Abou Mina

The Abu Mia area is located o the orther edge of Wester Sahara ad is reached by a perpedicular road o the Cairo-Alexadria Desert Road 12 km away from Burj Al Arab. I aciet times it was a small village cotaiig the burial place of St. Mia sice the late Roma times. Christia pilgrimage i Egypt. This place was discovered i 1905 by the Germa archaeologist K. M . I the summer of 1907, Kaufma was able to ucover large parts of it. Over the ext few decades, a few attempts were made to explore the regio at itervals. I 1959, the Coptic Patriarch, Cyril VI, established the moastery ear the old village. I 1979, the UESCO Committee decided to iclude this place i the World Heritage List, which was held o October 22-27 i Luxor. Historical moumets i Egypt. As usual, this place was as lucky as ay pilgrim’s ceter. This place, which was oce a small village that was ot of extraordiary importace thaks to the power of its saits, was able to accommodate thousads of pilgrims o the Feast of Sait 15 Hattour = ovember 11, ad sice the Coptic Church still follows the Julia caledar, this date ow correspods to ovember 24, ad these pilgrims came from far away coutries such as Germay ad Frace. I this coutry were foud the bottles of pilgrims, The ame of the Mia flasks, which the arrivals took with them o their retur as a souveir of the visit, was also Thier visitors to Abu Mia pilgrimage to baptize their childre or themselves there, while i the o-holiday times sait was stayig sacred place where a smaller umber of visitors.