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AsyutSights

Religious, Spiritual sights in Asyut

  1. Convent of the Holy Virgin

    At Dirunka, some 11km southwest of Asyut, the Convent of the Holy Virgin was built near another of the caves where the Holy Family are said to have taken refuge during their flight into Egypt. Some 50 nuns and monks live at the convent, built into a cliff about 120m above the valley. One of the monks will happily show you around. During the Moulid (Festival) of the Virgin (second half of August), up to a million pilgrims come to pray, carrying portraits of Mary and Jesus.

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