On April 2, 1968, an hour and a half after sunset, the attention of drivers and mechanics in the garage located near the church was attracted by sounds and movements in the street.
They saw a human form, a woman dressed in white clothes, standing on the central dome of the church, holding hands on the cross overlooking the dome.
They thought, seeing clearly the white form being in the presence of a nun dressed in that it stood blanc.Etant curved surfaces and slippery, they cried to him to watch and wait.
One of them, fearing that this is a person wanting to commit suicide, warns police.Un another knock at the door of the church. It was
Adel Youssef Ibrahim, aged 18, son of Father Youssef Ibrahim, one of the priests of the parish that opened.
Having noted the appearance, he warned his father, having seen that, in turn, notifies the Higher Father Constantine Moussa.
Meanwhile, a large crowd had gathered outside the church, the movement had to be interrupted.
Throughout hundreds of appearances, Our Lady remained perfectly silent. No words.
We could take perhaps a statue, but she was not moving.
She moved from one side to the other, over and above the church so that everyone has a chance to see her face. She bent, bowed to greet the crowd.
His movement was not that of a march, but rather a shift in the air, her dress floated along the air movement.
His face, usually smiling, sometimes serious and rather sad as, was always gracious.
A white halo around the head gave the Virgin a majestic air.
Sometimes she wore a crown, other times not, it could vary from one appearance to another in a single night.
He arrived to take the child Jesus in her arms (as the Theotokos icons). The Child and his Mother was sometimes crowned, sometimes not.
Mary has also appeared at least once, accompanied by Saint Joseph and Child Jesus, it seemed older than a dozen years.
Our Lady appeared to promote the night visits of its parties - are many Marian feasts in the Orthodox Church: 32 in the year.
It's always at night between 9 pm and 6 am there took place the apparitions.Parfois, they lasted only a few minutes, sometimes up to two hours or more.
They could also pause and resume more than once in the same night.
In general, in the early months, each was more prolonged.
the night of June 8, 1968, an apparition lasted without interruption from 9 pm to 4:30 am.
At first, there were nearly every night, then the rest of the year, the average frequency was three nights a week, so irregularly that they could not say in advance what a night it would be .
Pilgrims especially those who came from afar, assembled on the spot several nights in a row to qualify for one or even several appearances.
The apparition of Our Lady was usually heralded by mysterious lights.
Sometimes a globe of light, so dazzling that the eyes had several minutes to distinguish the figure of the Blessed Virgin who was shedding.
Other times, silent lightning discharges, or even what appeared to be a star shower or a shower of diamonds.
Quite often, the light appeared at one of the domes, then lit up the whole roof and the tops of the domes.
He arrived just as one saw the Blessed Virgin out gradually a dome, while all the windows are permanently fixed and can not be opened.
Another phenomenon peculiar to these events was the presence of creatures like birds, larger than doves, pure white, bright. They were seen prior to, during and after the apparitions, sometimes even nights without appearances. They appear suddenly and disappear as well.
These forms were flying faster than doves without a beat of their wings. They seemed to glide through the air, rather than fly.
Their number two, three, six or more. They had in training: a triangle, cross or parallel lines.
added that photographs could be taken, not only of these mysterious birds but of the Holy Virgin herself.
In the 14 months since these apparitions took place, very large crowds flocked around the church of St. Mary in Zeitoun.
For the year 1968, we can evaluate assistance to a daily average of 50,000 people, some night 100,000 and more.
The court west of the church was not big, its closing was quickly washed away.
The city of Cairo did close the street to traffic automotive sector surrounding the church. She also move a garage and other buildings nearby. Nevertheless
: affluence was often so large that it became extremely difficult to get mouvoir.Cette crowd cheered enthusiastically each appearance of the Virgin Mary and fervently invoked.
Muslims recite verses from the Koran. The Coptic Orthodox and Catholics, prayed and sang hymns in arabe.D others prayed in Greek.
There is a revival of faith and fervor and conversion.
Orthodox clergy, Catholic clergy, Protestant pastors, all are unanimous on the fact that greater assistance to religious was observed.
The April 23, 1968, HH Pope Kyrillos VI of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Preaching instituted a commission to study these phenomena.
This "provisional delegation" was composed of father Guirguis Matta, executive director of the Papal Office, Father Hanna Abdel-Messih, MP, member of the Committee on ecclesiastical affairs. Father Benjamin Kamel, private secretary of the Pope.
After careful consideration, they lodged an official report confirming the facts and particularly describing the following:
"Desiring to see the emergence of our own eyes, we spent several nights in the vicinity of the church. Finally, we saw the upper part of the Virgin Mary surrounded by a halo.
Then she appeared in its entirety and moved between the domes.
Then she knelt before the cross and ultimately blessed the multitudes.
Another night we saw doves as white as snow, radiating light. Doves suddenly appeared and disappeared as mystérieurement. They seemed
fly to the sky dome and they do not flap their wings as birds usually do. "
The Director of Information and Complaints submitted to the Minister of Tourism Mr. Hafez Ghanem a detailed report confirming the testimony of workers and certifying the garage of 27 apparitions of the Blessed Virgin since April 2, 1968 until the date of the report.
Istaphanos Cardinal, Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic and Airut Archimandrite of the Greek Catholic Church interviewed as part of this government report brought their confirmation on the miraculous apparitions of the Blessed Virgin.
Istaphanos Cardinal added that this miracle is a benevolent message that attracts pilgrims from around the world to the church of Zeitoun.
Bishop Athanasios, bishop Diocese of BeniSoueif spent the night of April 29 to 30 with the crowd assembled around the church of Zeitoun.
He said: "At 2 h 45 am, Our Lady appeared and the whole crowd could see him. It appeared as a statue phosphorescent any size.
After a short time, the apparition disappeared for réapparatre to 4 hours and was visible up to 5 hours.
Meanwhile, Virgin moved westward, at times extending his hand in a gesture of blessing and sometimes tilting the head.
A halo of light around his head. There was also some forms of light, slightly bluish, resembling the starsThese scene was poignant and beautiful. "
A medical committee was set up by the Patriarchate, the committee headed by Prof. Dr. Shafik Abdel Malek, the study reported cases of healing.
The findings could thus be healing made in cases of urinary tract cancer, diseases of the thyroid, hernia, the evulsion biceps and numerous other ailments.
SS Kyrillos VI, Pope of Alexandria, after consideration of all reports and all evidence says his deep faith in the reality of miracles and blessings that accompany it.
"These apparitions, he said, brought two great graces: the first is the strengthening of faith and the second is the miraculous cure of illnesses desperate."
It offers thanksgiving to God for allowing the completion of this unique miracle in the church built at the place where the Holy Family passed during his flight from Herod's persecution.
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