This bibliography is made for academics, journalists and anyone else with an interest to do further research about the Holy Family. Most texts on the contemporary tradition are found in the AWR database. No doubt many other titles exist. Please inform us about new titles if you discover they are missing in this overview.
1. Books, non-Arabic
Al-Maqrizi, Topography and History of Egypt in: Mémoires de la Mission archéologique français du Cairo, Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1985-1906
Anonymous, The Escape to Egypt According to Coptic Tradition, Cairo, Lehnert & Landrock, 1993 (photos of icons)
Anonymous, The Holy Family in Egypt, Cairo, Egyptian Ministry of Tourism, 1999 (itinerary based on the recommendations of the Holy Family Committee of the Coptic Orthodox Church, 1999)
Atiya, Aziz S., ed. Coptic Encyclopedia, New York, Macmillan, New York, 1991, 8 volumes. Many different entrees are relevant for the study of the Holy Family tradition.
Atiya, Aziz S., ‘Abd al-Masih, Yassa, Burmester, O.H.E. Khs., eds. and trans., History of the Patriarchs of the Egyptian Church, Societe d’archeologie Copte, 1948
Basili, William F., The Flight into Egypt, Dar Memphis Press, Cairo, 1968
Budge, Wallis A., Legends of Our Lady Mary the Perpetual Virgin and her Mother Hanna, London, Oxford University Press, 1933 (a later Ethiopic version of the Flight-to-Egypt)
Chapman, Marybelle, Egypt in the Bible, Maadi Community Church, March 1990
Davis, Stephen J., Coptic Christology in Practice: Incarnation and Divine Participation in Late Antique and Medieval Egypt, Oxford University Press, 2008
Davis, Stephen J., Christ Child: Cultural Memories of a Young Jesus, Yale University Press, early 2014
Demetrius, Bishop, The visit of the Holy Family to Mallawi, 2nd revised and expanded edition, Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Malawi, 1999 (the booklet was originally written in Arabic and is translated in English, French and German)
Dib, Pierre, Deux discours de Cyriaque, e’ve`que de Behne’sa sur la fuite en E’gypte, Revue de l’Orient chrétien 15, 1910
Evetts, B.T.A. trans., and Butler, Alfred J., ed., The Churches and Monasteries of Egypt and Some Neighbouring Countries, Attributed to Abu Salih the Armenian, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1969
Eusebius, The History of the Church, trans. G.A. Williamson, Harmondsworth, Penguin Books, 1965
Fabri, Felix, Voyage en Egypte, ed. And transl. J. Masson, Cairo, Institut français orientale du Cairo, 1975
Farid, Samir W. The Flight into Egypt, Youssef Abdallah, Cairo, 1965
Festugiére, A.J. ed. History of the Monks in Egypt, Brussels, Sociéte’ de Bollandistes, 1971
Frankfurter, David, Pilgrimage and Holy Space in Late Antique Egypt, Leiden, Brill, 1998
Gabra, Gawdat, Über die Flucht der Heiligen Familie nach Koptische Traditionen, DAAD, 1997
Gabra, Gawdat, and Hany Takla, eds. Christianity and Monasticism in Middle Egypt. Vol. 6. British Academic Press, 2015.
Georgy, Fathy S. The Holy Family in Egypt, Dar Nubar, Cairo, 1998
Graf, Georg, Geschichte der Christlichen Arabischen Literatur, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, vol.1, 1944
Heimendahl, Adriane, Die Flucht nach Ägypten, Paul Pattloch Verlag, Ashaffenburg, 1951
Hyvernat, H., Les actes des martyrs de l’Egypte tire’s des manuscrits coptes de la Bibliotéque Vaticana et du Musée Borgia, Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1886
Iskander, Michael M., Jesus Christ in Egypt. The Events, Traditions and Sites of Halts during the Journey of the Holy Family into Egypt, Mahaba Bookshop, Cairo, 1999
Julien, Michel, “Traditions et légendes coptes sur les voyage de la sainte-famille en Egypte, Les Missions Catholiques 19, 1887
Kuiper, Willem, De Goede Hof, Neder-L, 2003
MacCoull, Leslie B. “The Holy Family Pilgrimage in Late Antique Egypt: the case of Qusqam,” in Akten des XII internationalen Kongresses fuer christliche Archaeologie: Bonn 22-28 September 1991, ed. E. Dassmann and J. Engemann (Jahrbuch fuer Antike und Christentum, Ergaenzungsband 20, Muenster: Aschendorffse Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1995-97).
Meinardus, O.F.A., In the Steps of The Holy Family from Bethlehem to Upper Egypt, Dar al-Maaref, Cairo, 1963. New edition published in 1986 by the American University in Cairo Press under the title “The Holy Family in Egypt”.
