As Copts celebrate the Holy Virgin during her 15-day fast that ends with the Feast of her Assumption on 16 Misra, 22 August, more than 1.5 million pilgrims flock to Assiut’s Western Mountain at Dronka—Assiut is some 350km south of Cairo—to visit a cavern believed to have hosted the Holy Family on their biblical flight … Continue reading Special prices for pilgrims to Holy Virgin‘s Assiut Mountain at Dronka