Mary Appears on Egyptian TV In 1968, while American TV has filled with images from the Vietnam War and the Chicago riots during the Democratic convention, Egyptian TV was broadcasting live television of what many believed was the Virgin Mary appearing atop a Coptic church. The church had been constructed in Zeitun to commemorate the area where Mary and Joseph had fled from Herod. Since April of 1968, visitors to the site had seen the glowing apparition of a woman above the church at night. The image was captured by Egyptian TV cameras. It was reported that Egyptian President Abdul Nasser, an avowed Marxist, had personally witnessed the miracle. The apparition was said to last from just a few minutes to as long as nine hours. Mary again appeared in Egypt last year. For several nights in a row, witnesses claimed, the Blessed Mother appeared at St. Mark's church in the little town of Assiut.
Mary Above the church
church of Cairo, Zaton
picture of the church
church of Cairo, Zaton
The Virgin Mary's Church At El-Zeitoun
Eastern Facade of the Apparition Church of St. Mary at Zeitoun, Egypt
THE VIRGIN MARY'S CHURCH AT EL-ZEITOUN
The church was built by the late Tawfeek Khalil Bey, under the supervision of the Italian architect Leomingelli in 1924, and was consecrated by Anba Athanasyous, Bishop of Beni Sweif in 1925.
It is said that the Virgin Mary appeared to the late Khalil Pasha Ibrahim and requested him to build a church after Her name in this place. She gave Her word that She would make Her apparition fifty years hence--a promise that has been realized when She made Her first apparition on April 2nd, 1968.
It is also said that a Norwegian lady, after the proclamation of the Virgin's apparition, sent a letter stating that the Virgin appeared to her in her bedroom in Oslo and told her that She appeared in Her Church at Zeitoun in the place where She and the baby Christ rested.
