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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 now available. It includes the proceedings of the last Coptic Symposium held at Los Angeles. Copies were sent to dues-paying members and subscribers. The price for this volume for non-members is $5.00. Extra copies for members can be purchased at $4.00 each. Copies for sale are still available for volumes 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. 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). He addressed our Coptic Conference in Los Angeles on August 1, and also traveled to Egypt making further organizational and fundraising contacts. He has informed us that Dr. Gawdat Gabra has agreed to work, in a part time capacity, as the head of the Foundation's Editorial Board. Such selection will insure the high standard of the work that will be produced. The Foundation has gotten their non-profit status approved by the State of Ohio, and the Federal recognition is forthcoming, God's willing, in the next few weeks. They are also working on securing rights for very important

publications to make it available to the members when they join. Our Society is continuing to work 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, suggestions, and lifetime membership information can be directed to the following address: Dr. F. G. Estafanous Tel: (216) 921-4748 Fax: (216) 921-3637 e-mail: jestodad@aol.com Website: www.stmarkfoundation.coptic-history.org May God bless all the efforts that His children are making for the glory of His holy Name. 10. Coptic Studies in Australia: Our colleague Dr. Youhanna N. Youssef has communicated to us information regarding a Symposium of Coptology that was held at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Its title was, From Archaeology to Edited Text -Recent developments in Coptic Studies . It was organized by the University's Centre for Ancient and Classical Languages in the School of Languages. In conjunction with the symposium there was an exhibition of Coptica from various sources, Including several textual pieces from the collection of the Australian Institute of Archaeology. The more notable pieces in the exhibition are the earliest text of Prayer of Thanksgiving on papyrus from the VII century, an exercise school book on papyrus, an Ostracon, Biblical texts on Parchments, and the life of Saint Macarius -Sahidic Dialect. Also there were several ampollae from Saint Menas from the VII century and a jar from the Syrian Monastery. Bishop Samuel presented two papers: News Discoveries in the Field of Coptic Archaeology and the development of the plan of the Coptic Churches). Dr. Youssef presented a paper about a Coptic Liturgical Manuscript from the Australian Institute of Archaeology which reflects a different tradition from what is known now. Other papers were as follows: G. Jenkins, The superiority of the Coptic Translation of the Old Testament - the example of the book of Proverbs 21106 South Woodland Road Shaker Heights, OH 44122

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