{"id":3388,"date":"2026-01-27T13:45:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T13:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/?p=3388"},"modified":"2026-05-24T19:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T19:53:10","slug":"egypt-day-11-coptic-cairo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/egypt-day-11-coptic-cairo\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt – Day 11 Coptic Cairo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today we visited Coptic Cairo, a historic, spiritual district in Old Cairo hosting some of Egypt’s most revered churches within the Roman era Babylon Fortress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Coptic Orthodox Church was established by Saint Mark in the 1st century, making it one of the oldest Christian communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We went inside the Church of St Sergius and Bacchus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The church was built on top of the crypt where Joseph, Mary and Jesus were said to have sheltered after fleeing to Egypt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next was the 7th century ‘Hanging Church’ suspended over 12 pillars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then we visited the Coptic museum – full of religious artefacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Arriving back at our hotel we had free time to get a light lunch and pack ready for our departure tomorrow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are looking forward to a farewell meal tonight with our 38 fellow travellers, our tour guide, Linda, and our local guide Marco, at the nearby Kebabgy Grill in the Sofitel Hotel overlooking the River Nile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Today we visited Coptic Cairo, a historic, spiritual district in Old Cairo hosting some of Egypt’s most revered churches within the Roman era Babylon Fortress. The Coptic Orthodox Church was established by Saint Mark in the 1st century, making it one of the oldest Christian communities. We went inside the Church of St Sergius and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,17],"tags":[97],"class_list":["post-3388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-egypt","category-foreign-holidays","tag-egypt"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t