CAIRO —– The restoration in southern Egypt of the Virgin Mary Monastery, located at a place where the holy family may have spent its last days in Egypt before returning to Palestine more than 2,000 years ago, is causing a stir.
The Virgin Mary Monastery in Dronka in Assiut governorate is said to have been built where Mary, Joseph and the infant Jesus spent time before boarding a boat on the Nile River and returning to their homeland.