SSCN Voumes 1-10, 1994-2004

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Analysis of the Coptic Liturgy , by Mr. Monir B. Raphael, is available in a 3-volume set which covers the St. Basil Liturgy, including the Raising of Incense service. This is a valuable work for all interested in gaining a better understanding of the language of the Liturgy. The price is $32.00 ($38.00 for non-members). Also by the same author, Volume 4, covering the Coptic Liturgy of St. Gregory has been published. It requires having the previous 3 volumes. The price for non- members will be $20 (20% discount for members). Other important titles available are the 2-volume Coptic Art pictorial set ($35 ($40 for non- members)), Dr. Gawdat Gabra's "Cairo - Old Coptic Churches" , ($12 ($15 for non-members)), and Fr. Matthias F. Wahba's edition of the Agbeyia ($4 ($5 for non-members)) and that of the Coptic Liturgy ($12 ($15 for non-members)). Fr. Wahba's editions include contributions by the Society to the translation of many of the Coptic Texts in them. The Society also received a limited number of copies of Fr. Wahba's published dissertation, titled, "Holy Marriage according to St. Athansius" ($12($15 for non-members). 7. Bulletin of the Society: The fourth volume of the Annual Bulletin of the Society is being printed. It is expected to be available by the time of the Coptic Conference. It includes the proceedings of the last Coptic Symposium held at Los Angeles. Copies for sale are still available for v lumes 1, 2, and 3. For non-members, the price will be $6.00, $4.00, and $5.00 respectively. For members needing extra copies, the prices are $5.00, $3.00, and $4.00 respectively. 8. The Society on The Internet: We are still at the same address, "http://www.stshenouda.com". Due to other activities, we have not been able to enhance the information available in our Manual of Coptic Studies Section of the site. A new page was added to describe the New Coptic CD vol. 1, which included a downloadable demo. Our future plan is to make material available in Acrobat PDF. This will include outlines, manuscript lists, and bibliographies. The Coptic Language Section

seems to be the most frequently visited part of the site. 9. Computerization of our Facilities: The computerization of our Center for Coptic Studies in Los Angeles and our Regional Center in Orange County is continuing. We have added two computers to our existing network at the Los Angeles facility, a 486-DX4, IBM PC and a Pentium 166 Mhz. Each is equipped with a CD- Rom Drive with the Pentium having an additional Multimedia capability, an external CD-R writer Drive and 17-in SVGA monitor. The existing computer at the Orange County facility was upgraded to have a CD-Rome Drive with Multimedia capability. The Society is indebted to our Orange County members, Joe Fahim, Abram Hanna, and Joe Solomon for their helpful efforts in making these upgrades at both facilities. 10. St. Mark Foundation for Coptic History: Dr. Fawzy Estafanous of Cleveland, Ohio is continuing the colossal effort of organizing this new foundation for the detailed Study of Coptic History (Church and people). This took him to New Jersey, where he addressed the council of the Coptic priests of the New York - New Jersey area at the invitation of H.G. bishop Suriel. He also travelled to Egypt and made further organizational and fundraising contacts. People in the Southern California Area will have the pleasure of meeting and listening to him during the upcoming July Conference. Our Society will be working closely with this new foundation to help encourage Coptic Church History research among Copts, especially the three graduate students that are currently engaged in such a curriculum at the present time. Comments and suggestions can be directed to the following address: Dr. F. G. Estafanous 21106 South Woodland Road Shaker Heights, OH 44122 Tel: (216) 921-4748 Fax: (216) 921-3637 e-mail: jestodad@aol.com Website: www.stmarkfoundation.coptic-history.org

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