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{{orientalcleanup}} [[Image:MapOfHolyFamilyInEgypt.jpg|thumb|right|365px|Official map of the Holy Family journey in Egypt signed by HH Pope [[Shenouda III (Gayyid) of Alexandria|Shenouda III]] of Alexandria]] The '''Flight into Egypt of the Holy Family''' is commemorated by the Orthodox Church on [[December 26]].<ref>Great Synaxaristes: {{el icon}} ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/1539/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ἡ Φυγὴ Στὴν Αἴγυπτο τῆς Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου].'' 26 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref> "''Take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word''" (Matthew 2:13 - KJV)
"''Out of Egypt I called my son''" (Hosea 11:1 - RSV)
In one small street in el-Matarya district of today's Cairo (''Eid Street/Shek El-Te'eban Street''), all kinds of bread and bakery cannot be leavened up to this day, since the Virgin Mary first visited that place with the Holy Family 2000 years ago and they were refused bread and cast away. This is an ongoing miracle that anyone can witness till this very day. Bread leavens normally in all surrounding streets.
==See also==
* [[Zeitun]] <small>(noted for its Marian apparitions. It has been suggested that during the Holy Family's sojourn in Egypt, at one point they stopped at this site, where the Coptic Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary currently stands.)</small>
'''Wikipedia'''
* [[w:Flight into Egypt|Flight into Egypt]]
==References==
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==External Links==
'''The following Web sites and resources will help the interested reader explore the journey of the Holy Family in Egypt:'''
* [http://tasbeha.org/media/index.php?s=%2FVideos%2FThe_Holy_Family_in_Egypt%2Fthe_holy_family_in_egypt.rm Video: The Holy Family Journey in Egypt - featuring HH Pope Shenouda III (English - RealVideo)]
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