Date of source: Thursday, January 7, 1999
A detailed description of the route of the Holy Family from place to place.
Date of source: Thursday, January 7, 1999
Blessed be Egypt my people (Isaiah 19:25) Take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt (Matthew 2:13) Out of Egypt have I called my son (Matthew 2:15). Who would have thought that these Bible verses would one day appear in the publicity material of a number of major travel agents,...
Date of source: Sunday, January 10, 1999
Sidhom is summing up positive developments for the Copts. No exams on Christmas day. A permit for building a church was obtained. The government promotes the Holy Family route in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 6, 1999
Around 2000 years ago the Holy Family fled to seek refuge in Egypt fearing persecution from the Roman Emperor. The Virgin Mary, baby Jesus and Joseph fled from Palestine, trekked through the Sinai desert until they reached the Nile Delta.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 6, 1999
One of the most important projects Egypt is embarking on is giving great importance to re-pave the road that was taken by the Holy Family during their visit to Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, January 4, 1999
The year 2000 celebrations will witness a project of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism to draw the map of the Holy Journey into Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, January 4, 1999
The sycamore tree, which is believed to have given shade to the Holy Family during their journey into Egypt, has become a renowned landmark and a tourist site.
Date of source: Sunday, November 22, 1998
Pope Shenouda III assured that a deviated minority of Copts abroad does not represent all Egyptian Copts abroad.
Date of source: Monday, November 9, 1998
We call on all Christians in Egypt to condemn what is being said and written in the foreign media concerning persecution of Copts in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, November 9, 1998
Bishop Bakhoum of Sohag, Maragha and Al-Munsha’a said that the statement of Pope Shenouda III confirmed that what happened in the Al-Koshh events was an ordinary incident, and it has nothing to do with Egypt’s national unity. What foreign papers published were exaggerations that defame Egypt, and...