The Holy Family must have passed al-Qantara, a town on the Suez Canal north of Ismailia , after leaving Farma, since it is a small isthmus between the two salty lake of Manzalah and Barah. However, there is very little related to the Holy Family to be found there.

Photo: Paul Perry, veil of the sanctuary with the picture of St. George at his church in al-Qantara.

Photo: Paul Perry, St. George Church in Al Qantara on the Suez Canal.

Photo: Paul Perry, A typical Coptic cross, directed to the four corners of the earth at St. George Church in al-Qantara.