AOL AOL Mail Video AOL Favorites Unfolding Now Winter Games Unfiltered Shaun White John Boehner Kate Middleton Bob Costas Shirley Temple Laurence Fishburne Julia Roberts Michael Sam Jimmy Fallon . Lawndale, CA: Partly Cloudy AOL Hundreds flock to weeping Mary statue in Israel Feb 11th 2014 4:59PM 301166 . • • • • • Mideast Israel Weeping Statue Christian worshipers gather next to a statue of the Virgin Mary, that residents say weeps oil, inside an apartment belonging to the Khoury family, in Tarshiha, a small town in northern Israel,Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. The family says it is most striking when a tear seems to roll down the statues cheek. It says some 2,000 people have come to see the statue over the last week. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) JERUSALEM (AP) - Hundreds of people have flocked to a small town in northern Israel to view a statue of the Virgin Mary that residents say weeps oil. Members of a Christian family from Tarshiha, near the Lebanon border, say they have witnessed a miracle in their living room. Osama Khoury said Tuesday that his wife Amira found the statue covered with oil recently. Amira said the statue spoke to her and told her not to be afraid. After a neighbor witnessed the oil, word soon spread. Parts of the statue appear to be slick with moisture, even after it is wiped off. The family says it is most striking when a tear seems to roll down the statues cheek. It says some 2,000
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