Nothing was announced, and most of the 500 attendees were locals when visionary Vicka Ivankovic-Mijatovic had a rare public apparition in Italy on November 10. After three recent back operations, Vicka impressed a spectator with a loud, sudden kneeling before her 15 minutes apparition.
Vicka kneeling with her husband Marijo, in the Shrine of Saint Girio on Saturday. Photo: Marco Piagentini
Medjugorje visionary Vicka Ivankovic-Mijatovic’s public apparition at the Shrine of Saint Girio near Potenza Picena, Italy, on Saturday remained a well-kept secret.
No online advertising had taken place beforehand, and the total number of attendees summed up to about 500, Medjugorje follower Marco Piagentini reports. Living 170 kilometers away, he was one of the few who heard about Vicka’s visit beforehand.
Vicka came to the small church not far from the Adriatic Sea along with her husband, Marijo. Inside the small church of the shrine, she was greeted with applause. Next to the church, a giant screen was in place.
Vicka in Potenza Picena, Italy, on November 10. Photo: Marco Piagentini
In little more than one year, the visionary has gone through three operations in her back, and so her resounding, loud way of kneeling down when her 15 minutes long apparition began was noticed by Piagentini:
“We often find it hard to kneel, and here we saw how, after three surgeries in the back, a person falls to her knees with a crash, then remains straight and assuming that position for nearly a quarter of an hour without moving an inch” Marco Piagentini reports.