Meinardus, O.F.A., Christian Egypt, Ancient and Modern, American University in Cairo Press, 1977
Meinardus, O.F.A., The Holy Family in Egypt, abridged electronic version for Copt-Net, April 1993
Meinardus, O.F.A., Two Thousand Years of Coptic Christianity, American University in Cairo Press, 1999
Mingana, A. “Vision of Theophilus, or the Book of the Flight of the Holy Family into Egypt,” Woodbrooke Studies 3.1, Cambridge, W. Heffer & Sons, 1931
Sheler, Jeffrey L., Culture & Ideas, US News & WorldReport, December 24, 2001 (on the land of Goshen)
Sozomen, History of the Church, ed.J. Bidez and G.C. Hansen, GCS 50, 1960, transl. C.D. Hartranft, NPNF, second series, Vol. II, New York, Christian Literature Company, 1890
Suchem, Ludolf von “Descriptions of the Holy Land, in: Palestine Pilgrims’ Text Society 12, reprt, New York, AMS Press, 1971 (a description on the guardians at Matariya)
Sicard, Claude (1676-1726), Lettres e’difiantes et curieuses, Vol. 5, Paris, 1905. A critical edition of his writings was published by the Institut français d’Archéologie orientale: Oevres, 3 vols., Cairo, 1982
Stephen, Boud’hors, Anne and Boutros, Ramez Wadie (no title and date of publication given)
Thierry, Nicole, Les peintures de Deir Abou Hennis, Solidarite-Orient, 207, 1998
Timm, Stefan, Das christlich-koptischen Aegypten in arabischer Zeit, Wiesbaden, Dr. Ludwig Reichert, 1984
Till, W., Koptische Heiligen- und Maertyrerlegenden, Orientalia Christiana Analecta 102, Rome 1935
Valensi, Lucette. La fuite en Égypte: histoires d’Orient et d’Occident: essai d’histoire comparée. Seuil, 2002.
Vansleb, Johann Michael (d.1679), Histoire de l’eglise d’Alexandrie, Paris, 1677 (Stephen: some refer to him but nothing in the Coptic Encyclopedia indicates he also wrote about sites of the Holy Family but it is certainly possible)
Yousef, Youhanna N. “Notes on the Traditions Concerning the Flight of the Holy Family into Egypt,” Coptic Church Review, vol.20, no.2, 1999
Zaklama, Nashaat, The Holy Family in Egypt, Published by “The Sons of Saint Mark the Evangelist” (English and Arabic), Cairo, self published, 1999
Zanetti, Ugo, Abu al-Makarim et Abu Salih, Bulletin de la Sociéte’ d’archéologie copte, 34, 1995
2. Books, Arabic
Abanub Louis, Father, Hayat we el-mu’agizat il-fata il shehid Abanub il-Nehisi, Published by the Bishopric of Mahalet el-Kubra, 1990
Anonymous, Kitab mayamir wa ‘aja’ib al-adhra, second edition, Cairo, ‘Ayn Shams Press, 1927 (containing the Arabic Vision of Theophilus, the Homily on the Visit of the Blessed Virgin and her Beloved Son at the Holy Monastry now known as Pai Isus or the House of Jesus in the City of al-Bahnasa of Bishop Kyriakos and the homily attributed to bishop Zacharias of Sakha.
Dawud, Nabih Kamil, Tarikh kanisat al-sayyida al-‘adhra bil Ma’adi, Cairo, 1999
Fu’ad, Hala, ‘Hal sharab el-Mesih min bir Tel-Basta’, in: Akher Sa’a, May 31, 2000, p.28-29
Gregorius, Bishop, El Dayr el-Muharraq, tarikhu we wasfu we kul mushtamalathu, no publisher mentioned, Cairo, not dated, probably 1969
Ma’awad, Ibrahim Sabri and Father Dr. Rufa’il Sami and Prof. Dr. Makari Armanius Surur, Watha’iq tunsher l’awal marra ‘an Rahla el-`aela el-muqadassa l’ard masr, Published by: Mu’assasa Beter le tuba’h we nashr, Cairo, 2000
Omar, Mahmoud, Ba’r el-’A’ela el-Muqadassa, published by himself (ISBN 977-19-514-0-8), Cairo, 2000 [selfpublished, distributed by Madbouli bookstore, Cairo]
Nuns of the Monastery of Mar Girgis, Rahla el-`a’ela el-muqadassa ila masr we mantaqat masr el-qadima, published by Dayr Shahit el-`Azim Mar Girgis, Old Cairo, 1999
Philippus, Bishop, El-Sahaba el-Muta’aliqa fi Daqadus, published by the Church of the Holy Virgin in Daqadus, 1994
Ramzy, Fikri, 2000 ‘am ‘ala magi’ il `a’ela el-muqadassa ila ‘ard masr, Published by Aughustinos le tuba’h, 1999. The book was prepared and published under the authority of Metropolitan Athanasius.
Ramzy, Mohammed, El-Qamus el-Geografie lil bilad el-Masriya, publisher Dar el-Kutub el-Masriya, 1953-1954
Samuel al-Suriyani, Tarikh al-kana’is wa-l-adyura, 1984 (translation of Abu al-Makarim, Churches and Monasteries of Egypt)
Tadrous, Ramzy, Da’irat el-Maaref el-Qibtiya, Cairo, self-published, not dated
Yacobus, Bishop, ‘Azra’ El-Zagazig, Publisher: Coptic Orthodox Church of Zagazig, 1998, pp 136 (with 24 pages photos)
3. Magazine and newspaper articles (not in AWR database)
The articles are ordered on date of publication, between parenthesis are the locations, subjects or other background information provided.
