Our Lady of Assiut
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The reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary
at Our Lady of Assiut in 2000 and 2001 in Assiut, Egypt
were witnessed by many thousands of people and were approved by the Coptic Church.
These were also mass apparitions and many thousands of witnesses produced photographs of them, which were reprinted in several newspapers. Video clips of the apparition have been posted on the Internet. The newspaper reports state that during mass, pictures showing Saint Mary with a dove above her that were hung on the wall inside the altar started to illuminate first, then the light from the dove in the pictures started to flow down. The lights thereafter appeared above the church as well and were seen by thousands of people.
Marian apparitions
A Marian apparition is an event in which the Blessed Virgin Mary is believed to have supernaturally appeared to one or more people. They are often given names based on the town in which they were reported, or on the sobriquet which was given to Mary on the occasion of the apparition...
at Our Lady of Assiut in 2000 and 2001 in Assiut, Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
were witnessed by many thousands of people and were approved by the Coptic Church.
These were also mass apparitions and many thousands of witnesses produced photographs of them, which were reprinted in several newspapers. Video clips of the apparition have been posted on the Internet. The newspaper reports state that during mass, pictures showing Saint Mary with a dove above her that were hung on the wall inside the altar started to illuminate first, then the light from the dove in the pictures started to flow down. The lights thereafter appeared above the church as well and were seen by thousands of people.