SSCN Voumes 1-10, 1994-2004

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter

News (by Hany N. Takla)

1. St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter: The new and m ore expanded 'Subscriber Edition' is m ade available to m embers-in-good-standing and subscribers. Non-members on our mailing list will be receiving the abridged version of the Newsletter. Those interested in having a separate publication subscription, including the Newsletter and the Annual Bulletin, can do so with an annual subscription rate of $15 ($10 for students) within the US and Canada. Subscription for overseas addresses will be $20 ($15 for students). Perspective subscribers outside North Am erica, who usually attend the Coptic Congresses, can arrange with the Society to have their subscriptions paid at the tim e of the Congress. The next congress will be at Leiden, the Netherlands, in the year 2000. The Society reserves the right to accept or reject such requests. 2. Coptic Computer CD: The Society has finalized its first Coptic Language CD. W e expect shipping to be done around the end of April or earlier, God's willing. The delay in its release from the latest projected date of February 15, 1998 was due to design m odifications m ade to the Coptic Lessons m odule. This new change incorporated two sets of identical lessons, one with the current or traditional pronunciation system and the second with the m odified pronunciation system proposed by the author of the lessons back in 1984. Other parts of the CD include: a Bohairic-English Dictionary, Coptic New Testament in Bohairic and Sahidic along with English (KJV) and Greek in parallel edition of at least six different combinations, and the Bohairic-English Annual Lectionary. Approxim ately 6000 full-size pages will be included. All thes e files will be in Adobe Acrobat or PDF f ormat. The reader will be provided on the sam e CD. All files have search and lim ited printing capabilities. The sound provided with the Bohairic Introductory course can be accessed by clicking just below the written Coptic words. System requirements include a IBM

486 with W in 3.1 or higher and CD Drive with a Sound Card. A Macintosh com puter can also be used along with a m ultimedia capability. Its order number is NKCSC-CD1. Pricing shall be as follows: Single copy (Non-Member) $50 Single copy (Member) $40 2-9 copies (Non-Member) $45 10-19 copies (Non-Member) $40 20-49 copies $35 50 and above $30 This work represents som e of efforts m ade by the Society toward the preservation of the Coptic Heritage over the past 20 years. For this reason, the prices charged will be considered as charitable contributions. If such a project is successful, then we are planning m ore titles that will include the Coptic Old Testament as well as other Coptic texts with English translations. 3. Society Membership: In the past 3 months, the following individuals have joined the Society: Fr. Joseph Bolous, CA, AM Coptic Theological College, Austr. , AO Mr. Hesham George, CA, AM Dr. Ramzy Labib, MD, M Miss Youstina Makar, CA, AM Legend: Af filiate Organization ( AO ), Associate Member ( AM ), Fellow Member ( FM ), Member ( M ), Subscriber ( S ) 4. The Coptic Life of St. John Kolobos (in English): The Coptic Church Review (CCR) has published a special double-issue volum e on the Coptic Life of St. John Ko lobos (the Short). It includes translations of the Bohairic lif e f rom a Vatican Manuscript and the surviving fragm ents of the Sahidic version with an excellent introduction. Dr. Tim Vivian of Bakers field, California, and Mr. Maged S. Mikhail, a m ember of the Center' s staff, are the contributors to this volume. This is the first

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