SSCN Voumes 1-10, 1994-2004

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter

containing a PDF version of Psalmodia text in Coptic with parallel Arabic and English translations. Within the US, it is available through the Society, except for the Midwestern States of Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Indiana. St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church in Troy Michigan will be responsible for these Midwestern states and Canada. The society has copies on-hand of all other COEPA-produced CDs, as follows: COEPA 1 Holy Bible & Pope Shenouda's Writings COEPA 2 The Coptic Liturgy of St. Basil (Audio) COEPA 4 An Altar to the Lord The cost for each Computer CD or Audio CD-Set has been discounted $20 for a single copy. 4. Coptic Computer CD: The first Coptic Language CD, Coptic CD Vol. 1 is still available . A brief description as well as a demo is accessible through the Society's website. A custom CD-R copy can be made for any of the last two major modules of the CD: Annual Bohairic-English Lectionary for the Days, or Bohairic-Sahidic-English-Greek New Testament. The cost of these CD-R is as follows: NKCSC-CD1C Boh-Sah-Eng-Gk New Testament $20 NKCSC-CD1D Annual Boh-Eng. Lectionary $12 The Coptic-Bohairic Lessons and Bohairic-English Dictionary has been licensed for distribution as part of COEPA's new CORL CD-Rom. Members would receive a 20% discount over the above prices. 5. Coptic Art Books from Egypt: The two new titles by Mr. Nabil S. Atalla are still available. These two volumes include over 500 color photographs of rare Coptic icons and manuscript illuminations. This material is arranged by subject, artist, as well as format. Each item is identified by artist, subject, and current location. His earlier 2-volume Coptic Art book is also available in very limited quantity. These works offers a treasury of Coptic Art examples, arranged by topics. They are indispensable to scholars as well as people interested in keeping their beautiful Coptic Heritage alive. Prices for these items are as follows: Title Member Non-member Coptic Icons, 2-v. (1-4) ea. $35.00* $40.00* Coptic Icons, 2-v. (5+) ea. $30.00* $35.00* Escape to Egypt, ea. $10.00 $12.00 * New reduced prices.

- or by direct transfer (making sure that any bank fees are charged to you and not to us) to the following account:

Association francophone de Coptologie FR 77 20041 01015 0339942M036 05

Be sure to note your name and “congress registration fees.” If you prefer, of course you may pay your fees during registration at the congress. For all inquiries, correspondence, or pre-registration, you

should contact: Anne Boud’hors IRHT section grecque 52 rue du Cardinal-Lemoine, F-75005 Paris

fax +33 1 44 27 18 67, e-mail congres.2004@irht.cnrs.fr The Society encourages all its members to attend this congress which represents the most prestigious scholarly meeting that deals exclusively with Coptic Studies. The younger and more youthful members are especially urged to consider attendance and to possibly participate in future ones. The next congress will be considered for Egypt in 2008. If that becomes the case, the Society along with St. Mark Foundation will play a key role in such arrangement. H.H. Pope Shenouda III has expressed great enthusiasm about this prospect, when Dr. Fawzy Estafanous of St. Mark Foundation presented it to him in June of this year. 3. COEPA's Products: The newest announced production is a CD-Rom, titled, The Coptic Orthodox Reference library (CORL). Its main contents are as follows:  Holy Bible (NKJV), including Deuterocanonical books  Early Church Fathers (The Nicene Fathers, 38 Volumes),  All H.H. Pope Shenouda III Previously published by COEPA (40 books)  All An Altar to the Lord Books (40 books)  New Books for HH, HG Anba Mettaous, HG Anba Daniel, Fr Tadros Malaty and many others,  Coptic Lessons and Dictionary by Permission of St Shenouda Coptic Society); and  Full version E-katamarous (The full daily readings) by St Mark Coptic Church - Troy Michigan USA. CORL expected publishing date is May 30, 2004. COEPA's final production of Audio-remastered works of the late Ragheb Moftah's monumental work is the 4-CD (Audio) edition of the Coptic Midnight Psalmody. This 4-hours of recording completes the trilogy of the majestic Coptic sacred music. It contains all the necessary components of the Midnight Hymnology for Sunday, including many of the long beautiful hymns that are rarely or ever hear in our churches these days. A bonus CD was included,

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