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Related: About this forumMary and Joseph refugees
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_into_Egyptthis page has several photos of where Mary and Joseph are believed to have stayed.
https://www.keepcalmandwander.com/jesus-coptic-cairo-saints-sergius-and-bacchus-church/
The big religious places of history in Egypt are guarded by simultaneously by regular police and soldiers with automatic rifles and machine guns.
Westerners may find this mixture of Christian saints and Egyptian military to be inconceivable. Egyptians and I surmise most Muslims think its normal.
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Mary and Joseph refugees (Original Post)
Tetrachloride
Aug 2021
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edhopper
(35,041 posts)1. Still surprised at how many people think
this story really happened.
It's a fine birth myth, but a myth non the less.
Tetrachloride
(8,485 posts)2. I see people every day looking to escape poverty and
I see people every day looking to escape poverty and abuse.
As a kid, my rural family and church helped SE Asia refugees of Vietnam War and more tho i dont remember much before 1970.
Similarly, my choice of home is balance of a safe place to live and accomplish something worthwhile.
Major Nikon
(36,911 posts)3. ...