Every night Marcelle Maurice comes to Saint Mark's church in the little town of Assiut, Egypt, to stand outside and watch the sky. She says she sees an apparition of the Virgin Mary every night. Like her, thousands of Egyptians have been flocking to this southern Egyptian town more than 300 miles south of Cairo, once known as a hotbed of Islamic fundamentalism. Muslims also revere the Virgin Mary as the mother of Jesus Christ, who is considered a prophet in Islam.
Witnesses say the apparitions occur in the wee hours of the morning.
Light was emanating from her hands, then doves start flying, they were as big as ducks. A Blessing for Egypt' People living around Saint Mark's church began reporting the appearances last month. We did not give it too much importance as we thought it was an isolated case. Father Labib, from the nearby Orthodox Copt Dronka Monastery, is excited by the sighting. If you look for the source of the light , you can't find it.