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On the footsteps of the Holy Family in Egypt & Cairo sightseeing by Air – From Hurghada

Cairo, Egypt
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Duration

02 Days

Cancellation

Up to 2 days

Group Size

Unlimited

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Overview

Overnight tour to Cairo by bus (02 Days/ 01 Night)

First day: Hurghada / Hanging Church of St. Mary – Abu Sarga Church –  Coptic museum – St. Mary Church in Maadi – the Great Egyptian Museum of Antiquities – Wadi El Natron Monasteries – St. Mary Syrian Monastery.

Second day: Wadi El Natron Monasteries  – St. Mary Syrian Monastery.

Highlights

  • Hanging Church of St. Mary.
  • Abu Sarga Church.
  • Coptic museum.
  • St. Mary Church in Maadi.
  • The Great Egyptian Museum of Antiquities.
  • Wadi El Natron Monasteries.
  • St. Mary Syrian Monastery.

What you will do

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Day 1 : Coptic Cairo Tour
Day 1 : Coptic Cairo Tour

Hurghada / Hanging Church of St. Mary - Abu Sarga Church - Coptic museum - St. Mary Church in Maadi – the Great Egyptian Museum of Antiquities – Wadi El Natron Monasteries - St. Mary Syrian Monastery :
Breakfast box to be arranged from your hotel, transfer by Mercedes AC vehicle to Cairo to visit the ancient churches in Old Cairo, visit the Hanging Church of St. Mary and Abu Serga Church dating back as early as the fourth century, This cave exist tell now and a church was built above it with the name of Abu Serga church, next to the cave and inside the structure an old Water well. This Cave is considered the holiest site of Christianity in Egypt because the whole Holy family stayed in it, transfer to visit the Coptic museum, founded in 1908, which contains the world’s richest collection of Coptic art and treasures, Transfer to visit St. Mary Church in Maadi on Nile River which is another site of rest of the Holy Family, followed by lunch in a local restaurant. Visit the Great Egyptian Museum, transfer to your hotel in Cairo, and overnight.

Day 2 : Wadi El Natron Monasteries - St. Mary Syrian Monastery
Day 2 : Wadi El Natron Monasteries  - St. Mary Syrian Monastery

Check out after breakfast, transfer to visit St. Bishoy Monastery (About 110 km from Cairo) to visit the monastery of St. Bishoy in Wadi El Natron which was founded in the late fourth century AD under the leadership of St. Bishoy which includes water wells, mill grain, presses oil and stores on the first floor, the second floor by the entrance to the fort contains an oven and a church on the name of Blessed Virgin Mary, the third floor contains the roof, a church on the name of Archangel Michael and 02 caves. The treasures of the monastery are the bodies of the great saints such as St. Bishoy, Bishop Paula “Timothy”, and part of the body of the martyr Abskheron. It also has the “well of martyrs” in which Berber washed their swords after they killed 49 of the monks in the monastery of St. Macarius the Great during their third attack to the wild in the year 444 AD. The Great St. Bishoy was born in 320 AD in north Egypt, word “Bishoy” in Coptic language means "fair". The church called him in prayers “the perfect man and the dear one for our Savior" and called him as well "a wild planet". When he was twenty years old, he went to Wadi El Natron wilderness. The intensity of his love for the Savior kept him talking with him in prayer and dialogue as long as possible, so he was linking his hair with a rope to the roof of his cave in order to awake him if he fell asleep. His humility made him used to wash the feet of strangers and visitors without knowing who they are, the Lord Jesus appeared to him like a stranger (as he appeared before to Abraham ) and Bishoy washed his feet and he did not recognize him until he saw the surgeon's Cross in his feet. He was famous for His compassionate heart and that was cleared when he carried an old man along the road and he discovered that the old man was Jesus Christ, who promised that Bishoy`s body will be saved forever because of carrying the Lord Jesus, his body still remains without corruption till now, snacks to be served in the monastery, then visit St. Mary Syrian Monastery, Lunch in the Monastery then return back to Hurghada.

Included/Excluded

  • Transportation with Mercedes Airconditioned vehicles.
  • Guiding.
  • Entrance fees.
  • 01 night on bed and breakfast in a 5* hotel in Cairo.
  • Round trip air tickets Hurghada/Cairo/Hurghada.
  • 02 lunches.
  • Any Personal Expenses.

Activity's Location

Cairo, Egypt

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