English:
Omaya Abdel-Latif, On the Track of the Holy Family, Al-Ahram Weekly, April 20-26, 1995
Samir Naoum, Myths, miracles and movable church, Al-Ahram Weekly, August 20, 1998 (The restored church of Saint Abscaron in, Bayaho, Samalut)
Samir Naoum, On the route of the flight, Al-Ahram Weekly, October 22-28, 1998 (Samanud)
Samir Naoum, ‘An escape into Egypt’ , supplement, Al-Ahram Weekly, January 7-13, 1999 (Farma, Tel Basta, Bilbeis, Musturod, Daqadous, Samannud, Sakha, Wadi Natroun, Mattariya, Babylon, Maadi, Ahnasiya, Al-Bahnasa, Abay Aysus or Deir al-Garnus, Ishnin al-Nasara, Gebel al-Teir, Shagaret Al-Abid, Al-Ashmunein, Dairut Al-Sherif, Al-Qusiyah, Deir al-Muharraq and Durunka)
Rehab Saad, In their footsteps, Al-Ahram Weekly, January 7-13, 1999 (general, Holy Family pilgrimage, a new tourism attraction believes Stephen Newbiggin of Thomas Cook)
Hoda Osman, Holy Family path to be revamped, Middle East Times, 24-30 January, 1999 (efforts of the Ministry of Tourism to make the Holy Family sites a tourist destination)
Samir Naoum, ‘Egypt’s ancient gateway,’ Al Ahram Weekly, May 13-19, 1999 (about Farma or Pelusium)
Nevine El-Aref, Travels in Middle Egypt, Al-Ahram Weekly, June 10-16, 1999 (Assiut, Deir al-Muharraq, Durunka)
Muriel Allen, Tracing the holy trail, Al-Ahram Weekly, July 8-14, 1999 (English language editor of the RNSAW in 1998-1999) (NEHRA, organizing a procession from Farma to Cairo – not realized – , restoration of Matariya, Abu Serga, Haret Zuweila, Sakha, Musturod, Wadi Natroun, Maadi, campaigns to collect donations)
Dale Gavlak, Restoration goes private – with some government help, Middle East Times, July 18, 1999 (Egyptian businessmen founded the National Egyptian Heritage Revival Association-NEHRA- in an effort to restore historical churches on the route of the Holy Family)
Sherry Gad el-Rab, A walk along the Holy Road, Egyptian Gazette, October 24, 1999 (restoration churches in Old Cairo)
Zahi Hawas, Thoth is burning, Al-Ahram Weekly, November 11-17, 1999 (Tuna Al-Gebel and Ashmunein)
Rehab Saad, Holy Route, Al-Ahram Weekly, November 25-December 1, 1999 (the Ministry of Tourism developed a website about the trail of the Holy Family)
Joshi, Vijay, Holy Travels; Egypt hopes for tourism boost from holy family’s Biblical sojourn, Associated Press, February 21, 2000
Scott Bortot, Religious site needs publicity facelift, in: Middle East Times, February 24-March 1, 2000 (Mattariya)
Kees Hulsman, On The Holy Trail; Egypt prepares for the first pilgrims following the path of the newly restored Holy Family Trail, Egypt Today, June 2000, pp 68-75
Anonymous, Tree That Christians Say Bowed to Jesus Cut Down in Egypt, The Associated Press, January 25, 2001 (the end of the holy tree at Gebel el-Teir)
Kees Hulsman, If a tree falls… , Cairo Times, February 1-7, 2001 (p.11) (the end of the holy tree at Gebel el-Teir)
Cornelis Hulsman, The Refugee Savior. How Egyptian Christians still make room for the Holy Family in: Christianity Today, December 2001 (Cover page article, a background of this article can be found in the RNSAW, 2001, week 51A, art. 12)
Claudia Wiens, Moulid Mania, A journey into the heart of Coptic Egypt, in: Cairo Times, September 6-12, 2001, pages 24-26 (based on a visit organized by Cornelis Hulsman)
Michael Burslem, Our Visit to Sakha and Samannud, February 7th. , 2004, Musings from Cairo, February 8, 2004
Andrew Hammond, Christians evoke Pharaohs in holy family parade, Reuters, July 28, 2002 (report of a Holy Family pilgrimage organized by Kees Hulsman, June 2002, visiting Gebel el-Teir, Sawada and the Holy Family celebration at Deir Abu Hinnis)
Norm Tucker, The Holy Family tradition in Dayr Abu Hinnis; an eyewitness account
Norm Tucker participated in a Holy Family pilgrimage to Dayr Abu Hinnis, June 2002
Michael Burslem, Our Holy Family Pilgrimage to Upper Egypt with visits to Gabel el-Teir, Deir Abu Hinnis, Mallawi and al-Ashmonein, January 30th and 31st 2004, Musings from Cairo, February 3, 2004
Amy Kay, Blazing the Holy Trail, Travel Today Egypt, March/April 2003, pp 69-76 (based on joining Cornelis Hulsman’s group visiting Dayr Abu Hinnis, January 24-25, 2003)
Sherine Nasr, In their footsteps, Al-Ahram Weekly, December 2003 (also listing Arab-West Report as organizing tours).
Michael Burslem, Impressions of Our Holy Family Pilgrimage to the Governorate of Assiut, Deir al-Muharraq, Al-Qussia, Meir, Assiut, Durunka and Sarakna, from Friday, April 2nd to Sunday the 4th, 2004, Musings from Cairo, April 5, 2004
Dutch
Kees Hulsman, Voor Kopten is Egypte heilig land; Overlevering laat Jozef en Marie een rondreis maken door het land aan de Nijl, Reformatorisch Dagblad, 5 januari 1996
Kees Hulsman, De Vlucht naar Egypte, Terdege, December 1999
Kees Hulsman, In de voetsporen van de Heilige Familie, Katholiek Nieuwsblad, issues 44-47, (before 2002 – Hulsman wrote later more for the same publication)
Popko van Meekeren, In de Voetsporen van de Heilige Familie, Nederlands Dagblad, not dated
4. Sources provided by travel writer Paul Perry
Travel writer Paul Perry provided these titles in 2002, publications used for his own work.
Anonymous, The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden, Alpha House, Inc., Newfoundland, 1926. Paul Perry “All the gospels, epistles, and other pieces now extant attributed in the first four centuries.” Wikipedia writes this is a collection of 12th-century and 13th-century Latin translations of some Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and New Testament Apocrypha which were assembled in the 1920s, and then republished with the current title in 1996.
