Today, the Church celebrates the fifty-sixth anniversary of the Transfiguration of the Blessed Virgin Mary over the domes of her church in the Zaytoun area.
The appearance of the Virgin Mary in the Zaytun area (as narrated by the departed Bishop Athanasius).
News spread to everyone that the Virgin Mary appeared on the domes of the church in Zaytoun, and the media wrote at that time between supporters and opponents, between believers and sceptics, that the Virgin Mary appeared in Zaytoun. Until His Holiness Pope Cyril formed a committee headed by Bishop Athanasius (Bishop of Beni Suef at the time), His Eminence mentioned to me that he went from Beni Suef to the Church of the Virgin Mary in Al-Zaytoun on the evening of April 10, 1968. In the car, the escorts began asking Bishop Athanasius some questions, but he refused to speak to anyone and asked the escort to remain silent and pray.
His Eminence continued his speech, saying: I started my prayers and said to our lady, I am sent by His Holiness the Pope, and the whole world is waiting for a report issued by the Church. Please, if I only see Specters of light, I will tell the Pope that I did not see You, and if I see You for a simple or incomplete moment on the dome, I will also say that I did not see You, and if I see flocks of doves appearing without… Seeing you completely, I will also say that I did not see You, so I am required to see You completely and for a long period until I verify the appearance and write a report to His Holiness the Pope. We all arrived at the Church of the Virgin Mary in Zaytoun at about eleven o’clock in the evening on April 10, and I chose a place where I could see the entire dome. After a short while, I saw unusual lights hitting the dome, and the people were cheering with joy, but I told the Virgin Mary that this was not our agreement, and after a while I saw bright doves, and the people rejoiced with joy, so I said to the Virgin Mary also, “This was not our agreement. I must see fully and verify this.” The spiritual phenomena continued until two-thirty in the morning on April 10, until She appeared in her full form on the dome, and she was in the position of giving a blessing to the people. Appearance. But for the sake of honesty, I asked to climb to the dome, and I actually climbed the dome and almost grabbed Her feet, but I felt a great earthquake, and I screamed in a loud voice. I witnessed you, O Virgin Lady, and all the people rejoiced with joy, and this heavenly scene continued until half past five in the morning, until everyone was sure, me the first of them. I mean, this is a real, complete apparition of the Virgin Mary, Mother of GOD. Everyone was blessed by it, and after the apparition ended, I went to one of the artists and specialists in drawing and described to him with great detail what I had seen, and indeed the picture of the apparition was drawn as I saw it for nearly two hours or more. I went to His Holiness Pope Cyril VI and told him what I had seen, with a detailed description and with the picture that this artist had drawn. Hence, His Holiness the Pope issued a statement confirming the appearance of the Virgin Mary on the domes of Her church the Zaytoun, and attached to the statement a picture of the apparition that was written below (as seen by His Eminence Bishop Athanasius, Metropolitan of Beni Suef).

Bishop Athanasius kept publishing this picture behind the books he was writing, whether in interpretation or otherwise. He also kept celebrating this appearance with a special celebration on the tenth of April, and he used to tell this story to his participants in this celebration.

The blessing of the Virgin Mary will be with us all on the anniversary of her appearance, and may God rest the soul of our father Bishop Athanasius, who undoubtedly enjoys living with the saints in the paradise of bliss, headed by the most pure and perfect Virgin Mary, Mother of GOD. Good News.