Our Lady of Zeitoun
| Our Lady of Zeitoun | |
|---|---|
A photo of the Church of Virgin Mary with a depiction of the Virgin Mary on the roof | |
| Location | Zeitoun, Cairo, Egypt |
| Date | 2 April 1968 |
| Type | Marian apparition |
| Approval | 4 May 1968, Canonically granted by Pope Kyrillos VI |
| Venerated in | Oriental Orthodoxy |
| Shrine | Church of the Virgin Mary, Zeitoun, Cairo, Egypt |
| Patronage | Egypt |
| Attributes | Virgin Mary dressed in white, dove on her head, holding an olive branch while in praying position over a bell tower |
| Feast day | 2 April |
Our Lady of Zeitoun, also known simply as El-Zeitoun, Zeitun or rarely Our Lady of Light, was a mass Marian apparition that was reported to have occurred in the Zeitoun district of Cairo, Egypt, during a period of about 3 years beginning on 2 April 1968.