Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church — Attraction in Cairo

𝗔𝗕𝗨 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗔 | 𝗖𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗢 | 𝗘𝗚𝗬𝗣𝗧

𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖢𝗁𝗎𝗋𝖼𝗁 𝗈𝖿 𝖲𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗍 𝖲𝖾𝗋𝗀𝗂𝗎𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖡𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗁𝗎𝗌, 𝖺𝗅𝗌𝗈 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝖺𝗌 𝖠𝖻𝗎 𝖲𝖾𝗋𝗀𝖺, 𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝗎𝗂𝗅𝗍 𝗎𝗉𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖼𝗂𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖱𝗈𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝖮𝗅𝖽 𝖢𝖺𝗂𝗋𝗈, 𝖺 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖿𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝖾𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝖤𝗀𝗒𝗉𝗍’𝗌 𝗋𝗂𝖼𝗁 𝖢𝗁𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗂𝖺𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖺𝗀𝖾.

𝖠𝗌 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝖢𝗈𝗉𝗍𝗂𝖼 𝖼𝗁𝗎𝗋𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗋𝗒, 𝗂𝗍 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝖺𝗌 𝖺 𝖻𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗈𝗇 𝗈𝖿 𝖿𝖺𝗂𝗍𝗁, 𝗁𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗋𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗍𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖺𝗅 𝗌𝗉𝗅𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗈𝗋.

𝗔 𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗬 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬

𝖠𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗋𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖢𝗈𝗉𝗍𝗂𝖼 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝖽𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇, 𝖠𝖻𝗎 𝖲𝖾𝗋𝗀𝖺 𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖽𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗎𝗂𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗈𝗇𝗈𝗋 𝗈𝖿 𝖻𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝗎𝗂𝗅𝗍 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗍 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖧𝗈𝗅𝗒 𝖥𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗒 𝖩𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗉𝗁, 𝖬𝖺𝗋𝗒, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝖿𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝖩𝖾𝗌𝗎𝗌 - 𝗌𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝖿𝗎𝗀𝖾 𝖽𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝖿𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝖤𝗀𝗒𝗉𝗍.

𝖡𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝗎𝗋𝖼𝗁 𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝖺 𝖼𝗋𝗒𝗉𝗍, 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖧𝗈𝗅𝗒 𝖥𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗒 𝖽𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗒. 𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝖺𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗉𝖺𝖼𝖾, 𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗑𝗂𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝟣𝟢 𝗆𝖾𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖽𝖾𝖾𝗉.

𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗬𝗥 𝗦𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗦

𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝗎𝗋𝖼𝗁 𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝖾𝖽𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖲𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝖲𝖾𝗋𝗀𝗂𝗎𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖡𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗁𝗎𝗌, 𝖱𝗈𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝗌𝗈𝗅𝖽𝗂𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗒𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝟦𝗍𝗁 𝖼𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗒 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝖢𝗁𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗂𝖺𝗇 𝖿𝖺𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖽𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗂𝗀𝗇 𝗈𝖿 𝖤𝗆𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗈𝗋 𝖬𝖺𝗑𝗂𝗆𝗂𝖺𝗇. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗎𝗇𝗐𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝖾𝗏𝗈𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖺𝖼𝗋𝗂𝖿𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗏𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖢𝗁𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗂𝖺𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖠𝖻𝗎 𝖲𝖾𝗋𝗀𝖺 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝖺𝗌 𝖺 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖻𝗎𝗍𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗅𝖾𝗀𝖺𝖼𝗒.

𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗩𝗘𝗟

𝖠𝖻𝗎 𝖲𝖾𝗋𝗀𝖺 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗐𝖼𝖺𝗌𝖾𝗌 𝖺 𝗁𝖺𝗋𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗂𝗈𝗎𝗌 𝖻𝗅𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝖢𝗈𝗉𝗍𝗂𝖼 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖡𝗒𝗓𝖺𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗇𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗍𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖺𝗅 𝗌𝗍𝗒𝗅𝖾𝗌. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗅 𝗇𝖺𝗏𝖾, 𝗌𝗈𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖺 𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝟣𝟧 𝗆𝖾𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗌, 𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗅𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝖺 𝗐𝗈𝗈𝖽𝖾𝗇 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝖿 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁’𝗌 𝖠𝗋𝗄 - 𝖺 𝗌𝗒𝗆𝖻𝗈𝗅𝗂𝖼 𝗇𝗈𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖺𝗅𝗏𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇.

𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦

𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖢𝗁𝗎𝗋𝖼𝗁 𝗈𝖿 𝖲𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗍 𝖲𝖾𝗋𝗀𝗂𝗎𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖡𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗁𝗎𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝖺𝗌 𝖺 𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗎𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗅 𝖾𝗆𝖻𝗈𝖽𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝖿𝖺𝗂𝗍𝗁, 𝗁𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗋𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗍𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖺𝗅 𝖻𝗋𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗂𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾.

𝖨𝗍𝗌 𝗌𝖺𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗌𝗌𝗈𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖧𝗈𝗅𝗒 𝖥𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗒, 𝖽𝖾𝖽𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗒𝗋𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗌𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝖼𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗂𝗍 𝖺 𝖼𝗈𝗋𝗇𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝖤𝗀𝗒𝗉𝗍’𝗌 𝖢𝗁𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗂𝖺𝗇...

Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church (Abu Serga) in Old Cairo is one of the oldest and most important Christian landmarks in Egypt. Dating back to the 4th century, it holds great religious and historical significance, as tradition says the Holy Family found refuge here during their journey in Egypt.

The church has a beautiful, serene interior with wooden ceilings, marble columns, and ancient icons. The underground crypt, believed to have sheltered the Holy Family, is a highlight for visitors seeking both history and spirituality. Despite its age, the church is well-preserved and still active, creating a peaceful atmosphere for prayer and reflection.

Located in the heart of Coptic Cairo, it’s easy to combine a visit here with nearby landmarks like the Hanging Church and Ben Ezra Synagogue. Staff are welcoming, and the site is generally well-maintained.

Overall: A must-visit for anyone interested in early Christian history and Egypt’s rich religious heritage. The combination of history, spirituality, and architecture makes it a truly...

This is such a wonderful place. Just blew me away. It is said that Mary and Joseph with baby Jesus, had taken shelter here for a few months during the persecution by King Herod. There is even a well, which they are said to have used. The cave in which they stayed is now a crypt and open to view. This is the oldest church within Coptic Cairo. The church was named after two Roman soldiers who were martyred there because of their Christian faith around 290AD. The church has a collection of old Christian manuscripts and Bibles. They are also Coptic Christian artwork and icons. The walls are really pretty with contrasting brickwork in different colors. Entrance here is free. Try and reach there there earlier in the morning, before the group tours arrive, you will enjoy your visit more. For photographers it is paradise, filled with numerous photo...