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& ST. SHENOUDA COPTIC NEWSLETTER

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April, 1999

Volume 5(N.S. 2), No. 3

In This Issue: The Second St. Shenouda Conference of Coptic Studies (2) by Hany N. Takla ............ 1 The Coptic Psalmodia for Kiahk (2) by Hany N. Takla.................................................. 2 Portrait of Prominent Copt-(Girgis Antoun) by Mahfouz Doss & Hany N. Takla ......... 7 Service Books Used during the Pascha by Hany N. Takla.............................................. 11 News by Hany N. Takla .................................................................................................. 13

The Second St. Shenouda Conference of Coptic Studies (August 13 - 14, 1999 - Los Angeles, California) (2) (by Hany N. Takla)

Introduction: The planning is continuing for our next conference of Coptic Studies. The format will continue to be modeled after that of the Coptic Congresses, organized by the International Association of Coptic Studies. Place: The Conference is tentatively scheduled to be held at the campus of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). This will be a cooperative effort between the Society (SSACS), the Collegiate Coptic Club of that university (CCC-UCLA), and the university authorities. Date: Friday and Saturday August 13-14, 1999. Organizing Committee: Tentatively the Society has selected the following individuals to organize this activity: Maikel Mankarious Maged S. A. Mikhail ( msmikhail@juno.com ) Nardine Saad Hany Takla ( htakla@stshenouda.com ) Samuel Youssef ( syoussef@ucla.edu )

For those interested in helping, please contact any of the people listed above. Participants: The following persons are scheduled to participate, thus far: Dr. Bastiaan Van Elderen (Michigan) Mr. Joseph Fahim (Huntington Bch, CA) Mr. Maged S. A. Mikhail (Anaheim, CA) Prof. Dr. Paul van Moorsel (Leiden, Holland) Dr. Saad M. Saad (RPV, CA)

Mr. Shereif Sourial (Los Angeles, CA) Mr. Hany N. Takla (Los Angeles, CA) Rev. Dr. Tim Vivian (Bakersfield, CA) Mr. Ramses Wassif (San Gabriel, CA) Mr. Samuel Youssef (Los Angeles, CA) Dr. Youhanna N. Youssef (Australia)

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter

Format: Presentations are classified into two types. The first is plenary papers which are customarily surveys of research done over a specific period of time in a specific area in the field. Each plenary paper will be scheduled as a 30-minute presentation with no follow-up

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