2 nights 3 days Cairo and hurghada churches

2 nights 3 days Cairo and hurghada churches

In a state of serenity and tranquility, in which man retires from the physical world to move to the spiritual world in which he completes the rest of his life
Monasticism was established globally in Egypt in the late third century and flourished in the fourth century. At the end of the fourth century, there were hundreds of monasteries, and thousands of castles and caves scattered throughout Egypt where believers worshiped

Join us in this amazing Coptic tour to Cairo and hurghada monasteries for 2 nights / 3days

Visit: Cairo Tower, El-Gezira, Cairo 11511 Egypt

in the morning the guide will receive you from the airport then will take you to hotel in Cairo for accommodation and have your lunch the he will take you to start your Coptic tour , you will start your tour by visiting the Church of the Virgin Mary in Faggala
It is the first church built in Cairo in the modern era after the Church of St. Mark built in 1800 AD
In one of the twisted lanes of Faggala, there is one of the most beautiful ancient Coptic churches. It is the Church of the Blessed Virgin, which is located in the Mikhail Alley
The church was inaugurated in 1886. The icons of this church are painted by an Italian artist, mostly from the 19th century
The next stop will be in Virgin Mary churche in Maadi
According to the tradition, the Holy Family embarked for Upper Egypt here in order to escape from the pursuing soldiers of Herod. The local priest believes that the Church of the Virgin Mary in Maadi is situated on the place of an ancient synagogue used during a time when some Jews had fled to Egypt for refuge
As at other holy sites, the church of Maadi also boasts important miracles. On Friday of March 12, 1976, a deacon found a Holy Bible floating on the water. It was of course salvaged immediately and to people’s surprise, the Bible was open to the Chapter 19 of Isaiah, which reads
” Blessed be Egypt my people ”
The Bible now is on display in a reliquary of the church
Your final stop will be in the Monastery of Simon the Tanner
saint associated with the story of the moving the Mokattam Mountain in Cairo, Egypt, during the rule of the Muslim Fatimid Caliph al-Muizz Lideenillah
The monastery is carved in the rocks of the mountain and contains all the discoveries found in the tomb of Simon. It also contains beautiful paintings carved in the rock
Many tourists visit the monastery when they visit Cairo to see the mountain from which it was moved
The saint Simon the Tanner, one of the saints of the Coptic Orthodox Church, was in the reign of the Fatimid Caliph al-Mu’izz for the religion of God. Saint Taqi was a good man who worked in leather tanning and shoe repair
And has a strange miracle in this era as he moved the mountain of Mokattam from his place from east of Cairo to the status of the current after a terrible earthquake and move the mountain to appear in the current area of Mokattam
After finishing your tour, the guide will take you to have your dinner in floating boat then you will be transferred to your hotel in Cairo to overnight

Day 2visit (The Hanging church -the Church of St. Abu Sarjeh-St. George's Church-Church of Saint Barbara-Abu Seifain Church-.Church of St. Mary Mary known as the (kasriah al rehan)- Tadros Church inside the Monastery of Prince Tadros:)
in the morning after breakfast you will checkout from your hotel and take your bags with you in the private car to visit Coptic tour to Ancient Egypt churches you will start your tour by visiting the
The Hanging church
The Hanging Church is located in the area of the ancient Egypt in the important archaeological area of Coptic Cairo. It is close to the Mosque of Amr ibn al-As, Ben Ezra Jewish Temple, The church of St. Mina next to the fortress of Babylon, the church of Martyr Mercurius “Abu Seifin”, and many other churches.it was called the Hanging because it was built on two of the ancient towers of the Roman fortress “Fort of Babylon”, which was built by Emperor Trajan in the second century AD, The Hanging Church is the oldest surviving church.
After that we will visit the Church of St. Abu Sarjeh
Abu Sarjeh Archaeological Church or the Church of the Two Martyrs Sergius and Laches is the archaeological church built above the place where the Holy Family resided during their trip to Egypt, and it has a cave to escape at the altar , Its present location is what is known as the compound of religions in old Cairo, inside the Babylon fortress near the Jewish Ezra built
St. George’s Church
The Church of St. George, one of the oldest Christian and Egyptian churches that survive even, which dates back to the first Christian era, which dates back to the first Christian era, and the headquarters of the Pope and Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria, which includes one of the most important religious museums, which was recently developed by the Ministry of Antiquities
In the church building there is a room that enters the outside door, this room is called the Torture Chamber, because it is full of pictures and instruments of torture of Jesus and St. George, which almost screams in pain. Then you will take a short break to have your lunch in local restaurant then you will resume your visits with
Church of St. Mary Mary known as the (kasriah al rehan)
This church is known in history as the Church of virgin marry and is located in a hippocampus. One of the patriarchs lived there around 865 AD. nest visit
The Hanging Church 2
Church of Saint Barbara
St. Barbara Church This church is located on the eastern side of the fortress of Babylon and close to the Roman wall and reach the visitor from the street of the Jewish Temple and is surrounded by many simple buildings for the inhabitants as well as church facilities that have changed their features now, called the name of St. Barbara, who was a virgin beautiful beauty as It is said that she was born in the early third century AD in one of the cities of Asia Minor from a pagan father and wealthy called “Devorus”. She was educated by the Egyptian theologian Origen, who converted to Christianity and refused to marry those of her family and chose to dedicate her life to serving God.
Abu Seifain Church
This church is known as the Church of St. Mercurius and in the name of fame the church of Abu Seifen. This church was established historically and artistic in the eighth century AD, and then demolished with the demolition of the Coptic churches during the tenth century, and left only a small church on the sea side
It was renewed by Anba Abram Al-Syriani, the 62nd Patriarch during the reign of the Fatimid Caliph al-Mu’izzuddin Allah.
The church remained on these renovations for a time, and then burned in 564 AH – 1168 AD with the fire of Fustat
The effects of the fire continued until Sheikh Abu Barakat bin Abi Said repaired
Final church :St. Tadros Church inside the Monastery of Prince Tadros:

