Velipojes, Albania (2007) A nineteen year-old girl from Velipojes, Albania has claimed to have seen the Virgin Mary 84 times. Valmira Malaj has only reported the apparitions to a priest and says that Mary has identified herself as Zoja E Shkodres, a name with a famous history in Albania. Zoja E Shkodres is an icon that is believed to have flown to Italy from Albania hundreds of years ago and is in Genazzano, Italy to this day. Legend says that on the Feast of St. Mark, 1467, during a festival in Genazzano, a cloud descended upon an ancient 5th century detiorated church dedicated to Our Mother of Good Counsel. When the cloud disappeared, the festive crowd found a small, fragile picture of Our Lady with Her Child on a paper - thin sheet of plaster; the painting stood without support, floating, on a small ledge. On the feast of the Assumption at St. Nicholas parish in Velipojes, Albania, over three hundred people were present and claimed to see the Blessed Virgin appear in the Church. They said Our Lady appeared with two angels one on each shoulder and was holding a rosary and the Infant Jesus in her arms. As the people saw her, they ran to her to try and touch her but they couldn't. She reportedly appeared eight different times, in different places throughout the church. Alphan Park, Benoni, South Africa (2007) Francesca Zackey, 17, from Alphan Park, Benoni, teenager claims to have seen the Virgin Mary and spoken to her, in tongues. Thousands of people have visted her and she prayed for them. According to Francesca, the Virgin Mary first appeard to her on May 7 and "there was a beautiful scent of roses" that drew her to her bedroom. "I found her sitting on my bed. She had blue eyes, long brown hair and had on a royal veil. Light was coming from her open hand and she looked so beautiful," the teenager told The Star, a local newspaper. Dechtice, Slovakia (1994 - Present) [ Official Website ] Seven children in Slovakia claim to receive messages daily from the Blessed Virgin Mary. Naju, North Korea (1985 - Present) [ Official Website ] Julia Kim Youn insists she has received private revelations through her Marian statue in Naju since it "started weeping" in 1985. Many Catholics including several local and foreign bishops have visited the statue since then. The woman insists her statue has shed tears of blood and fragrant oil, and given her revelations. Another claim is that the Eucharist fell "from heaven" at times when visiting bishops and her group had Mass in her private chapel. Bishop Boniface Choi Ki-san of Incheon,Korea on June 29 released a pastoral directive forbidding Catholics from joining Naju shrine devotees, who held a Mass in his diocesan territory, just west of Seoul. The Church in 2005 rejected the alleged miracles associated with the shrine, which began more than two decades ago in Naju, 285 kilometers south of the capital. The bishop also released a 14-page letter titled "Theological and Pastoral Reflection and Directive Related to Julia Youn of Naju." In it he urges priests to use homilies to educate parishioners on the matter as well as on proper Marian devotion. Medjugorje, Bosnia-Hercegovina (1981 - Present) [ Official Website ] Beginning on June 24 and June 26, 1981, six children from the village of Medjugorje, in the now independent state of Bosnia-Hercegovina, claimed to have witnessed apparitions of the Virgin Mary. Their names are Ivanka Ivankovich (15 years), Mirjana Dragicevic (16), Vicka Ivankovic (16), Ivan Dragivecic (16), Marija Pavlovic (16) and Jakov Colo (10). Several of the seers continue to report messages on a monthly basis while the others receive a message once a year on their birthdays.