Our Egypt Experience coincided with the Muslim tradition of Ramadan, and also coincided with Easter Season. On the day our journey to Alexandria, Egypt, took place, it was Palm Sunday in the Coptic Orthodox Christian calendar. We visited the famous Monastery of Saint Pishoy, which is one of four monasteries of Wadi el Natrun. Once inside, the experience was peaceful, contemplative.
Our well-connected and ever thoughtful guide Ahmed had a surprise in store for us!
After wending through the outer buildings and walkways, we found ourselves at the cathedral, where Palm Sunday services were underway.
Ahmed had called up the head of the Church, the Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Christian Church in Egypt and had a front row pew reserved for us! WOW! We were welcomed and taken there, where we witnessed this event.
It was being televised for a national broadcast in Egypt.
My faith is Protestant – Anglican – Episcopal. This service was very different to me! We were unable to stay for the entire service. But, the experience was powerful.
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