SSCN Voumes 1-10, 1994-2004

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter

Organizing Committee : The following are members of the organizing committee for the conference:

10:45-11:15 a.m. Dr. Adeeb Makar - The Liturgical terms used in the English Translation of the Liturgy 11:15-11:45 a.m. Dr. Fawzy Estafanous - St. Mark Foundation for Coptic History. 11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Rev. Dr. T. Hall Partrick - The Making of the "Traditional Egyptian Christianity" . 12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch break 1:00-1:30 p.m. Rev. Dr. Tim Vivian, Ama Sibylla of Saqqara: Prioress or Prophet? Monastic, or Mythological Being? 1:30-2:00 p.m. Mr. Ashraf W. Hanna - The Coptic (Arabic) Synaxarium (Project Update) 2:00-2:30 p.m. Mr. Sherief Sorial - The Coptic annual Psalmodia (Project Update) 2:30-2:45 p.m. Break 2:45-3:15 p.m. Rev. Dr. Tim Vivian, A Journey to the Interior:The Monasteries of Saint Antony and Saint Paul by the Red Sea 3:15-4:00 p.m. Bishop Samuel - Accomplishments in the Field of Coptic Architecure/Archeology in the Past Quarter Century . Location: The Conference will be at the campus 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).

Prof. F. Stanley Jones, CSULB Mr. Nathan Hanna, CCC-CSULB Miss. Maryanna Salib, CCC-CSULB Miss. Sonia, CCC-CSULB Mr. Joe Fahim, CCC-CSULB & OCRCC Mr. Hany Takla, SSACS

Format: The presentations are classified into two types. The first is major papers which are mainly slide presentations of monastic and archeological topics. Each of these papers will be scheduled as a 30-minute presentation with a 15-minute follow-up discussion. The second type is the regular presentations where the researcher briefly presents the work that he/she has or is doing in the field. These presentations will be structured in a 20- minute format with a 10-minute follow-up discussion. The maximum time allotted to these presentations, including the discussion, will be 30 minutes. Publication of Proceedings: The papers presented at the Conference will be published in the 5th volume of the Society's bulletin for the year 1998-99. A final draft of each paper shall be submitted by the presenter no later than October 31, 1998.

The First St. Shenouda Conference for Coptic Studies Conference Abstracts

(by Hany N. Takla)

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter The following are the abstracts submitted thus far: Title: The Coptic Orthodox Church and the Ecumenical Movement 1948-1998 Presenter: Mr. Maged Attia, (Sydney, Australia) Abstract: me and I in thee, that they also may be in us" (Jn 17:21) "Make efforts for unity, there is nothing better than it", wrote St. Ignatius of Antioch to St. Polycarp of Smyrna. These are evangelical patristic calls which never lose their topicality.

"The whole Christian world", writes Pope Shenouda III, "is anxious to see the church unite. Christian people - being fed up with divisions and dispersion - are pushing their Church leaders to do

Before His death on the cross, our Lord Jesus prayed to His Father for the unity of the Church: "That they may all be one even as thou, father art in

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