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suggestions, and lifetime membership information can be directed to the following address: Dr. F. G. Estafanous

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)). Other important Coptic Art titles will be announced in the next issue of the Newletter. 7. Bulletin of the Society: The publication of the fifth volume of the Annual Bulletin of the Society has been delayed, and will hopefully be ready and sent to last year's members and subscribers by end of 1999. It includes the proceedings of the first Coptic Conference held at Long Beach. Copies for sale are still available for volumes 1 through 4. For non-members, the price will be $6.00, $4.00, $5.00, and $5.00 respectively. For members needing extra copies, the prices are $5.00, $3.00, $4.00, and $4.00 respectively. 8. 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 over 20,000 hits per month. 9. The ordination of Deacon Severus: Mr. Maged S. Mikhail was ordained as a full consecrated deacon by Bishop Serapion of Los Angeles on September 12, 1999, under the name of Severus. The Society would like to extend it congratulations to Deacon Severus and wish him well on his new duties and his studies; and also thank him for his faithful service to the Society over the past years. 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 work on the CD version of the Coptic Encyclopedia is progressing (see #14). The foundation is in the process of establishing offices in Egypt in cooperation with the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate and the Cairo Institute for Coptic Studies. Prof. Fayek Ishak of Toronto Canada, is currently preparing the new series of COPTOLOGIA for publication (see #1). As mentioned earlier, the Foundation is working with our Society in preparing for the International Symposium on Wadi 'N Natroun in Feb. 2000. Comments,

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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. 11. Coptic Book Library: The Library is still growing with the addition of several more volumes, including a number of rare titles. The most notable of the new acquisitions are: Amelineau, Des Moines Egyptiens-Vie de Schenoudi (1889) ; Attridge. Nag Hammadi Codex I,2 Notes ; Bamberger, Evagrius Pontius - the Praktikos - Chapters on Prayer (1981) ; Blochet, E. Catalogue des Manuscrit Arabe de Nouv. Acq. (1925) ; Bowman & Rogan (Ed) Agriculture in Egypt from Pharonic to Modern Times (1999); Budge, E.A.W. The Martyrdom and Miracles of St. George (1888) ; Callender, J.B. Studies in the Nominal Sentence in Egyptian and Coptic (1984) ; Cerny, Coptic Etymological Dictionary (1976) ; Chaine, M. Le Manuscit de la Version Copte en Dialecte Sahides Apophthegmata Patrum (1961) ; Ciasca, A. Sacrorum Bibliorum Fragmenta Copto-Sahidica Musei Borgiani v.1 (1885) ; Coquin, R-G. Melanges Antoine Guillaumont - Contribution a l'Etude des Christianismes Orientaux (1988) ; Crum, W.E. Short Texts form Coptic Ostraca and Papyri (1921) ; Crum, W.E. Varia Coptica. Texts and Translations (1939) ; Diebner, B.J & R. Kasser, Hamburg Papyrus Bil 1 (1989) ; France, R.T. A Bibliographic Guide to New Testament Research (1983) ; Goehring, J. Ascetics, Society, and the Desert: Studies in Early Egyptian Monaticism (1999) ; Harnack, Sources of the Apostolic Canons (1895) ; Hoskier, H.C. Concerning the Date of the Bohairic Version covering a detailed Examination of the text of the Apocalypse (1911) ; Kasser, R. Complements au Dictionaire Copte de Crum (1964) ; Layton, B. Nag Hammadi Codex II,2-7 with XIII,2, BL.Or 4926(1) ..., 2 vols; Lucchesi, E. Repertoire des Manuscrits Coptes (Sah) Publ. de la Bibliotheque Nationale (1981) ; Mallon, A. Grammaire Copte 3rd Edition (1926) ; Marangou, L. Benaki Museum - Coptic Textiles (1971) ; Murray, A. Elementary Coptic (Sahidic) Grammar (1911) ; O'Leary, D. The Coptic Theotokia (1923) ; O'Leary, D. The Difnar of the Coptic Church Part II (1928) ; Parrott. Nag Hammadi Codices V,2-5 & VI with P.Berol.8502 1&4 ; Pasquier, A. L'Evangile selon Marie (BG1) ; Pearson, B. Nag Hammadi Codices IX and X ; Pietersma, A. The Acts of Phileas Bishop of Thumis P.Chester Beatty XV (1984) ; Polotsky, Collected Works (1971); Roberts, C.H. Manuscript, Society and Belief in Early Christian Egypt (1977) ; Strasbach, Dictionaire Inverse

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