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Pope Kyrillos VI

Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria from 1959 until his death in 1971, who appointed the investigative committee that formally recognised the Zeitoun apparitions in May 1968; later recognised as a saint by the Coptic Orthodox Church in 2013.

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  • Zeitoun Apparitions1968–1971

    Pope Kyrillos VI investigated Zeitoun Apparitions — Kyrillos VI personally appointed and oversaw the investigating committee that led to the Coptic Orthodox Church's May 1968 declaration.

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Zeitoun: a luminous figure reported over a Cairo church from 1968-71, seen by up to a million witnesses, investigated by the Coptic Church within weeks.