SSCN Voumes 1-10, 1994-2004

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter

survey of Christological writings of the Coptic fathers on this subject after the Council of Chalcedon, including 50+ pages on the Christology of St. Shenouda the Archimandrite. ($12, and $15 for non-members). 7. Bulletin of the Society (Back Issues): Copies of back issues of vol. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the Annual Bulletin of the Society are still available. The prices of these volumes are $4 for members and $5 for non-members. 9. The Society on The Internet: We are still at the same address, "http://www.stshenouda.com". During the last quarter, the site had about 50,000 hits per month. Information about the new MiniConferences and the annual conference will be posted on the site. The Coptic Lessons Section will be revised soon to add limited pronunciation sounds. Many of the posted pages are updated or are in the process of being updated, including a listing of all the collections housed at the Center: Microfilms, Scanned images, books, off-prints, as well as our new Coptic Textile collection. 10. St. Mark Foundation for Coptic History: Dr. Fawzy Estafanous of Cleveland, Ohio is continuing his efforts of directing this new foundation for publishing the detailed study of Coptic History (Church and people). In the past period, H.H. Pope Shenouda III has entrused the Foundation with the development of the new General Library of the Coptic Church at the site of the Patriarchate in Cairo. Efforts now are underway to plan the collections to be housed in it. More details will be published in the next issue. The Foundation has published a new book in Arabic on Coptic Chrisitan Literature. It was authored jointly by Fr. Shenouda Maher and our colleague Dr. Youhanna N. Youssef. Copies will be available at the Foundation address below and at the Society soon. The Foundation has started the preparation along with the Patriarchate and the St. Shenouda Monasteries in Sohag, for the third symposium, dealing with Monasticism in Sohag and Southern Upper Egypt. Details will be published soon. Both of our organizations will also be working together with the Patriarchate in organizing possibly the 2008 Coptic Congress in Egypt, if awarded by the IACS. Comments, suggestions, and lifetime membership information can be directed to the following address: Dr. F. G. Estafanous

Tel: (216) 921-4748, Fax: (216) 921-3637 e-mail: jestodad@aol.com Website: www.stmarkfoundation.coptic-history.org 11. Coptic References on CD: The Society is offering some titles for distribution in CD-R format of some important references in the field of Coptic Studies. These CDs contain PDF formatted files of the scanned images of these references with an added electronic table of Contents. As of this time the following titles are available: NKCSC-SAA1, Monneret de Villard, Les Couvents Pres de Sohag, 2 vol, 1925-6, $15. NKCSC-SBO1, Budge, The Earliest Known Coptic Psalter in the Dialect of Upper Egypt , 1889, $10 NKCSC-SLG1, Coptic Agbeyia , Coptic-Arabic, Cairo 1977, $10. NKCSC-SLG2, O'Leary, The Difnar (Antiphonarium of the Coptic Church, 3 parts 1926-30, $12. NKCSC-SLG3, Takla, The Ecclessiastical Position of St. Shenouda in the Coptic Church , 1981, $6. NKCSC-SL1, Scholtz, Grammatica Aegyptica , Oxford 1778, $10 NKCSC-SLT1, Kahle Jr., Balaizah , 2 volumes, $15 NKCSC-SHG1, Christianity in Egypt (1836-51) , $10 Members would receive 20% discount. 12. Coptic Language Instruction at the Coptic Center: During the past period two sessions are being held at the Center. One at Coptic II level and the other is the advanced translation seminar. The instruction was by Hany Takla. 13. New Lecture Series at the Coptic Center: In an effort to promote the Coptic Heritage, the Society is continuing a series of lectures at its Coptic Center in Los Angeles. Because of the Fayoum Symposium no lectures will held in the past period. The presenter will be Mr. Hany N. Takla and the time will be on Thursdays from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. (Presentation and Discussions). The following are the lectures' schedule for this period:

4/1/2004, The Coptic Liturgical Services. 4/29/2004, The Coptic Liturgical Manuals. 5/27/2204, Coptic Hagiography

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