Barnstone, Willis (ed), The Other Bible; Ancient Alternative Scriptures, Harper Collins, 1984.
Barnstone is a poet and professor of comparative literature at Indiana University. This book provides a collection of ancient and esoteric texts that were not included in the canon of the Holy Bible.
Hock, Ronald F., The Infancy Gospels of James and Thomas, Polebridge Press in 1995. A book that grew out of Hocks efforts to “make sense of the historically dubious but immensely popular stories of the birth of Jesus in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.” He is a professor of religion at the University of Southern California.
Porter, J.R. The Lost Bible; Forgotten Scriptures Revealed University of Chicago Press, 2001. Porter is professor of theology at the University of Exeter in England. An illustrated book that is an anthology of ancient scriptures that did not become a part of the Jewish or Christian bibles. (Most valuable are the chapters that deal with the infancy gospels.)
Save-Soderbergh, Torgny, Pharaohs and Mortals, Barnes and Noble Books, New York, 1996. Contains information on healing practices of pharaonic physicians as well as information about the Holy Family’s travels to Egypt.
Smith, Morton, PhD, Jesus the Magician, Barnes and Noble Books, 1993. Written by a professor of history at Columbia University in New York. You can go to hell for reading this book.
5. Articles in the AWR database
Articles are placed in chronological order. Between parenthesis the locations or subjects they describe or sometimes other background information.
It is obviously from this list that Egyptian media gave substantial attention to the preparations for the June 1, 2000 millennium celebration. The Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates the Holy Family entered Egypt on June 1 and thus on June 1, 2000, Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda, Egypt’s Minister of Tourism Dr. Mamdouh El-Biltagui and sheikh al-Azhar Sayyed Tantawi gathered in the Holy Virgin Church in Maadi to watch an impressive show on the Nile commemorating the arrival of the Holy Family to Egypt. On the same day the Pope and the Minister opened the newly restored Holy Family garden in Mattariya. Also other locations had been restored prior to this big millennium celebration.
Egyptian media attention continued for a few years. Articles often appeared around celebrations.
The selection criteria of Arab-West Report changed from 2008 onwards and no longer automatically included the Holy Family. Reasons were reduced funds and thus reducing staff. Attention of our own staff continued and thus from this year onwards one finds primarily own work and no longer summery translations from Egyptian media.
Egyptian media attention for the Holy Family tradition has definitely increased since the Minister Hisham Zazou of Tourism organized the Holy Family event on June 1, 2013 and did so again in grander scale on October 21, 2014.
Egypt is a predominantly Muslim country and thus giving so much attention to a Christian tradition was a great show of national unity between Muslims and Christians. The amount of media attention giving to this subject was impressive. Of course Egypt hoped to stimulate Christian tourism to Egypt. This needed restorations of historical locations, improving facilities for food, drinks and sanitary provisions in locations that thus far had not received many tourists if any as well as publicity, both in and outside Egypt. Publicity in Egypt prepared Egyptian public opinion that such tourism is desired and publicity outside Egypt was of course intended to draw tourists to these locations.
We started our work under the name Religious News Service from the Arab World that was renamed Arab-West Report in 2003.
| 20. Celebrations of Christ in Sinai! |
Mon, Oct 19, 1998 |
| 16. On the route of the flight |
Wed, Oct 28, 1998 |
| 56. Christian ’Mulids’ are also an innovation |
Fri, Oct 30, 1998 |
| 21. Christ in Egypt |
Mon, Jan 04, 1999 |
| 20. The legends of Mary’s tree |
Mon, Jan 04, 1999 |
| 26. Congratulations people of Egypt |
Wed, Jan 06, 1999 |
| 25. The road of the Holy Family in Egypt |
Wed, Jan 06, 1999 |
| 29. An escape into Egypt |
Thu, Jan 07, 1999 |
| 28. In their footsteps |
Thu, Jan 07, 1999 |
| 30. ’The Holy Family in Egypt’, a book issued by the Ministry of Tourism |
Sun, Jan 10, 1999 |
| 25. Let such good initiatives continue |
Sun, Jan 10, 1999 |
| 17. Holy Family path to be revamped |
Sun, Jan 24, 1999 |
| 15. Pope Shenouda invites the Christians all over the world to make the pilgrimage in Egypt |
Sun, Jan 24, 1999 |
| 18. Sinai celebrates the birth of Christ |
