The two videos show a close-up image of an old Middle Eastern Catholic painting that appears to show the Virgin Mary's lips moving while the worshipers are praying. Young Catholic, Kirsten Keirouz was the first to upload footage of the painting to her Facebook page on July 5th. Kirsten said she was at church with two of her friends when one of them nudged her and told her to 'to look at the painting'.
'Once I looked up, I had no idea what they wanted me to look at and I saw her [the Virgin Mary] mouth moving. I then asked my friend; "Is it her mouth?" She replied "yes." and then I got the shivers throughout my whole body. I couldn't believe my eyes, I kept blinking in case I was seeing things.'
Since Kirsten uploaded the footage on to her Facebook account on July 5th, more than 41,000 people have viewed it. But the recording has viewers divided. Believers have described the footage as a 'miracle', while skeptics claim on social media that it's the camera movement and the church lighting which are making Mary's lips appear to move.
However, Kirsten disagrees. 'I believe it was a miracle, and not just lighting because we all saw it at the same time and because her lips would start moving and then stop and start again,' she said.
After watching Kirsten's recording, George Akary who is also a member of the same parish, remembered he too had seen the Virgin Mary's lips move while parishioners were praying and he also decided to film it.
'This is something I had seen a few times,' said George. 'This time I recorded it.' George recorded the footage on Sunday July 19th during mass and uploaded it to Facebook. 'To clarify for the viewers... I saw this during mass and at the end of mass the rosary is prayed . I went to the altar and wanted to confirm via recording it (sic). Lights are not relevant,' he wrote in the Facebook post that accompanied the video.
Watch the video here: Virgin Mary's lips Moving in a painting as they say the 'Hail Mary'
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