Our Lady of Zeitoun Church

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Our Lady of Zeitoun Church is a Coptic Orthodox church in Cairo, Egypt, renowned as the site of widely reported Marian apparitions beginning in 1968.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Coptic Orthodox church
church building
alsoKnownAs Church of the Virgin Mary at Zeitoun NERFINISHED
Zeitoun Church NERFINISHED
apparitionsEndDate 1971
apparitionsStartDate 1968-04-02
apparitionsType Marian apparitions
associatedWith Zeitoun Marian apparitions NERFINISHED
city Cairo NERFINISHED
continent Africa
country Egypt
dedicatedTo Virgin Mary
denomination Coptic Orthodox Church NERFINISHED
devotionalFocus veneration of the Virgin Mary
governingBody Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria NERFINISHED
hasFeature crosses on domes
domes
icon of the Virgin Mary
hasServiceLanguage Arabic
Coptic
hasStatus major Marian shrine in Egypt
liturgicalTradition Coptic rite
locatedIn Cairo
Zeitoun district NERFINISHED
notableFor Marian apparitions NERFINISHED
pilgrimageSite yes
recognizedBy Coptic Orthodox Church NERFINISHED
Coptic Pope Kyrillos VI NERFINISHED
religion Coptic Orthodox Christianity NERFINISHED
reportedApparitionsForm luminous figure of the Virgin Mary
reportedApparitionsFrequency repeated over several years
reportedApparitionsVisibility visible to large crowds
visitedBy large numbers of pilgrims
yearOfEvent 1968

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El Zeitoun hasReligiousSite Our Lady of Zeitoun Church