SSCN Voumes 1-10, 1994-2004

& ST. SHENOUDA COPTIC NEWSLETTER

SUBSCRIBER'S EDITION Quarterly Newsletter Published by the St. Shenouda Center for Coptic Studies

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April, 1998

Volume 4(N.S. 1), No. 3

In This Issue: The First St. Shenouda Conference of Coptic Studies (3) by Hany N. Takla................. 1 Standing Up To Leo:Paragraphs 29-37 of The Life Of Longinus by Tim Vivian .......... 2 A Curious Coptic Manuscript in Münster (2) by Hany N. Takla.................................... 9 News by Hany N. Takla .................................................................................................. 12

The First St. Shenouda Conference of Coptic Studies (July 31 - August 1, 1998 - Long Beach, California) (3) (by Hany N. Takla)

Time: Due to schedule conf lict with events within the Los Angeles Coptic Diocese as well as those of some of our speakers, it was decided to schedule the conference a week ahead. This m eans that it will start on the m orning of the 31st of July and ends on the afternoon of the First of August, 1998. Location: The Conf erence will be at the cam pus of California State University, Long Beach (CSULB). This will be a cooperative effort between the Society (SSACS), the Orange County Regional Coptic Center (OCRCC), and the Collegiate Coptic Club of CSULB (CCC-CSULB).

Participation: So far the following scholars, researches, and students are scheduled to participate: Coptic Art and Architecture: Bishop Samuel - Accomplishments in the Field of Coptic Architecture/Archeology in the past Quarter Century . Fr. Bishoy Mikhail Brownfield - Coptic Modern Iconography. Coptic History: Dr. Fawzy Estafanous - St. Mark Foundation for Coptic History. Mr. Emad Iskander - Population of Copts in Egypt. Dr. Elhamy Khalil - History of the Coptic Church in Southern California (Project Description and Progress) Rev. T. Hall Partrick - The Making of the "Traditional Egyptian Christianity" . Dr. Saad Mikhail Saad - Iris H. El-Masri, A Historian and a Theologian

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter Organizing Committee : The following are members of the organizing com mittee for the conference:

Mr. Nathan Hanna, CCC-CSULB Miss. Maryana Salib, CCC-CSULB Miss. Sonia Mansour, CCC-CSULB Mr. Joe Fahim, CCC-CSULB & OCRCC Mr. Hany Takla, SSACS

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