There he finished his temporal life, and passed into life eternal. The monks passed on the life of Saint Mary of Egypt by word of mouth without writing it down. “I however,” says Saint Sophronius of ...

(Mt.2:20) Tradition relates that the church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary in Dair al-Moharraq was the first church built in Egypt. It is believed that it was built immediately after St. Mark’s ...