The Holy Family journey to Egypt
According to biblical tradition, the Holy Family fled to Egypt to escape Herod’s “massacre of the innocents”.
Coptic tradition links their visit to several sites around the country. At Matariyya, a northeastern suburb of Cairo, is the Virgin’s Tree, a gnarled sycamore under which Mary is said to have rested.
In Coptic Cairo, part of the Church of St Sergius is a cave in which the family dwelt, while the town of Asyut is the southernmost point associated with the route the family took.
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