Day 01
Coptic Cairo and the Cave Church of St. Simon
- Our guide will pick you up at 9:00 am from your hotel to visit Old Cairo.
- The Christian Coptic Cairo is among the most significant locations visited by the Holy Family, where the spiritual impact of their presence is still most felt. However, their stay was brief, for the Governor of what was then Fustat, enraged by the tumbling down of idols at Jesus' approach, sought to kill the Child. But they took shelter from his wrath in a cave above which, in later years, the Church of Abu Serga (St. Sergious) was built. You will also visit and enter the Church of Abu-Sergah and St. Barbara, the Hanging Church, and Ben Ezra Synagogue, then visit the famous Cave Church of St. Simon in Cairo. There are seven cave churches carved into the nearby Moqattam Mountain. The Monastery of St. Simon the Tanner is the largest and has an amphitheatre with a seating capacity of 20,000.
Meals: Lunch at a local restaurant.
Return to your hotel.
