Our Lady of Ephesus

From the Shrine Website: At the House of Mary in Ephesus on August 15 (the Feast of the Assumption of Mary) each year, Catholic, Orthodox and Muslim clergy conduct a service together at the shrine, one of the rare occasions this happens anywhere. Muslims and Christians pray silently side by side the rest of the year. This image, found in the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, was revealed in a vision to an American lady who went to Mary's House on pilgrimage back in 1959. She commissioned an artist to render the painting according to her vision.

It has long been held by the Catholic and Orthodox churches that Mary went to Ephesus with John. The once great port city of Ephesus (where Antony met Cleopatra for the first time) was becoming silted in by 4th century and was soon abandoned as malaria drove everyone away. Over the centuries the silt layers became heavier and heavier until the ancient city was buried. It was not discovered again until a railroad line was being put through. The house of Mary was re-discovered in the hills above the city by following the directions found in a book that captured the visions of Bl.