| Our Lady of Assiut |
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| These were also mass apparitions in Assiut, Egypt during 2000 and 2001 and many thousands of witnesses produced photographs of them, which were reprinted in several newspapers.[41][42] Video clips of the apparition have been posted on the internet.[43] The reports state that during mass, pictures hung on the wall inside the altar, which show St Mary with a dove above her 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.[44] The coptic church approved of the apparitions. |
| Apparitions in Assiut
Church officials in Egypt say thousands of Christians are continuing to flock to the town of Assiut after reported sightings of the Virgin Mary and other spiritual apparitions. A priest in Assiut, Father Mina Hanna, told the BBC that he had never experienced anything like it. He said people had been sleeping in the streets around the church of St Mark -- where the apparitions were reported -- and standing on rooftops to catch a glimpse. Christians in Assiut, in southern Egypt, said the apparitions began more than two weeks ago, and had been repeated several times since. |