Apparitions occured in Iraq near ancient Nineveh
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APPARITIONS OCCURRED IN IRAQ IN VERY VICINITY OF ANCIENT NINEVEH

Alleged apparition above Coptic Church in Zeitoun

@Spirit Daily

Unknown to many, the Virgin Mary has appeared in the Muslim nation of
Iraq -- a nation that may soon dominate world headlines. The 
apparitions
allegedly took place at Mozul and the message was serious. We are 
trying to
get an update. Obviously, and especially in light of current events, 
the
locale has great meaning. It's a  vicinity that encompasses the ruins 
of the
ancient city of Nineveh -- where Jonah issued his strong warning (Jonah 
3:4)
of repentance -- and it was one of a number of apparitions to occur 
during
recent times in the Mideast. Its occurrence in the very stronghold of 
Saddam
Hussein can now be seen as dramatic.

The apparitions began on the Feast of the Assumption in 1991 to a
14-year-old Syrian Orthodox girl named Dina Basher who claimed that on 
one
occasion Our Lord came to her in a bright light, blinding her for 
several
days.

There was also stigmata. In Baghdad three bishops saw the blood flow 
from
Dina. At first oil had exuded from Dina's skin, but at one point a 
voice
told her that "a day will come when blood will come out of your hands," 
as
it then indeed did.

Baghdad, of course, may soon be the focus of U.S. military actions, and 
many
suspect it is where the current spate of bio-terrorism originated.

The girl also saw Jesus with a golden crown and shining white robe or 
with
white rays around His head. She claimed the Second Coming was drawing 
near.
That's for your discernment. However the predictions may pan out, the
Patriarch issued a decree referring to the happenings as "astounding
miracles and wonders" while the Bishop of Baghdad himself saw what had 
been
occurring to Dina and in all likelihood is still occurring (we'll try 
to
update sometime this week) as a manifestation of God's living power.

Let us remember that Nineveh was the New York City of the day. It was a
large city and it was a wealthy city and it was where Jonah prophesied
devastation unless there was fasting and repentance.

There were idols. There was great wealth. It was a place of merchants. 
It
was Babylon's sister city and often its rival and it was destroyed both 
by
natural disasters and the invasion of enemy forces.

Both Nineveh and Babylon shared the worship of horned idols and had 
shrines
to earth divinities and great gods like Ishtar -- whose Babylonian 
temple,
ironically, has just recently been uncovered.  [see story]

Apparitions have also been reported recently in Egypt --  in the midst 
of a
militant Muslim stronghold. The site is Assiut, as previously reported. 
The
apparitions hearken to earlier ones at a place called Zeitoun. "This 
year
(2001) starting on Wednesday 15 August, visitors witnessed spiritual
phenomena in the form of bright lights, which reached a peak on 
Saturday 18
August," according to El-Keraza, official magazine of the Coptic 
Orthodox
Church. "The monastery was receiving around 30-40 thousand visitors 
daily,
but after the spiritual phenomena the numbers grew very rapidly."

One woman told the BBC she had seen the Virgin Mary with outstretched 
hands
and a light emanating from them, accompanied by a smell of incense and 
large
numbers of pigeons. The birds seem to be a common element of the 
sightings.
The secretary of the Assiut Council of Churches, Father Mina Hanna, 
said
other people had seen a big white, brightly lit pigeon appearing and
disappearing -- but he said the apparitions were different each time.

The last time there was a major apparition, at Zeitoun, apparitional 
birds
were also seen, along with a luminous form shaped like the Virgin Mary 
and
witnessed even by Egypt's president, Abdul Nasser. More than a million 
saw
her, and she was known there as "Queen of Peace." That was back in 1968 
--
just weeks after the last major war between Israel and the Arab 
nations...

See also:

Zeitoun website

The Virgin in Egypt

See also The Day Will Come

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