Coptic tour between (Edfu and kom Ombo) from Aswan

Coptic tour between (Edfu and kom Ombo) from Aswan

Enjoy a trip to the holy places of the Orthodox community to see their appearances and know the history of those holy places

Visit: Aswan Market, Aswan Egypt

Day 1visit (The monastery "Buwaib" -St. Pachomius Monastery -the Church of the Virgin Mary-the Church of the Martyr Margirgis-St. Mary Coptic Orthodox and St. Michael Coptic Orthodox Church)
A guide will take you from your hotel in Aswan to start your religious tour with a visit to
the Church of the Martyr Margirgis
St. George, one of the most famous martyrs of Christianity, is known and honored by both the Eastern and Western Churches.
Because of his heroism and great courage, many countries took him as a patron patron and a symbol of equestrian and nobility,Enjoy watching that church and listening to its history through the guide

Next Stop: St. Mary Coptic Orthodox and St. Michael Coptic Orthodox Church
Church of the Virgin and Angel Michael: It is the actual name of the church but is famous for the Cathedral of the Virgin and the Angel, the church was belonging to the Latin Catholics but became belonging to the Coptic Orthodox and they are now responsible and pray
Enjoy watching the church and what it include about drawings and paintings of history about that church
After that you will head to a local restaurant in kom ombo to have lunch
Then you will go toward edfu to complete your Coptic tour
to visit The monastery “Buwaib” return to the Byzantine era
The archaeological area of the “Buwaib” in the center of Edfu, north of Aswan, is one of the Coptic monuments, which is not known to many. Dating from the middle of the fourth century AD (Byzantine era), a fortress is located inside the monastery, church Qalali , and other archaeological attachments and includes the remains of buildings of monasteries built mostly of local sandstone, basalt stones and mud bricks
St. Pachomius Monastery (Edfu)
It is located at the foot of the mountain in the Edouard Hager
The building dates back to the 18th and 19th centuries and is built in the style of twelve dome churches
Next to the Temple of Edfu there are archaeological piles of mud-brick buildings and some churches and Coptic monuments
It is said that St. Pachomius, father of communion, is buried in the structure of the archaeological church
The next stop in the Church of the Virgin Mary in Edfu, known as the “Church of the Apparition”
where the appearance of the Virgin Mary in this church on August 21, 1982
Then you will return to your hotel in Aswan

Duration: 10 hours