Mon, Jan 25, 1999 |
| 8. A movie about Jesus Christ |
Sun, Mar 21, 1999 |
| 10. The prophets are the guests of the Sharaqwa [people from Sharqeyya Province] |
Sat, Apr 03, 1999 |
| 24. International Celebrations and the Journey of the Holy Family |
Fri, Apr 16, 1999 |
| 25. Complete Revival of the Route of the Journey of the Holy Family in 10 years |
Sun, Apr 18, 1999 |
| 23. Jumping like fleas between mountains and cane plantations in Al-Minya. The fundamentalists play blind-man’s buff |
Sat, May 15, 1999 |
| 19. “Mir Qibly” the upper Egyptian village blessed by the Holy Family |
Sat, May 22, 1999 |
| 16. What have we prepared, tourist-wise, for reception of the third millennium? |
Tue, Jun 01, 1999 |
| 17. The 1997th anniversary of the Holy Family in Egypt |
Sun, Jun 06, 1999 |
| 17. Travels in Middle Egypt |
Thu, Jun 10, 1999 |
| 49. The path of the Holy Family in Upper Egypt is waiting for its renewal. Are we going to invest in it in the celebration of the third millennium? |
Thu, Jun 24, 1999 |
| 52. Egypt in the Holy Bible |
Fri, Jun 25, 1999 |
| 19. Tracing the holy trail |
Thu, Jul 08, 1999 |
| 36. Discrepancies of doctrine |
Thu, Jul 08, 1999 |
| 31. The Holy Family Church in Matariya celebrates the memory of Christ entering Egypt |
Sun, Jul 18, 1999 |
| 30. Restoration goes private – with some government help |
Sun, Jul 18, 1999 |
| 26. Egypt’s celebrations of the third millennium… How? |
Wed, Jul 21, 1999 |
| 37. The path of the Holy Family is decorated in order to welcome the coming people |
Sun, Aug 22, 1999 |
| 24. Muslims and Copts in a Moulid |
Thu, Aug 26, 1999 |
| 26. Lots of Copts will travel to Israel to celebrate the year two thousand |
Sat, Aug 28, 1999 |
| 37. In the report of the American Foreign Ministry: There are no people arrested for religious reasons in Egypt |
Sat, Sep 11, 1999 |
| 43. The path of the Holy Family undergoes beautification |
Sun, Sep 12, 1999 |
| 24. Wishes and expectations during President Mubarak’s coming term [in office] |
Sun, Sep 19, 1999 |
| 22. Bishop Morqos, bishop of Shoubra Al-Kheima: We have no sacred place except for Jerusalem |
Fri, Sep 24, 1999 |
| 35. Dr. Mamdouh Al-Biltagi: Accomplishing the first stage of the project to develop the route of the Holy Family |
Thu, Oct 07, 1999 |
| 36. The path of the Holy Family; El-Maqrizy, Sekara and Vansleb wrote about the monastery of Saint Dimyana and the forty martyr in the wilderness of Bilqas |
Sun, Oct 10, 1999 |
| 33. Reviving the route of the holy family |
Mon, Oct 18, 1999 |
| 35. A walk along the Holy Road |
Sun, Oct 24, 1999 |
| 32. The Path of The Holy Family Grooms |
Sun, Oct 31, 1999 |
| 24. Signs on the road of the Holy Family |
Sun, Nov 07, 1999 |
| 35. 28 weeks left: The road of the Holy Family grooms |
Sun, Nov 21, 1999 |
| 16. In The Course Of Reviving The Path Of The Holy Family: The Restoration of monuments on the Route from Farma to the church of Abu Serga |
Sun, Nov 28, 1999 |
| 10. The Path of the Holy Family is beautified. Tel Basta, the Capital of Old Egypt in the 22nd Dynasty was honored by the steps of Virgin Mary and Jesus |
Sun, Dec 12, 1999 |
| 14. Dr. Mamdouh Al-Beltagi: The [Archeological] Complex of Religious Sites in Old Cairo is a Gift at the Beginning of the Third Millennium |
Sun, Dec 26, 1999 |
| 63. The journey of the Holy Family |
Wed, Jan 12, 2000 |
| 21. The path of the Holy Family is being beautified |
Sun, Feb 06, 2000 |
| 24. The new committee for restoring the old churches continues its meetings and its duties |
Sun, Mar 12, 2000 |
| 23. 11 weeks are left. The Path of the Holy Family is beautified |
Sun, Mar 12, 2000 |
| 8. “The Statement of the Hundred” calls for dealing with reality….”Restoring Churches” restrictions have been removed, but still there are “the security reasons” |
Sun, Apr 16, 2000 |
| 36. Egypt’s celebrations of the visit of the Holy Family |
Sun, May 14, 2000 |
| 24. The Christian Egypt that the French do not know. Coptic Icons shake Paris |
Sat, May 20, 2000 |
| 23. One week for the beautification of the holy family route to be complete.The holy family entered Egypt through the ancient Horus military route |
Sun, May 21, 2000 |
| 22. A world-class celebration for the first stage of developing the path of the Holy Family. Several programs for international tourism agencies attract tourists to Egypt |
Wed, May 24, 2000 |
| 23. coverage of the preparations of the celebration of the path of the Holy Family |
Sun, May 28, 2000 |
| 24. When development clashes with unenlightened local leaderships! |
Sun, May 28, 2000 |
| 10. Ashmonein celebrates the anniversary of the Holy Family’s journey to Egypt |
Sun, Jun 11, 2000 |
