Friday, December 18, 2009

Advent Apparitions Of Our Lady?

There are no details as yet as to when the phenomena began, but according to blog reports crowds began forming on December 9 -- a day after the Immaculate Conception feast -- and thousands are now gathering each night, chanting, singing Arabic-style Christian songs, and loudly exclaiming as forms or flashes of light materialize. The forms of light are vague as taken with what appear to be cell phones and presented on internet videos but like apparitions that occurred in the late 1960s and early 1970s at other Orthodox churches in Cairo seem to show a bright light in the form of Mary moving amid the domes or over an entrance near an illuminated Cross as a frenzied crowd and beeping taxi horns form an audio backdrop.
One video is available (here), or in a longer version ( here).
Link (here) to the full Spirit Daily report.
Jesuits in Egypt (here)
On Monday Bishop Theodosios the Coptic Orthodox Bishop in Giza issued a statement: "On Dec. 11th, 2009 Friday, at 1am, a full apparition of the Virgin Mary on the right dome of the church was reported by at least 3,000 people. She appeared in her usual heavenly blue costume. She was crowned and the concrete cross on the dome was placed on top of her crown. Those present captured photos and videos of the Holy scene," read the statement.

Link (here)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I don't know - why do I hear the theme from the X-files playing?