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Coptic fonts are installed. These are available at the Society's site. The new version will allow students to do their homework online and submit it to us for correction via e-mail. So far the site traffic has averaged a total of over 29,000 hits per month during the last quarter. The site has regularly been accessed by users in all the States in the US as well as about 70 other countries in all six continents! 13. St. Mark Foundation for Coptic History: Dr. Fawzy Estafanous of Cleveland, Ohio is continuing the colossal effort of organizing this new foundation for the detailed study of Coptic History (Church and people). He is now in the process of preparing the formal membership invitation letters. The work on the CD version of the Coptic Encyclopedia is progressing (see #16). The foundation has been gratefully granted office space in the Patriarchate by H.H. Pope Shenouda. Work is progressing on the cataloging of the manuscripts, kept at the Papal residence in Wadi' N. Natroun. The collection has never been cataloged before. Dr. Gawdat Gabra is coordinating this project. Prof. Fayek Ishak of Toronto Canada, has published the first volume of the new series of COPTOLOGIA. Society Members should have received their copy in the mail by now. The Foundation had a significant and visible presence during the Leiden Coptic Congress. The official delegation included Dr. Fawzy and the Foundation treasurer Mr. Nabil Gabriel as well Dr. Roushdy Iskander of the Cairo Office. A dinner meeting was held in Leiden for the participants in the February, 2002 Wadi 'N Natroun Symposium on Wednesday August 30. Attendees included bishop Thomas of Al-Qusiah, Egypt as well as scholars from four continents. Dr. Fawzy went over the Symposium organization in general terms, beginning with the conveyance of H.H. Pope Shenouda's official invitation to the scholars. All seemed to be pleased with the idea and pledged their support within their own areas of expertise. Dr. Fawzy is putting the final touches in organizing the team in Egypt that will make, God's willing, happen. Also he assembled a meeting with monks from four Coptic monasteries, that were in attendance at Leiden, to see how the foundation can get help them in their preservation and restoration work that they are doing on the manuscripts of their respective monasteries. A preliminary agreement was made to use a common database system for recording the manuscripts which each monastery was going to send their input to Mr. Hany N. Takla, of our Society, who in turn will design

and disseminate such system back to the users. During the Business meeting of the IACS, Prof. Stephen Emmel, read a letter from Dr. Fawzy, that contained an invitation of H.H. Pope Shenouda for the Congress to convene in Egypt, the birth place of this Congress, in 2008. The letter indicated that St. Mark Foundation will be the organizing Committee for such Congress. The proposal was well received, an answer was to be given after discussion at the meeting of the newly elected Board. Comments, suggestions, and lifetime membership information can be directed to the following address: Dr. F. G. Estafanous Website: www.stmarkfoundation.coptic-history.org The support of Copts and scholars is needed to continue the efforts of this organization. May God bless all the efforts that His children are making for the glory of His holy Name. 14. Coptic Book Library: The Library is still growing with the addition of several more volumes, including a number of rare titles. The most notable of the new acquisitions for the past quarter: Boud'Hors, A. Études Coptes VI - Huitième Journée d'Études Colmar 29-31 mai 1997 (2000); Brooke & Mclean. The Old Testament in Greek v.1 the Octateuch (Reproduction 1906-17); Brooke, Mclean & Thackeray. The Old Testament in Greek v.2 the Later Historical Books (Reproduction 1927-35); Brooke, Mclean & Thackeray. The Old Testament in Greek v.3 Esther, Judith, Tobit (Reproduction 1940); Cannuyer, C. l'Égypte Copte - Les Chretien du Nil (2000); Capuani, M. l'Égypte Copte (1999); Coles, R.A. Location List of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri (1974); Fluck, Linscheid & Merz. Textilien aus Ägypten. Teil 1: Textilen aus dem Vorbesitz vom Theodor Graf, Carl Schmidt und dem Ägyptischen Museum Berlin (2000); Goehring, J. The Crosby-Schøyen Codex Ms 193 (1990); Griggs, C.W. Early Egyptian Christianity from its Origins to 451 CE (Reprint 2000); den Heijer, J. Mawhub ibn Mansur ibn Mufarriq et l'Historiographie Copto-Arabe (1989); Henner, J. Fragmenta Liturgica Coptica (2000); Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA). l'Art Copte in Égypte - 2000 ans de Christianisme (2000); IMA. l'Égypte Copte - 2000 ans de Christianisme (2000); Layton, B. A Coptic Grammar (2000); Leroy, J. Les Manuscrits Copte et Copte-Arabe Illustrés (1974); van Loon, G. 21106 South Woodland Road Shaker Heights, OH 44122 Tel: (216) 921-4748, Fax: (216) 921-3637 e-mail: jestodad@aol.com

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