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Egypt has long ties with the Christian faith, dating back to the Holy Family’s journey to escape persecution. Ushered in by the Apostle St Mark in the early first century, the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church is one of the oldest Christian[...]

With the arrival of Islam in Egypt in 641, a new era of political and cultural importance began—which has continued evolving to this day. Since then, a succession of Muslim dynasties left their mark on Cairo, the chosen seat of power[...]

Which is an important pilgrimage stop. The monastery is located within the diocese of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, and is home to about 100 monks of the Kenonian or communal monastic order.   The stone castle on Mount[...]

The Mosque of Amr ibn al-As, also known as the Mosque of Al-Fath, is one of the oldest mosques in Cairo, built during the reign of Amr ibn al-As in the city of Fustat. Its original area was 50 x 30 cubits, and it had six doors. After several[...]

The monastery was built by order of Empress Helen, mother of Emperor Constantine, but Emperor Justinian was the one who actually built it between 545 AD to contain the remains of Saint Catherine, who lived in Alexandria. Home to the famous[...]