Walk with Mary throughout the Year

Day 325: April 02 Our Lady of Zeitoun, Cairo, Egypt One of the lesser-known Marian apparitions is that of Zeitoun, in which Mary showed herself, without leaving any message, to both Christians and Muslims. In Arabic, Zeitoun means "olives" and for this reason the apparition is associated with peace. The city of Zeitoun is located in the Matruh region, near Cairo, the capital of Egypt. According to tradition, Jesus, Mary and Joseph took refuge in this place to escape the persecution of King Herod. In Zeitoun is the Coptic Orthodox Church of St Mark. On the night of April 2, 1968, on the roof of this church, a luminous image appeared with the profile of a woman, identified as the Virgin Mary. This event was observed by several witnesses, whose accounts agreed in the description of the details. However, the apparitions date back to 1920 when Tawfiq Khalil Bey, a Coptic owner, decided to build a building in Zeitoun. The Virgin appeared to him promising him that if he built a chur...