| 11. : A great festival celebrates the anniversary of the Holy Family’s arrival in Egypt |
Mon, Jun 19, 2000 |
| 9. Egyptians are deeply touched by the impressive celebration for the anniversary of the arrival of the Holy Family in Egypt |
Sun, Jun 25, 2000 |
| 9. The Holy Family united the heads of Muslims and Copts. A warm celebration in the Marqosiya church |
Mon, Jul 31, 2000 |
| 11. The head of the German delegation for antiquities asked to be protected from a university professor |
Sat, Sep 23, 2000 |
| 17. For the first time an opera about Christmas in Arabic |
Sat, Dec 02, 2000 |
| 18. The end of a budding Christian tradition |
Thu, Jan 25, 2001 |
| 17. Tree That Christians Say Bowed to Jesus Cut Down in Egypt |
Thu, Jan 25, 2001 |
| 19. If a tree falls… |
Thu, Feb 01, 2001 |
| 15. A controversy over a tree |
Wed, Feb 14, 2001 |
| 33. Thirty-five foreigners visit some places on the route of the Holy Family |
Wed, Feb 28, 2001 |
| 25. The Holy Family trip.. A new vision |
Wed, Apr 04, 2001 |
| 35. A new vision of the journey of the Holy Family in Egypt |
Sun, Apr 29, 2001 |
| 15. Referring a professor in archeology and five employees in Zagazig University for prosecution |
Sun, May 13, 2001 |
| 21. The Muharraq mulid.. Tomorrow |
Wed, Jun 27, 2001 |
| 14. The Coptic New years’ Day |
Sun, Sep 09, 2001 |
| 11. A pilgrimage that is performed by Christians and Muslims who seek healing…The Time of Jesus in Egypt |
Wed, Sep 12, 2001 |
| 12. Did the Holy Virgin appear in the monastery of Durunka? |
Tue, Sep 18, 2001 |
| 9. Muslims in the mulids of Copts |
Sun, Nov 25, 2001 |
| 14. Readers of Christianity Today were thrilled by the articles about the Holy Family and Reviving an Ancient Faith. |
Fri, Dec 28, 2001 |
| 12. The Refugee Savior. How Egyptian Christians still make room for the Holy Family. |
Fri, Dec 28, 2001 |
| 21. Fury over armed guard for Egypt´s Holy Virgin Tree |
Sun, Jan 06, 2002 |
| 20. In memoriam Father Luka from al-Qusseir |
Wed, Jan 30, 2002 |
| 1. Recent developments |
Mon, Apr 15, 2002 |
| 2. The incredible voyage |
Tue, May 07, 2002 |
| 24. Scholars and clergy differ in dating historical churches in Egypt |
Wed, May 15, 2002 |
| 11. Articles on the flight of the Holy Family to Egypt |
Fri, May 31, 2002 |
| 16. Holy Family |
Thu, Jul 04, 2002 |
| 17. Divine Steps |
Sun, Jul 07, 2002 |
| 12. Christians evoke Pharaohs in holy family parade. |
Sun, Jul 28, 2002 |
| 24. Two million Muslims and Christians celebrate the mulid of the Holy Virgin |
Wed, Aug 21, 2002 |
| 28. Finding the stolen Holy Family painting |
Sat, Aug 24, 2002 |
| 11. Discovering Christian Egypt |
Wed, Oct 02, 2002 |
| 16. A journey to Al-Qusqam Mountains |
Fri, Oct 11, 2002 |
| 15. With the Holy Family in the land of peace |
Sun, Oct 13, 2002 |
| 14. The journey of the Holy Family?a tour in the depths of the Egyptian society |
Sun, Oct 20, 2002 |
| 1. Recent developments |
Wed, Oct 23, 2002 |
| 25. St. Mary Still Appears in Assyut City and Mountain Millions From Many Nations Witness Spiritual Phenomena |
Sun, Nov 03, 2002 |
| 1. Recent developments |
Mon, Dec 09, 2002 |
| 2. The Religious News Service from the Arab World in the year 2001 |
Sun, Dec 15, 2002 |
| 15. List of churches in Assiut Governorate for which governorate decrees for restoration and presidential decrees for building and renovation were issued |
Mon, Dec 23, 2002 |
| 22. Christian businessman Mounir Ghabbour upset about distorted reporting |
Fri, Dec 27, 2002 |
| 13. Responding to Sabah Al-Kheir |
Fri, Dec 27, 2002 |
| 37. The flight of the Holy Family to Egypt |
Sun, Jun 01, 2003 |
| 1. The Egyptian electricity net has been extremely unstable in the last week and caused us much inconvenience. |
Mon, Jun 02, 2003 |
| 20. Jesus Christ in Egypt |
Fri, Jun 20, 2003 |
| 2. Obituaries of Bishop Samuel and Hosny Guindy |
Tue, Aug 12, 2003 |
| 2. In their footsteps |
Thu, Dec 25, 2003 |
| 1. Editorial |
Sat, Feb 21, 2004 |
| 25. Shooting a film about the Holy Family…in Sinai |
Mon, Apr 26, 2004 |
| 26. Producing a documentary film on the life of Jesus Christ in Egypt |
Tue, Apr 27, 2004 |
| 31. Two million Muslims and Copts on Gabal Al-Teir |
Fri, May 21, 2004 |
| 32. The Ministry of Tourism sponsors projects for environmental and constructional development |
Tue, May 25, 2004 |
| 19. “Jesus in Egypt” is Gibson’s next film! |
Sat, May 29, 2004 |
| 25. Problems on hold: Stalled for 19 years |
Sun, Jun 27, 2004 |
| 33. Muslims and Christians at the Mulid of the Virgin Mary |
Mon, Aug 16, 2004 |
| 44. Here is Durunka but without terrorism |
Sat, Aug 21, 2004 |
| 43. The book “Jesus in Egypt” |
Sun, Aug 22, 2004 |
| 45. In the Day of Saint Mary…candles before icons |
