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The Holy Family in Egypt

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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)
==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==<div><references/></div>
==External Links==
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