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The Holy Family Route and Story in EgyptThe advent of the Holy Family to Egypt, seeking refuge, is an event of the utmost signification in our dear country's long, long history. Moved by the spirit of prophecy, Hosea foresaw the flight from Bethlehem where there was no safe place for the Christ Child to lay his head, and the eventual return of the holy refugees from Their sanctuary in Egypt, where Jesus had found a place in the hearts of the Gentiles, when he uttered God's words: "Out of Egypt have I called My Son". (Hosea 11:1) In the Biblical Book of Isaiah, the prophet provides us with a divinely inspired forecasting of the effect the holy Infant was to have on Egypt and the Egyptians: "Behold the Lord rides on a swift cloud, and will come into Egypt and the idols of Egypt will totter at His Presence and the heart of Egypt will melt in the midst of it". (Isaiah 19:1). The authority of Old Testament prophecy, which portended the crumbling of idols wherever Jesus went, further foreshadowed the singular benediction to be bestowed upon Egypt, for it is having been chosen as the Holy Family's haven, and upon it is people for having been the primary to experience the Christ's miraculous influence. God's message, also delivered through the prophetic utterance of Isaiah, "Blessed by Egypt, My People" (Isaiah 19:25) , was an anticipation of the coming of St. Mark to our country, where the Gospel preached took firm root in the original decades of Christianity. For Isaiah goes on to prophecy: "In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt; and a Pillar to the Lord, at it is border. And it will be for a sign and for a witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt". (Isaiah 19:19&20). Joseph complied. A donkey was fetched for the gently Mother, still so young in years, to ride with her new-born Child in Her arms. And so they set out from Bethlehem on their pre-destined journey, the hardened old carpenter, who was Mary's betrothed, striding ahead, leading the donkey by it is leash into the untracked paths of a wilderness dark as the desert nights, and unending as the months of never ending horizons. Such an arduous traveling it was, fraught with hazard each step of the way. In those far-off days, there were three routes which could be followed by travelers traversing Sinai from Palestine to Egypt, a crossing which was ordinarily undertaken in groups, for without the shelter of well-organized caravans, the ever-present dangers – even along these known and trodden paths – were ominously forbidding. But, in their escape from the infanticide fury of King Herod, the Holy Family – understandably – had to keep away from the beaten tracks altogether, and to pursue unknown paths, guided by God and His Angel. They picked their way, day after day, through concealed valleys and throughout uncharted plateaus in the (then) rugged wastelands of Sinai enduring the scorching heat of the sun by day and the bitter cold of the desert nights, preserved from the threat of wild beasts and savage tribesmen, their daily sustenance miraculously provided, the all-too-human fears of the young Mother for her Infant allayed by the faith that infused her with His birth. And so they arrived, at last, safely, for God had pre-ordained that Egypt ought to be the refuge for the One who was to fetch the message of peace and love to mankind. The tortuous trails they followed in their passage throughout Sinai, and their subsequent travels within Egypt, are chronicled by Pope Theophilus, 23rd Patriarch of Alexandria (384-412 AD). He testifies, in his celebrated annals that on the eve of the 6th of Hathor (the Coptic month matching roughly with November), after long prayer, the Holy Virgin revealed herself to him and, after relating the details of the Holy Family's traveling to, in, and from Egypt, bade him record what he had seen and heard. It is a source which no Christian believer would question. Besides, it is a virtual certainty that, at a time when happenings of a momentous or historical nature were transmitted by word of mouth from one generation to the next, the account of Pope Theophilus' resourcefulness confirmed the oral tradition of supernatural occurrences which accompanied the arrival of a marvelously Child in the towns and villages of Egypt a heap of 400 years earlier. The Holy Family at El Zamalek and Farma: According to the roots of the Coptic Church, chief amidst which is the vision documented by Pope Theophilus, and recorded in the Coptic Senexarium the Holy Family proceeded from Bethlehem to Gaza, and then to El-Zaraniq (also known as Floussiat), some 37 km west of El-Arish; then they threaded their way along northern Sinai until they reached Farma (ancient Pelusium) mid-way among El-Alish and present-day Port Said. It was their last stop in Sinai; and with the next leg of their journeying they put the perils of the wilderness behind them The Holy Family at Basta Town: Tel Basta – or Basta – which they now enter, is a short distance from Zagazig, the main town in the Sharqiah Governorate in regards to 100 km north-east of Cairo. Here, Jesus caused a water spring to well up from the ground, and His presence caused the idols to crumble, as foretold by the prophets of old. The townsfolk, in consequence, turned malevolent and aggressive, whereupon the Holy Family turned their backs on the town and headed southwards The Holy Family at Mostorod Town: In due course, they reached Mostorod (which came to be called, in those days, 'Al Mahamma') only with regards to 10 km away from Cairo. 'Al Mahamma' means 'the Bathing Place', a name given to the town because the Virgin Mary bathed the Christ Child and washed his clothes. It is worthy of note that, eventually, on their way back to Palestine, the Holy Family stopped once more at Mostorod and, this time, caused a spring to gush from the world which still flows forth to the present day The Holy Family at Belbeis Town From Mostorod, the Holy Family made their way north-eastwards to Belbeis (ancient Philippos), back in Sharqiah Governorate, and at a distance of when it comes to 55 km from Cairo. They rested there in the shade of a tree which came to be called, "The Virgin Mary's Tree'. The Holy Family at Menyet Samanoud Having left their mark on Belbeis, the Holy Family set off in a north-westerly direction and, reaching the little township of Meniet Samannoud (known likewise as Meniet Genah), they crossed the Nile to the city of Samanoud (or Jemnoty) in the Delta, where the local population received them with a benignity and hospitality that earned them deserved blessing. There is in Samannoud, to this day, a huge granite trough which, according to local belief, was employed by the Virgin for kneading dough, and a water-well which the Christ Child Himself hallowed. The Holy Family at Sakha Town The Coptic name of the town, 'Pekha-Issous', (vernacularized to Lysous) means, 'the foot of Jesus'; for the Holy Child's foot-print was marked, here, in bas-relief on a rock. The rock was preserved, but concealed for centuries for fear of robbery, and only unearthed again 20 years ago. The natural course of the Holy Family's journeying from Samannoud to Sakha would have taken them through a lot of of the towns and cities now lying in both the Governorates of Gharbia and Kafr El-Sheikh and, according to a heap of folk traditions, through the Belqas wastelands as well. The rest of story is here: http://www.etltravel.com/Egypt_tours/The_Holy_Family_Story_and_Route_In_Egypt.html
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