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St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter

12. American Coptic Studies Association: he first newsletter of the Association has come out. Its president is Professor Sami Hanna of Portland Oregon. Annual membership dues are $25. For more information contact Prof. Hanna at e-mail address sami11@juno.com. The Association's mailing address is: 2625 SE Market Street, Oregon 97214. 13. Important Events: The Los Angeles Area was blessed by two events related to Coptic Studies in the past quarter. The first was a four-week Coptic Iconography Exhibition of the works of the renowned Coptic Iconographer, Dr. Stephane Rene of London. The exhibition featured 25 icons of varying sizes. A lecture about the sacred art of Coptic Iconography was delivered by the Artist and attended by about 80 persons, the majority of whom were non-Copts. The exhibition was at the Judson Gallery in the Highland Park District of Los Angeles, and it was held from February 2, 1997 to March 1, 1997. The second event was a two-lecture series by the renowned German Coptic Scholar, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Horn of Göttingen University. These were held during the afternoons of March 3 and March 6, 1997; at the

campus of UCLA. The first dealt with the subject of Coptic Literature, Origins and Types; and the Second one was on Coptic Monasticism, Forms and Concepts in the 4th Century. 20-25 persons, mostly students, were in attendance. Among them were several Coptic students, enrolled at the University. We thank Prof. Loprieno of UCLA for inviting Prof. Horn, an Old colleague of his, and making this opportunity possible. 14. The First St. Shenouda Coptic Symposium: The Society has tentatively planned a new annual Symposium of Coptic Studies. The first one will be devoted to Coptic Liturgy and Church History. It will be a one-day event, tentatively scheduled on the last Saturday of June 1997. More details will be forthcoming in future editions of this Newsletter. The objective of this symposium is to allow Copts to participate in a scholarly atmosphere and present their research in areas more applicable and practical to the Coptic Church. This will act also as the professional training grounds for better participation by the Copts in the Leiden Congress in 2000. We encourage all Copts, not only in Southern California, to attend and/or participate.

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