Tue, Aug 24, 2004 |
| 30. The journey of the Holy Family is an example of tourism development |
Tue, Nov 02, 2004 |
| 19. The Journey of the Holy Family, a pattern for promoting tourism |
Wed, Nov 17, 2004 |
| 23. Egyptian church welcomes adaptation of book into movie |
Sat, Apr 30, 2005 |
| 38. The Holy Journey to Egypt |
Tue, May 31, 2005 |
| 45. Encouraging tourism in the places visited by Jesus Christ |
Thu, Jun 02, 2005 |
| 20. A festival for Jesus in Egypt |
Fri, Jun 24, 2005 |
| 33. Mrs. Mubarak watches movie on holy family’s journey in Egypt |
Wed, Jun 29, 2005 |
| 47. Cinema sins with Jesus in Egypt |
Sat, Jul 23, 2005 |
| 58. The holy family’s visit to Egypt is re-exposed by an American writer and an American director |
Fri, Jul 29, 2005 |
| 19. Personal reflections on Dr. Otto Meinardus |
Tue, Dec 13, 2005 |
| 66. The Holy Family journey |
Wed, Jan 25, 2006 |
| 58. The Journey of the Holy Family |
Sun, Feb 05, 2006 |
| 57. Muslims and Copts gather at Jabal al-Tayr for the Virgin Mary festival |
Wed, May 31, 2006 |
| 56. The Holy Family in Egypt – The tree and the well |
Sun, Jun 04, 2006 |
| 19. Two million celebrate Virgin Mary’s birth on Jabal al-Tayr |
Fri, Jun 09, 2006 |
| 28. Minia: Muslims and Christians celebrate Mary |
Tue, Aug 01, 2006 |
| 3. Also “Christian persecution” needs to be checked |
Sat, Aug 05, 2006 |
| 29. Muslims and Christians together in the celebrations at Dayr al-Azra’ [Virgin Mary Monastery] in Assiut |
Wed, Aug 16, 2006 |
| 46. Where the Virgin trod |
Sun, Aug 20, 2006 |
| 42. Holy Flight in colour |
Sun, Aug 20, 2006 |
| 40. Blessings in Assiut |
Sun, Aug 20, 2006 |
| 39. The celebrations of Dayr al-Azra’ [Virgin Mary Monastery] in Jabal Assiut, a national gathering that preserves the bonds of love and peace |
Sun, Aug 20, 2006 |
| 30. Thousands of Egyptians celebrate Virgin Mary feast in Jabal Assiut |
Sun, Aug 27, 2006 |
| 34. Your light brightened our faces |
Tue, Aug 29, 2006 |
| 87. Ansena…town of martyrs |
Sun, Sep 10, 2006 |
| 57. Muslim artists’ creativity unleashed in the Monastery of Muharraq |
Sun, Dec 03, 2006 |
| 10. A Day with Metropolitan Bīshūy at the Convent of St. Dimyanah on the occasion of the festival of Saint Dimyanah |
Sun, Dec 31, 2006 |
| 40. Rumors removed me from office |
Sat, Jan 27, 2007 |
| 41. The Apocrypha; a gender of Christian literature |
Sun, Jan 28, 2007 |
| 1. Editorial |
Mon, Feb 05, 2007 |
| 39. The annual celebration of the Holy Family’s visit to Kom Maria – Blessed be Egypt my people |
Sun, Feb 18, 2007 |
| 2. Impressions from a Christian celebration in Upper Egypt |
Thu, Feb 22, 2007 |
| 41. 21 years on hold |
Sun, Feb 25, 2007 |
| 46. The blessed Mother Irene who eases the pain of both Muslims and Christians |
Tue, Apr 10, 2007 |
| 1. Editorial |
Mon, Apr 23, 2007 |
| 33. Mountain of the birds |
Sun, May 20, 2007 |
| 40. Silly joke: Christ escaped to Ethiopia not Egypt |
Sun, May 27, 2007 |
| 52. The anniversary of the visit of the Holy Family to Egypt |
Sat, Jun 02, 2007 |
| 30. Hail, Mary |
Sun, Aug 19, 2007 |
| 19. Sectarian incidents ignite in Samalut |
Sat, Oct 27, 2007 |
| 29. Sectarian violence in Gabal-al-Teir, Minya. Truck loads of violence |
Sun, Nov 04, 2007 |
| 40. 10,000 Copts celebrates the Holy Family journey |
Sun, Jan 27, 2008 |
| 3. Impressions on Dayr Abu Hinnis visit |
Thu, Feb 07, 2008 |
| 2. Two success stories on church building in Egypt? |
Thu, Feb 07, 2008 |
| 15. The threatened heritage of Deir Abu Hinnis |
Mon, Apr 28, 2008 |
| 56. Religious tourism and the development of the Sinai |
Tue, Apr 29, 2008 |
| 37. The annual celebration of the Holy Family in Egypt: a tradition not excluded from the hard financial conditions of Egyptians |
Sun, Jun 01, 2008 |
| 22. Copts celebrate Mulid of Saint Mary at Dayr al-Muharraq in Assiut amid strict security measures |
Sat, Jun 21, 2008 |
| 20. Rare icons and monuments burnt in the Holy Virgin Church |
Sun, Jun 22, 2008 |
| 19. Church on fire |
Sun, Jun 22, 2008 |
| 30. 25,000 Muslims and Christians celebrate the Virgin Mary Festival |
Sun, Jun 29, 2008 |
| 28. Statement by Assiut Orthodox Coptic Diocese |
Sun, Jul 20, 2008 |
| 22. The fast everybody loves |
Sun, Aug 10, 2008 |
| 12. Muslim-Christian tensions around the Monastery of Abu Fana in context |
Sat, Nov 15, 2008 |
| 68. Tree of Mary … a witness to history |
Sat, Dec 27, 2008 |
| 2. The Holy Virgin as a mutual point of reference and cult for Muslims and Christians in Egypt |
Sun, Dec 28, 2008 |
| 8. Fayiz Ghali: ’Christ in Egypt’ is written from a Christian point of view. |
Mon, Jan 19, 2009 |
| 36. US ambassador in Mallawi to attend the Holy Family festivity |
Sat, Jan 31, 2009 |
