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their name. This special edition will be available through the Society for only $40, a 60% discount over the retail value of $100! 6. The Coptic Life of St. John Kolobos (in English): The Coptic Church Review (CCR) has published a special double-issue volume on the Coptic Life of St. John Kolobos (the Short). It includes translations of the Bohairic life from a Vatican Manuscript and the surviving fragments of the Sahidic version with an excellent introduction. Dr. Tim Vivian of Bakersfield, California, and Mr. Maged S. Mikhail, a member of the Center's staff, are the contributors to this volume. This is the first time that these texts appear in English and in such a well-done fashion. By permission of the Editor of the CCR, Dr. Rodolph Yanney, the Society will be distributing the book as a separate publication. The price for a single copy is $5.00. Discounts will be available to distributors for quantity purchases of 25, 50, and 100 copies. Members of the Society will be given a 20% discount. All orders are to be sent to the Society's mailing address: 1701 So. Wooster St. LA, CA 90035 . 7. Books Available Through the Society: Rev. Partrick's, "Traditional Egyptian Christianity -History of the Coptic Orthodox Church" is still available but in very limited quantity. The price is $12.00 ($14.95 for non-members). Special prices is offered to book distributors. Coptic Puzzles and Word Games vol.1 is also available, in very limited quantity, at the special price of $2.00 for members and $3.00 for non-members. This is an excellent introduction to the Coptic Language for kids and adults, that will insure hours of fun and learning for all. This work was a product of love of many of our Coptic youth associated with the Coptic Regional Center of Orange County, California. The same group is working now on the second volume of that series with a projected publication date of July 1999. 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 vol. 4 is $20 and can be ordered directly from the author at the following address:

Mr. Monir B. Raphael 850 W Eastwood #1509 Chicago, IL 60640

Other important titles available are the 2-volume Coptic Art pictorial set ($35 ($40 for non-members)), Fr. Wahba's published dissertation, titled, "Holy Marriage according to St. Athanasius" ($12($15 for non- members)). 8. Bulletin of the Society: The fourth volume of the Annual Bulletin of the Society is still 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. 9. The Society on The Internet: We are still at the same address, "http://www.stshenouda.com". A page, describing the Coptic CD vol. 1, which include a downloadable demo is available. Our future plan is to make material available in Acrobat PDF. Pages, containing discussion of research on Coptic Liturgical services and an associated bibliography has also been added in the Coptic Liturgy Section of the Manual of Coptic Studies. Other pages planned include outlines, manuscript lists, and other bibliographies. The Coptic Language Section seems to be the most frequently visited part of the site. So far the site averages a total of about 13,000 hits per month. 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). He is now in the process of preparing the formal membership invitation letters. The foundation is also working on securing rights for very important publications to make it available to the members when they join such as the CD version of the Coptic Encyclopedia (see #15), and the Musical Notation of the Coptic Liturgy of St. Basil (see #5). 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:

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