The Journey of the Holy Family back to Palestine

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From Asyut , the Holy Family returned to the site of the present Dair al-Muharraq .
On their return , the Holy Family lodged in a cave , which is today situated beneath the Church of St . Sergius in Old Cairo , the ancient Babylon of Egypt . This cave of the Holy Family was a site which was included in the itineraries of medieval pilgrims to the Holy Land .
From Babylon , the Holy Family continued their way northwards , stopping again at On , near the site of the present village of AL-Matariyah . There , they bathed Jesus , and the well was blessed thereby . A sycamore tree , under which the Holy Family is supposed to have found shelter , still stands , in a small garden enclosed by a wall , just before the Catholic Church of the Holy Family of Matariyah .
The next place the Holy Family visited on their return to Palestine was al-Mahammah (or the place of bathing) . In the Church of the Blessed Virgin at Musturud , about three kilometers west of Matariyah , on the western bank of the Ismailiya Canal , there is , to this day , a well which was blessed by the Holy Family . The well is situated at the north-east corner of the church , east of the cave where the Holy Family found shelter .
From al-Mahammah , the next halting-place of the Holy Family was Leontopolis , known today as the ruins of Tall al- Yahudiyah and referred to (in old Roman maps) as Vicus Judreorum . From Tall al- Yahudiyah , the Holy Family returned to Palestine along the same route they had used to come to Egypt , passing through Bilbais , crossing the isthmus at Al-Qantara , and then traveling on the caravan-route from Egypt to Palestine , along the Mediterranean Coast .
According to a local tradition , the Holy Family rested for several days near Gaza , in a garden between the Gabal Muntar and Gaza .
When the Holy Family entered Palestine , Joseph heard "that Archaelaus did reign in Judrea in the room of his father Herod , he was afraid to go thither , notwithstanding , being warned of God in a dream , he turned aside into the parts of Galilee: and he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth , that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets , He shall be called Nazarene . " (Matthew 2:22-23) .