His Holiness Pope Tawadros II Prays the Holy Liturgy of the Feast of “Christ’s Entry into the Land of Egypt” at the Virgin Mary’s Church, Maadi, Egypt
His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, prayed on the morning of Thursday 1st of June 2023, the Liturgy of the Entry of Christ into the land of Egypt at the Church of the Virgin Mary in Maadi, Egypt which is one of the stops visited by the Holy Family during their tour in the land of Egypt.
A number of metropolitans, bishops, priests, deacons of the church and the congregation participated in the liturgy prayers.
His Holiness Pope Tawadros II blessed the waters of the Nile on which the church is located, by sprinkling the blessing water in it, after the end of the liturgy, which was held in the open air in the area directly overlooking the Nile.
His Holiness indicated in the sermon of the liturgy that this feast is an Egyptian and ecclesiastical feast that we are unique to in the land of Egypt next to the Nile, and also it is one of the Lord’s feasts and is celebrated on the same day each year, as we celebrate it on the 24th of Pashons and the 1st of June every year.
Christ gave a special privilege to Egypt when He came to it and lived there with our mother, the Virgin Mary, and Saint Joseph (the keeper of the secret of the incarnation), which made this feast its significance, history, and impact on our Egyptian life, and asked a question:
Why did Christ come to Egypt?
1. In order to end the pagan life spread in Egypt and eradicate it from the whole world, which was indicative that man is looking for a powerful God, so the idols and worships multiplied, then the world began to ascend and turn towards the living God. History records that when the Lord Christ entered Egypt, the idols were falling on their faces and being destroyed, as we see their effects in Tell Basta and others, so it was the end of paganism, and this was an important development in human life…
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