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& ST. SHENOUDA COPTIC NEWSLETTER

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July, 2001

Volume 7(N.S. 4), No. 4

In This Issue: The Third St. Shenouda Coptic Conference (3) ......................................................... 1 The Coptic Diaconate Ranks ........................................................................................ 3 Text Selections from the Boh. OT with New Translation (1) –Genesis (1) .............. 7 News ................................................................................................................................ 11

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter 11:30-12:00 a.m. - Hany N. Takla, Sahidicism in the Current Edition of the Bohairic Pascha Book. 12:00-1:15 p.m.- Lunch Recess 1:15-1:45 p.m. – Miss Nefertiti Takla , Ritual Healing in Coptic Liturgical Discourse 9:30-10:00 a.m. Opening Address on Archdeacon Habib Girgis by Bishop Serapion, Coptic Orthodox Bishop of Los Angeles. 10:00-10:30 a.m. Dr. Saad Michael. Saad – Coptic Interest in Patristic Theology from Habib Girgis to Present. The Third St. Shenouda Coptic Conference of Coptic Studies (July 27-28, 2001 - Los Angeles California) (3) (by Hany N. Takla) Schedule: The following is a tentative schedule for the conference: Friday, July 27, 2001 8:30-10:00 a.m. Registration 10:00-10:15 a.m. Opening Remarks by Hany N. Takla 10:15-10:30 a.m. Dedication Address to Archdeacon Habib Girgis by Dr. Saad Michael Saad. 10:30-11:00 a.m. - Dr. Youhanna N. Youssef, Job in Coptic Tradition. 11:00-11:30 a.m. - Miss Veronia Hanna – The Use of Psalms in the Coptic Church 2:15-2:45 p.m. Prof. Boulos Ayad Ayad – The importance of the Coptic Language and its Relationship with Other Classical Middle Eastern Languages the Ancient Egyptian Language 2:45-3:00 p.m. - Break 3:00-3:30 p.m. Deacon Severus (Maged) S. Mikhail - TBA . 3:30-4:00 p.m. - Dr. Mark Swanson. 'Our Brother, the Monk Eustathius': A Ninth-Century Syrian Orthodox Theologian Known to Medieval Arabophone Copts. Saturday, July 28, 2001 8:30-9:30 a.m. Registration

1:45-2:15 p.m. – Ramses N. Wassif, The Coptic Church and the Ecumenical Councils after Chalcedon

10:30-11:00 a.m. Dr. Rachad Shoucri - The Egyptian Philosophy and its Impact On the Mediterranean Civilization.

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