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Mother Teresa – Missionary of Charity Visit to the Festival

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Mother Teresa – Missionary of Charity Visit to the Festival

With love, appreciation and interest,

we received five delegates from Mother Teresa – Missionary of Charity in a first visit for them to the Egyptian Coptic Festival.

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MB COPTIC EGYPTIAN FESTIVAL

St. Mark Annual Coptic Festival in Winnipeg, Manitoba, started in the year of 2006 to celebrate the flight of the Holy Family (our Lord Jesus Christ, His Mother St. Mary and her fiancée St. Joseph the carpenter) to Egypt when Jesus Christ was less than two years old.
The Coptic Church celebrates the feast of the flight of the Holy Family to Egypt on June 1st of each year; and the annual festival takes place on the closest weekend to June 1st of every year.

The Copts of Egypt are proud that their country is the only country in the whole world (other than Jesus Christ’s homeland) to host the Holy Family for about three years.
The visit of the Holy Family to Egypt is considered the beginning of Christianity in Egypt, even before the coming of ST. Mark the Evangelist to preach Christianity there in the late 30’s and early 40’s AD.

The Church Festival is run by volunteers to celebrate the flight of the Holy Family to Egypt and to introduce the Coptic and Egyptian history, heritage, culture and, of course, cuisine to Canadians.

For the past ten years, the Festival has undergone changes and improvements in the content, nature of activities, materials presented and distributed. The increase in the number of guests who are interested in the Coptic Egyptian amazing history, culture and traditions is impressive.

More than 5000 Canadians and patrons from other nationalities, who visited the Festival, enjoyed its activities over the past nine years.
On May 30 and 31, 2015, St. Mark Church in Winnipeg will celebrate the 10th Anniversary of this Festival with its new setup, activities and materials.

The Holy Family fled to Egypt and stayed there for around three years. They moved through Egypt from North to South and from East to West, leaving their footprints in many holy places all over Egypt. A photo gallery follows their steps, and witness their challenges and successes will give you the opportunity to experience the journey of the Holy Family in a completely different way.

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