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Marian apparitions are reported supernatural appearances by Mary, the mother of Jesus.Below is a list of alleged events concerning notable Marian apparitions, which have either been approved by a major Christian church, or which retain a significant following despite the absence of official approval or despite an official determination of inauthenticity.
The Marian Apparitions at Conyers, in the U.S. state of Georgia, are a series of reported visions of the Virgin Mary experienced by Nancy Fowler. [1] These apparitions gained significant attention from both the Roman Catholic community and the general public from the late 1980s through the 1990s.
A Marian apparition is a reported supernatural appearance by Mary the mother of Jesus, or a series of related such appearances during a period of time.. In the Catholic Church, in order for a reported appearance to be classified as a Marian apparition, the person or persons who claim to see Mary (the "seers") must claim that they see her visually located in their environment. [1]
Medjugorje (Croatian: Međugorje), a village in the south of Bosnia and Herzegovina, has been the site of alleged apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary since 24 June 1981. Various officials of the Catholic Church have attempted to discern the validity of these Marian apparitions in order to provide guidance to potential devotees and pilgrims.
Our Lady of Medjugorje (Croatian: Međugorska Gospa), also called Queen of Peace (Croatian: Kraljica mira) and Mother of the Redeemer (Croatian: Majka Otkupitelja), is the title given to the visions of Mary, the mother of Jesus, said to have begun in 1981 to six Herzegovinian Croat children in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina (at the time in SFR Yugoslavia).
The monastery "Appearance of the Holy Family" was later completed, built as convent. At present there is a Chapel of Saint John the Baptist, with a large roofed assembly square in front of it. A copy of the Icon of God's Mother of Jerusalem is kept in the chapel. Stations of the Cross lead to the top of the hill behind the chapel.
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Feast day 28 November Our Lady of Kibeho ( Kinyarwanda : Bikira Mariya w'Ikibeho , French : Notre-Dame de Kibeho ), also known as Our Lady of Sorrows of Kibeho , is a Catholic title of the Mary, mother of Jesus , based on the Marian apparitions reported in the 1980s by several adolescents in Kibeho , south-western Rwanda . [ 2 ]