In 1968, something extraordinary happened at St. Mary’s Church in Zeitoun, Egypt: a glowing, floating figure, identified as the Blessed Virgin Mary, appeared night after night, drawing crowds of up to 250,000, defying power cuts, and even prompting both the Egyptian government and the Coptic Patriarchate to investigate. Seen by Muslims and Copts alike, captured on film, and witnessed by over a million people over two-and-a-half years, this is one of the most compelling recorded miracles ever.
I’m joined by Dr. Travis Dumsday (Philosophy Professor, Concordia University–Edmonton; author of The Marian Apparitions at Zeitoun & Evidential Inquiry) to sift through eyewitness testimony, debunk every naturalistic claim, from mass hallucinations to holograms, and reveal the astonishing details that leave no room for doubt.
Timestamps:
00:00 Proof of the supernatural seen by 1 million
2:33 Muslim transit workers’ first sighting of Mary!
4:47 Lights out, but Mary’s apparition couldn’t be switched off
15:09 How Mary united Christians and Muslims
17:50 Did Mary stop a looming genocide?
27:49 Top natural explanations—and why they fail ❌
45:52 Why Disney still couldn’t pull this off today
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