Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, celebrated the Golden Jubilee of the Church of our Lady in the Zeitoun in the presence of more than 40 bishops of the Coptic church.
The Church celebrates the Golden Jubilee of Our Lady of Zeitoun from May 10 for three days.
Our Lady of Zeitoun, also known simply as El-Zeitoun, Zeitun or rarely Our Lady of Light, was a mass Marian apparition that occurred in the Zeitoun district of Cairo, Egypt, over a period of 2–3 years beginning on April 2, 1968.
Celebrating the Golden Jubilee of the Assumption of the Virgin Naim Youssef The Papal Headquarters and the Church 34: 07 pm + 00: 00 UTC Saturday 12 May 2018 Pope Twadrous II ShareTwitterGoogle + LinkedInEmailSkypeGoogle Bookmarks Books - In the Cathedral of the Virgin with olives, with the participation of more than 40 of the Patriarchs, bishops and bishops of the Holy Synod. His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI arrived in the Church of Our Lady of Olives this evening and visited the Old Church, which witnessed the Transfiguration in 1968. He visited the church and then opened the exhibition of Transfiguration before heading to the new cathedral on the opposite side. The Church of the Virgin Mary celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the revelation of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God in the same church, since the first Thursday and will continue until Sunday morning.
