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Feast day. 2 April. Our Lady of Zeitoun, also known simply as El-Zeitoun, Zeitun or rarely Our Lady of Light, was a mass Marian apparition that was reported to have occurred in the Zeitoun district of Cairo, Egypt, during a period of about 3 years beginning on 2 April 1968.
- 2 April 1968
- Marian Apparition
Jul 27, 2020 · Most would say Our Lady of Fatima in 1917, where approximately 70,000+ people witnessed the Miracle of the Sun. However, most prolifically witnessed miracle of the Virgin Mary in the 20th century, and perhaps ever, was at Zeitoun, Egypt from 1968 to 1971.
Apr 26, 2017 · Our Lady of Zeitoun and Christianity in Egypt – Catholic World Report. It is estimated that from 1968 to 1971, at least one million Egyptians (and numerous foreigners) saw a luminous female...
Our Lady of Zeitoun: Greatest Appearance in History - Explaining the Faith with Fr. Chris Alar. While the message of Heaven (given through Mary) was greater at Fatima, Lourdes, LaSalette, Akita, etc., perhaps Zeitoun is the most impressive appearance of Mary in Church history.
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Mar 15, 2016 · It was the evening of April 2, 1968. A Muslim bus mechanic named Farouk Mohammed Atwa was working across the street from St. Mary Coptic Church in Zeitoun, a district of Cairo, Egypt. The church is revered as one of the locations Christians believe the Holy Family stayed during their flight to Egypt.
The Church of the Virgin Mary at Zeitoun (The Apparition Church) is a Christian church in Cairo, Egypt, built in 1924. Overview. The church was built by Tawfik Khalil Ibrahim, in memory of his father. It was designed as a miniature of the Hagia Sophia church in Istanbul, Turkey and built under the supervision of the Italian architect Leomingelli.
