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Orthodox Cross The picture of the Virgin Mary as she appeared
and transfigured outside the south eastern dome as has been
drawn by Dr. Labib Shenouda, a doctor of Alexandria. (From his
memory after he saw the appearance of the Virgin Mary with other
thousands of people.) [1]  Zeitun, also El-Zeitoun or Zeitoun,
is a district of Cairo, Egypt. It is noted for its Marian
apparitions.  According to thousands of witnesses, the Virgin
Mary appeared in different forms over the Coptic Orthodox Virgin
Mary Church at Zeitun for a period of 2–3 years beginning on
April 2, 1968. The apparitions lasted from a few minutes up to
several hours each, and were sometimes accompanied by dove-
shaped luminous bodies. They were seen by millions of Egyptians
and foreigners, including Copts, other Orthodox and Roman
Catholics, Protestants, Muslims, Jews and people of no
particular faith. The sick and blind were cu