayan de Oro’s Roman Catholic Archdiocese.amid fears of a spike in COVID-19 infections during the first two years of the pandemic.
Viñas said the security measures would likely include a ban on backpacks, sunglasses, hats, umbrellas, and anything that can be used to conceal identities just like in the previous processions. During the procession, the life-sized replica of a dark-skinned, kneeling Jesus Christ would be carried by members of Cagayan de Oro’s to bring the religious icon back to the Nazareno parish church in Barangay Lapasan.
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