Just across the Nile from Maadi is the former monastery of Abu Sefein at Tammua, used today as a youth center. The priest of Tammua told us the story that the Holy Family dug a tunnel from Maadi to Tammua instead of crossing by boat. Tammua was first mentioned as a location on the route of the Holy Family after a dream of Pope Kyrillos VI (1959-1971). The ancient keep collapsed in the earthquake of 1992. It was not renewed nor restored for lack of financial support.

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© copyright A priest during the mass inside the sanctuary of the Church of Abu Sefein at Tammua.

© copyright A mosaic of Abu Sefein.

© copyright Visiting children from Dar el Salam, Cairo, at the church of Abu Sefein at Tammua.