Our Lady of Zeitoun
- Date of account
- 1968–1971; duration and chronology documented differently by witnesses and investigators
- Location
- St Mary’s Coptic Orthodox Church, Zeitoun, Cairo
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Large crowds in Cairo reported luminous or Marian figures above or around the Coptic church at Zeitoun from 1968 into 1971. Photographs, press coverage, church statements and witness testimony made the episode one of the most prominent modern apparition claims in the Middle East. It is useful for comparison because reports persisted over a long interval and involved mass observation, religious interpretation and contested visual evidence. Explanations range from religious manifestation to lighting, expectation, optical effects or misidentification, with no consensus acceptable to all participants.
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