This neighborhood in southern Cairo is the oldest part of the city ... and it was here that Africa's first Christian church – the Coptic Church of Egypt – thrived. To learn more about Coptic ...

The area now called Old Cairo ... Babylon section of Old Cairo take in: The Church of Abu Serga and the Crypt of the Holy Family beneath it. Al-Muallaqa (Hanging Church), dedicated to the Virgin Mary, ...

After their short, but all-too-felt, stay in Old Cairo, the Holy Family moved ... are accessible to pilgrims through the Church courtyard. An event of miraculous import occurred on Friday the 3r of ...