Case file · Apparition / miracle
Our Lady of Assiut
In 2000 and 2001, thousands of people in Assiut, Upper Egypt, reported lights and figures of the Virgin above a church, and newspapers printed their photographs.
2000 CE · 27.18, 31.18 · status: account
The account
Reports say pictures of Mary inside the altar began to glow during a liturgy before lights appeared over the church. The Coptic Church approved the apparition.
The sceptical view
Photos of lights at night are easy to misinterpret or fake, and no independent study was made.