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As the apparition appeared over a Coptic church, the Vatican left the investigation to the Coptic authorities. The apparitions were also allegedly witnessed by President Gamal Abdel Nasser, [5] and images photographed by newspaper photographers and Egyptian television. Investigations performed by the police could find no apparent explanation.
According to newspaper reports, during mass, pictures showing Our Lady with a dove above her that were hung on the wall inside the altar began to glow, after which the light from the dove in the pictures started to flow down. Later, the lights appeared above the church as well. [citation needed] The Coptic Church approved the apparition. [2] [3]
This event was widely covered by Egyptian newspapers, Arabic TV channels and by the international press. [4] The news about the apparitions appeared in multiple newspapers, including the Egyptian Watani, American Los Angeles Times , [ 5 ] Egyptian Al-Ahram , [ 6 ] Italian AsiaNews , [ 2 ] Egyptian Almasry Alyoum , [ 7 ] and Egyptian Bikya Masr.
"Blessed are you, O Mary, who is more honored than the Cherubim and more glorified than the Seraphim." – St. John Chrysostom "Blessed is our land, and blessed is our Holy church, which the Blessed Virgin has chosen from all parts of the world to appear in, in a very special and unprecedented manner." – Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria
Marian apparitions are reported supernatural appearances by Mary, the mother of Jesus.Below is a list of alleged events concerning notable Marian apparitions, which have either been approved by a major Christian church, or which retain a significant following despite the absence of official approval or despite an official determination of inauthenticity.
Mary, the mother of Jesus in Christianity, is known by many different titles (Blessed Mother, Virgin Mary, Mother of God, Our Lady, Holy Virgin, Madonna), epithets (Star of the Sea, Queen of Heaven, Cause of Our Joy), invocations (Panagia, Mother of Mercy, God-bearer Theotokos), and several names associated with places (Our Lady of Loreto, Our Lady of Fátima).
A Marian apparition is a reported supernatural appearance by Mary the mother of Jesus, or a series of related such appearances during a period of time.. In the Catholic Church, in order for a reported appearance to be classified as a Marian apparition, the person or persons who claim to see Mary (the "seers") must claim that they see her visually located in their environment. [1]
Syncletica of Alexandria (Ancient Greek: Συγκλητική, romanized: Synkletikḗ) was a Christian saint, ascetic, anchorite, and Desert Mother from Roman Egypt in the 4th century AD.