COPTIC CAIRO

Saturday, September 11, 2004


Steps descending into a chapel beneath the convent. Inside that chapel is a small, dark room containing several relics of St. George. If you take your shoes off, you can go inside and touch the relics, light a candle, and/or pray. There were a bunch of people sitting around and moving in and out of the room when I was there. The atmosphere and the people reminded me of what you would see in a very Catholic village in South America--people spending the sabbath resting and praying in a modest holy spot.

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