| 23. Christianity in Islam |
Mon, Feb 02, 2009 |
| 39. Kom Maria 2009 |
Sun, Feb 08, 2009 |
| 21. Fayiz Ghali: if the church objects, I’ll shoot the film abroad |
Tue, Mar 31, 2009 |
| 12. Pope Shenouda officially blesses the appearance of the Christ on the screen of the cinema |
Mon, Apr 13, 2009 |
| 11. The pope approved the script of ’the Christ and the other’ provided that he watches it after it is made |
Wed, Apr 15, 2009 |
| 39. Into Egypt |
Sun, May 31, 2009 |
| 13. The first book of the Holy Family |
Sun, May 31, 2009 |
| 28. A conflict between the Church and al-‘Adl because of changing the village name from Dayr Abu Hinnis to Wadi al-Ni‘na‘ |
Thu, Jun 11, 2009 |
| 1. Editorial |
Thu, Jun 11, 2009 |
| 47. No more ’Deir Abu-Hennes’? |
Sun, Jun 14, 2009 |
| 41. Pope Shenouda approved the script of the movie the Christ and the other |
Sun, Jun 21, 2009 |
| 29. Everything in a name |
Sun, Jun 21, 2009 |
| 23. Al-Muharraq Monastery that Pope Shenodua has asked Copts to visit as a pilgrimage |
Sun, Jun 21, 2009 |
| 13. The scent of history |
Sun, Jun 21, 2009 |
| 49. Church built on melted iron |
Sun, Jun 28, 2009 |
| 35. Hundreds of bishops and Copts march to celebrate the journey of the Holy Family. |
Sun, Jul 05, 2009 |
| 1. Editorial |
Sun, Jul 12, 2009 |
| 53. 2 million Christians and Muslims celebrate the Virgin mawlid in Drunkah. |
Tue, Aug 11, 2009 |
| 46. A journey to the most sacred Coptic places in Cairo |
Wed, Jan 06, 2010 |
| 31. Bishop Basenti: Egypt is the other Jerusalem |
Wed, Jan 06, 2010 |
| 33. Christ walks in Egypt’s streets |
Thu, Jan 07, 2010 |
| 34. Al-Misrī al-Yawm covers the Holy Family’s trip through Egypt [1] |
Thu, Jan 07, 2010 |
| 3. Book Review: Two Thousand Years of Coptic Christianity |
Thu, Jan 28, 2010 |
| 30. A new book substantiates the coming of Christ to Egypt |
Sun, Jan 31, 2010 |
| 40. Copts in the press: That all-enveloping religiosity |
Sun, Feb 14, 2010 |
| 2. Escapades in the Holy Family sites near Maghāghah |
Tue, Apr 06, 2010 |
| 12. 2 million Christians and Muslims celebrate the Virgin Birth |
Wed, May 05, 2010 |
| 26. The Virgin mūlid in Minya |
Sun, May 09, 2010 |
| 31. Holy Family’s flight to Egypt is a national holiday |
Wed, May 19, 2010 |
| 27. Holy Family and Depth of Ethiopian-Egyptian Relations |
Sun, Jun 06, 2010 |
| 29. 40 Ethiopian monks live in Al-Muharraq Monastery in Assyut and hundreds of others visit it annually. Why this card in the crisis of the Nile water? |
Sat, Jun 12, 2010 |
| 45-42. Tawadros Led Holy Week Prayers at the Saint Bishoy Monastery |
Mon, Apr 29, 2013 |
| 44. Upper Egypt: A Pictorial Travelogue |
Wed, May 01, 2013 |
| 39-34. Pope Tawadros Leads the Good Friday Prayers in the “Cathedral” … in the Memorial of the Christ Crucification |
Thu, May 02, 2013 |
| 32. Media focus on tensions between Muslims and Christians but Father Yu’annis of Qufādah explains that in his village Christians and Muslims get along well together |
Mon, May 20, 2013 |
| 18. AWR Daily Overview, June 2, 2013: Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates Holy Family journey to Egypt, attended by army not Presidency |
Sun, Jun 02, 2013 |
| 1. The beauty of Egypt; Holy Family sites in the Delta |
Tue, Feb 25, 2014 |
| 5. Meeting with Pope Tawadros II, the Holy Week and Easter |
Wed, Apr 16, 2014 |
| 60. Interview with Cornelis Hulsman, head of Arab West Report in Cairo on 04.10.2013 |
Mon, Jun 30, 2014 |
| 38. AWR Daily Overview, September 7, 2014: Pope Tawadros: Revising the Path of the Holy Family is one of the State’s National Projects |
Sun, Sep 07, 2014 |
| A-05. Hong Kong TV station: importance of highlighting Egyptian efforts for dialogue |
Thu, Jan 01, 2015 |
| 13-1 Mahlab and Tawadros celebrate the holy family’s entrance to Egypt |
Tue, May 12, 2015 |
| 18-11 Capture of two suspects in the kidnapping of 4 Copts on Jabal al-Tīr in al-Minyā |
Mon, May 18, 2015 |
| The Holy Family tree in Mattāriyyā |
Sun, Jun 14, 2015 |
| Daytour Gebel al-Tayr, Bayahu and Qufada (Minya Governorate) |
Tue, Dec 15, 2015 |
| Anba Julius: The Church Is Preparing For Celebrating Jesus Entering Egypt |
Tue, Apr 05, 2016 |
| A New Holy Family Site and the Development of Coptic Tradition |
Thu, Apr 21, 2016 |
| Deir Al-Muharraq In Assiut Was The Last station In The Journey Of The Holy Family |
Sun, May 15, 2016 |
| Bishop Of Malāwī Delivers His Speech In Coptic And Arabic Language |
Wed, Jun 01, 2016 |
| Egypt: Coptic Orthodox Church Commemorates The Flight Of The Holy Family Into Egypt |
Wed, Jun 01, 2016 |
| Egypt’s Minister Of Culture: “Egypt Is Home For A Heritage That Spans Various Civilizations” |
Thu, Jun 02, 2016 |
Holy Family in Egypt 