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& ST. SHENOUDA COPTIC NEWSLETTER

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

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July, 1998

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

In This Issue: The First St. Shenouda Conference of Coptic Studies (3) by Hany N. Takla ............................................................... 1 Conference Abstracts by Hany N. Takla....................................................................................................................... 2 Preservation of Coptic Heritage - Making of V.1 of the Coptic CD by Hany N. Takla ................................................ 6 ARCE Annual Meeting - A Coptic Perspective by Hany N. Takla................................................................................ 10 News by Hany N. Takla ................................................................................................................................................ 12

The First St. Shenouda Conference of Coptic Studies (July 31 - August 1, 1998 - Long Beach, California) (4) (by Hany N. Takla)

Schedule: The following is a tentative schedule for the conference:

1:30-2:00 p.m. - Maged Mikhail , St. Peter in the Coptic Tradition. 2:00-2:30 p.m. - Hany N. Takla - The Revival and Modernization of the Coptic Langauge 2:30-2:45 p.m. - Break 2:45-3:15 p.m. - Fr. Bishoy Mikhail Brownfield, Coptic Modern Iconography. 3:15-4:00 p.m. Dr. Bastiaan Van Eldern, The Current Excavation of the Monastery of St. John the Little at Wadi Natrun, Egypt . Saturday, August 1, 1998 9:00-9:30 a.m. Mary Erian, TBA 9:30-10:00 a.m. Dr. Saad Mikhail Saad - Iris H. El- Masri, A Historian and a Theologian 10:00-10:30 a.m. Dr. Elhamy Khalil - History of the Coptic Church in Southern California (Project Description and Progress) 10:30-10:45 a.m. Break

Friday, July 31, 1998 8:30-9:30 a.m. Registration 9:30-9:45 a.m. Opening address by Dr. Robert Maxson, University President 9:45-10:00 a.m. Opening Address by Bishop Serapion, Coptic Orthodox Bishop of Los Angeles. 10:00-10:30 a.m. - Maged Attia , The Coptic Orthodox Church and the Ecumenical Movement 1948-1998 10:30-11:00 a.m. - Emad Iskander, Population of Copts in Egypt. 11:00-11:30 a.m. - Ramses Wassif, Copts during the Nineth Century AD. 11:30-12:00 a.m. - Nader Salib, Attitude of the British Occupation of Egypt Toward the Copts. 12:00-1:00 p.m.- Lunch Recess 1:00-1:30 p.m. - Mark Moussa, TBA

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