Eid Milad Majeed :-)

All pictures above are of: The hanging Church - Old Cairo - Egypt

St George Church - on the same site - Old Cairo

On the same site: The remains of the orginal Babylon fortress, said to have been built with Pharoahnic stones ... mostly from the original covering of The Pyramids

When The Holy Family arrived to Egypt they lived for a brief period of about a week or so in an area known as Old Babylon in Old Cairo, and this is where one of the the first ever Christian churches was built around this site. The orginal church is in an underground cave and consists of a room and a simple altar [first two pictures here]. In the 4th century another church was built on top while preserving the original Abiserga church, but it wasn't until the year 798 when The Hanging Church was built and is the one remaining to this day as one of the most beautiful churches in the world. On the same vacinity stands the magnificent St George Church and the coptic Museum. The area is nown now as MarGergis and is one of the most visited sites in Old Cairo ... and is only 20 minutes walk from across the brige on the other tip of the island where I live when I'm in Cairo ;-)

'Copt' means Egyptian and was used to describe all Egyptians until Islam aarrived to Egypt in 641 ... and those who followed the new religion became known as Muslims, while the Christians remained coptic. Hence Egypt is the only country in the world where every Muslim was born out of a Christian, since all of Egypt were Copts ... amazing history and people that are so intertwined, you can even tell by the architecture of the beautiful heritage here too ... unique Egypt!

Happy Eid El Milad El Majeed brothers and sisters in Egypt, and cousins celebrating the holy birth around the world. I hope this year will be peaceful and prosperous for all Egyptians, and the world too ...

Peace and lots of love ...

Merry Christmas

:-)

Evangelical Christmas with a nationalist flavour [click]