Flight to Egypt Orthodox Icon
“Arise, take
the young Child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I
bring you word; for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him.â€
When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and
departed for Egypt, and was there until the death of Herod, that it
might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet,
saying, “Out of Egypt I called My Son.†Then Herod, when he saw that he
was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth
and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all
its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which
he had Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet,
saying: A voice was heard in Ramah, Lamentation, weeping,
and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, Refusing to be
comforted, Because they are no more.†Matthew 2:13-23