El-Gendy said his team would have all 25 locations along the "Holy Family Trail" finished and ready to welcome visitors by the end of 2022. Egypt's tourism industry is trying to get back on its ...

Today is the Sunday in the Orthodox Church in which we commemorate St. Mary of Egypt. I had no idea who she was until I became Orthodox, though the Catholic Church also recognizes her.

Celebrating Mary of Egypt, a 5th century wild woman who became a saint without ever losing her wildness. Rod Dreher . Apr 5, 2020 7:43 PM.

C A I R O, Egypt, Sept. 11 -- Every night Marcelle Maurice comes to Saint Mark’s church in the little town of Assiut, Egypt, ... She says she sees an apparition of the Virgin Mary every night.

Saint Mary of Egypt lived sometime between the 3rd and 6th centuries. She led a wild and debaucherous youth until a religious awakening, followed by self-exile in the desert.

According to the Bible story, following King Herod's proclamation that all young males were to be slain, the Virgin Mary fled with her son Jesus, accompanied by Joseph the carpenter, to Egypt ...

Visitors to Egypt can once again stop by the historic 'Tree of the Virgin Mary' in Cairo's Matariya district, a place where believers say the Holy Family passed during their journey through Egypt ...

The tourist attraction and religious site underwent renovations in 2019, and the tree's sprawling limbs now have supportive pillars and fencing. "The Tree of the Virgin Mary is an ancient tree, a ...