Virgin Mary’s Tree in Mataria, Cairo, Egypt
Facts and history of the most important Coptic Egyptian Antiquities and landmarks, the most prominent stations of the Holy Family, the price of the entrance ticket, working hours, and more about the Coptic period.
The Tree of Mary is located in Matariya, which is located in the far north of Cairo, and is also located specifically near the location of the Obelisk of Senusret I..
Virgin Mary’s Tree Facts
This tree, called Mary, is considered one of the important Coptic monuments that is actually known in the city of Cairo and is specifically known as the Tree of the Virgin Mary..
It can also be reached very easily through a street branching off from Al-Matrawy Street. It is a residential street with a Maryam tree. This tree is surrounded by a large wall and is in the middle of a beautiful garden..
Historical facts about the Virgin Mary’s tree
In fact, this region became very famous in ancient times due to its great universities, which were actually only for the Egyptian priests of scholars, who were famous at that time for teaching all those sciences related to science and knowledge.
Then its fame and reputation spread again in that region because of what happened with the Christian Holy Family coming to the country of Egypt and then they passed through that region..
Egypt was the first country to host the Christian Holy Family when they fled from the oppression of Herod, the King of the Jews or the (Roman) king who existed at that time..
He wanted to kill that child Jesus Christ, as he knew at that time that there was indeed a child born from the one who was prophesied to be a prophet and king over all the Jews, so he was afraid and became disturbed, and then he feared the threat to his kingdom, so at that time he ordered the killing of all those children who were in the Bethlehem area in Palestine, which is the area where Jesus Christ was born..
Then the Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ and the family fled to Egypt and passed through that sacred area..
Virgin Mary Tree
Al-Maqrizi and the Virgin Mary’s Tree:
The Islamic historian Al-Maqrizi, who lived in Egypt around the middle of the fifteenth century AD, had mentioned that the Holy Family of the Virgin Mary had actually settled near the Ain Shams area, that is, the area in the Matariya district..
Then they rested there, where there was a spring of water nearby, and then the Virgin Mary washed the clothes of Jesus Christ, peace be upon him, in it at that time..
Then after finishing she had poured that washer water into this one.
The Holy Land, then God Almighty caused the balsam plant to grow. Also, that Mataria Garden remained for several centuries after that a famous city as it is one of the famous holy places in the East, and then it was a very large and prestigious shrine visited by many tourists and also a number of pilgrims from a number of different parts of the world.
Mary’s Tree during the French Campaign:
In the crescent or during the period of occupation of the French campaign in the state of Egypt, a number of French soldiers stopped at that time on their way to visit that virgin tree..
Many of them had written their names on its branches with the tips of their swords, as we can now see very clearly on the ancient tree..
Current Mary Tree:
In fact, it is mentioned that the Tree of the Virgin Mary, the original tree where Mary, daughter of the Holy Family, had rested, had become very weak and then fell in 1656 AD.
A large group of these priests tried to take only one branch of that tree and tried to plant it in the church next to that area in the tree..
Where the neighboring area is called the Church of the Tree of Mary, and the tree grew there and then branched out..
But very recently another branch had been taken from this great tree, and it was planted right next to the original or ancient tree, which had been full of leaves and sycamore fruit up to that time..
So now it is mentioned that many people go to the place of the Virgin Mary’s tree to seek blessings from it, as there is a great and true belief among some Christians that this great tree in Egypt makes women who cannot bear children pregnant..
What is the price of a ticket to visit the Tree of Mary for Egyptians?
The ticket fee to visit the Tree of Mary for adults is: 10 Egyptian pounds.
The ticket fee for visiting the Tree of Mary for Egyptian students is: 5 Egyptian pounds.
What is the price of a ticket to visit the Virgin Mary Tree for foreigners?
The ticket fee to visit the Virgin Mary Tree is: 40 Egyptian pounds.
If the visitor is a foreign student, the entrance fee is: 20 Egyptian pounds.
Note: Facts and secrets of the history will be added soon…
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