Sailing on the Nile

We spent the morning in Coptic Cairo. A Copt is a native Egyptian Christian. Egypt has a long history of Christianity. According to tradition, the Coptic Orthodox Church was established by Saint Mark in the 1st century. We visited the Coptic Museum and The Hanging Church. The Hanging Church (El Muallaqa) is one of the oldest churches in Cairo dating back to the 3rd century A.D. In the museum we saw coptic manuscripts of the gospels and psalms also dating back to the 3rd century. It was really amazing to see a part of the history of Christianity. I sometimes forget that Christianity is an Eastern religion that ended up in the West, not the other way around.

We ended to the day by sailing down the Nile. We met up with Hannah's room mates and some other friends and ate chicken swarma wraps and played dominos on the Nile. It was a great day.