On the north side of the monastery there is a door that connects to a small church, the Church of St. Tadros. It has a water well that is blessed with a hundred to cure diseases
This church is distinct from all other churches as it contains the largest number of unique Coptic icons in the Republic, it contains nearly 250 archaeological icons, a few dating back to the thirteenth century AD, at the end of your visit the guide will take to travel to hurghada and accommodate in hotel

Day 3check out from hurghada hotel and visit St Anthony and St Paul Monasteries in the Red Sea and return to cairo
in the morning after breakfast you will checkout from your hotel and take your bags with you in the private car to start your Coptic tour , you will start your tour by visiting the
The Monastery of Saint Anthony
is a Coptic Orthodox monastery standing in an oasis in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. Hidden deep in the Red Sea Mountains. It is the oldest monastery in the world. St Anthony himself was the founder of monasticism
The Church of St Anthony is the oldest part of the monastery and the main highlight of a visit here. It’s built over the saint’s tomb and contains one of Egypt’s most significant collections of Coptic wall paintings , whitch demonstrate how medieval Coptic art was connected to the arts of the wider Byzantine and Islamic eastern Mediterranean
The Monastery of Saint Anthony was established by the followers of Saint Anthony, who is the first Christian monk. The Monastery of St. Anthony is one of the most prominent monasteries in Egypt and has strongly influenced the formation of several Coptic institutions, and has promoted monasticism in general. Several patriarchs have come from the monastery, and several hundred pilgrims visit it each day

Most of the monks who guide tours will take you up onto a section of the monastery’s fortified walls for a short walk to see the large basket and wooden winch that were the only means of getting into the complex in times of attack
You also get an excellent panorama over the monks’ impressive cultivated gardens
Then head to The Monastery of St. Paul the Anchorite
probably dates to the fifth century and was founded in memory of one of Egypt’s greatest saints and anchorites, who is said to have lived in a cave over which it was built for a period of some eighty years. We mostly know of his life from the writings of St. Jerome and his work, Vita Pauli (Life of Paul). St. Jerome tell us that, while it may have been St. Anthony who founded the monastic way of life by inspiring others, Amathas and Macarius, who were disciples of Anthony, affirm that Paul of Thebes was actually the originator of the practice

St. Paul seeked refuge in the wilderness of Egypt’s Eastern Desert, where he is said to have lived until the age of one hundred and thirteen. Living in his cave, and clothed in a tunic made of plaited palm leaves, tradition holds that a raven brought a half of a loaf of bread which day for him to eat

The Monastery of St. Paul (Deir Anba Bula), which has also been called the Monastery of the Tigers (Deir al-Numur), perhaps because of its wilderness location, has always been associated with the Monastery of St. Anthony, usually in a subordinate manner. The first travel narrative we have of the monastery was provided by Antoninus Martyr, a native of Placentia who visited the tomb of St. Paul between the years 560 and 570 AD. The first monks to occupy the monastery may have been Melchite, but they were followed by Egyptian and Syrian monks. The Syrians may have had a sustained existence at the monastery, for it appears that they also occupied the monastery during the first half of the fifteenth century, after which their presence disappears. It should also be noted that, according to an isolated Ethiopian reference, the seventieth patriarch of the Coptic Church, Gabriel II (1131-45 AD) was banished to the monastery for three years
After finishing your tour you will go to have your lunch
Then you will be transferred to Hurghada.air port