Some parishioners at Saint Charbel's Church in Sydney believe they witness a miracle when they pray inside the church.

Two young Catholics, who regularly attend mass at the church in Punchbowl, in Sydney's south-west, have filmed a painting of the Virgin Mary carrying Jesus where it appears Mary is praying with them.

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.

Some parishioners believe that the Virgin Mary depicted in a painting that hangs above the church altar is praying with them

The painting hangs above the church altar and both recordings show Mary's lips moving in sync with the prayers.

Young Catholic, Kristen Keirouz was the first to upload footage of the painting to her Facebook page on July 5th.

Kristen 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'.

'I believe it was a miracle, and not just lighting,' said Kirsten who believes the Virgin Mary lips were moving in prayer

'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 Kristen 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 sceptics claim on social media that it's the camera movement and the church lighting which are making Mary's lips appear to move.

However, Kristen 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 Kristen'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.

Recorded footage shows a Middle Eastern Catholic picture of the Virgin Mary moving her lips at a Sydney church

A Middle Eastern Catholic picture of the Virgin Mary, it is believed that her lips are moving in prayer

'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.

George Akary's Facebook post after uploading a video what he says is a painting of the Virgin Mary where her lips are moving in prayer

Prime Minister Tony Abbott reads the Fifth Reading during the Good Friday Liturgy at St Charbel's Maronite Church in Punchbowl, Sydney.

George Akary told Daily Mail Australia that he usually stares at the photos on the wall when praying at church and has seen this happen before: 'I never thought to record it until I saw a clip a few weeks ago. These signs are to bring people to know God is really with us,' he said.

Saint Charbel’s parish consists of over 40,000 Australian Maronite Catholic members and it has one of the highest rates of youth church attendance in Australia.

Father Superior Joseph Sleiman from Saint Charbel's church told Daily Mail Australia that he does not consider this to be a miracle but rather an optical illusion.