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Egypt and abroad. It was not intended to be a glorification of the Church, but rather as a thought provoking look at it. Coptic readers in particular should keep this in mind and judge it accordingly and thoughtfully. Rev. Watson was an outspoken critic of the internment of Pope Shenouda III in the monastery following the events of September 1981. And subsequently brought it forcefully and eloquently to world-wide attention. He also contributed a most insightful book on the Life of Pope Cyril VI, Pope Shenouda's predecessor. This was published through Dr. Yanney's prominent Coptic Church Review . His scholarship is well attested to and his knowledge of the present state of the Coptic Church rivals any from within or without the church. I am sure it will make an excellent contribution to our knowledge of Coptic Church history. Non members can obtain a copy directly through the publisher, Sussex Academic Press. The England Office is: Sussex Academic Press, Box 2950, Brighton BN2 5SF, UK, Fax +44(0)1273-621262 . The US office is: Sussex Academic Press c/o ISBS, 5804 NE Hassalo St., Portland, OR 97213-3644, Tel 800-944-6190, Fax 503- 280-8832 . The book is a hardcover volume, 229x152 mm, 208 pages, ISBN: 1-902210-56-5, price $50 (£30) plus shipping and handling. 11. Bulletin of the Society: The fifth volume of the Annual Bulletin of the Society has been mailed to last year's members and subscribers. It included 11 papers from the proceedings of the first Coptic Conference held at Long Beach in 1998. Copies of this volume are available to non-member for $5.00 each. Copies for sale are still available for volumes 2 through 4. For non-members, the price will be $4.00, $5.00, and $5.00 respectively. For members needing extra copies, the prices are $3.00, $4.00, and $4.00 respectively. The Society is publishing one final volume, the sixth in this series, before we shift to our collaborative effort with St. Mark Foundation to publish the New Series of Coptologia in 2002. This last volume would include a select number of papers from the 1999 Coptic Conference and the 2000 Coptic Symposium. Deacon Severus (Maged) S. A. Mikhail is the editor of this volume. 12. Coptologia: It was reported in the last issue of the Newsletter about the tentative appointment of the new Managing Editor and an Editorial Board for the New Series of Coptologia. Prof. Ishak had initially offered Coptologia, a couple of years ago, to be the official

bulletin of St. Mark Foundation. An action that received the approval of H.H. Pope Shenouda III. The Society was subsequently invited by St. Mark Foundation to combine the efforts of both organizations to further the cause of Coptic Scholarship and continue the honored tradition of Coptologia, founded by Prof. Fayek Ishak. The theme however of the New Series would reflect the goals of the participating Societies which would appeal to both Scholars and educated people, Copts and non-Copts. Upon further conversations with Prof. Ishak, Deacon Severus (Maged) S. A. Mikhail was approved by all involved as the new managing editor of the New Series. The Editorial Board, originally proposed by Dr. Gawdat Gabra, was expanded from 8 to 10 members. and they are: Mme. D. Benazeth (France), Fr. Athanasius Farag (USA), Dr. G. Gabra (Egypt), Dr. K. Innemee (the Netherlands), Fr. Shenouda Maher (USA), Prof. O. Meinardus (Germany), Dr. S. Richter (Germany), H. N. Takla (USA), Rev. Dr. T. Vivian (USA), and Dr. Y. N. Youssef (Australia). The inaugural edition is set for the spring of 2002. The Managing Editor prepared and mailed letters, inviting literary contribution from perspective authors. 13. 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 includes a downloadable demo is available. Pages containing discussion of research on Coptic Liturgical services and an associated bibliography are available in the Coptic Liturgy Section of the Manual of Coptic Studies. Other pages planned include outlines, manuscript lists, Conference sites, and other bibliographies. The Coptic Language Section seems to be the most frequently visited part of the site. A new version of the Lessons in frame design, and the alphabet are now available for the later versions of Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. They can be displayed if the IBM Antonious Coptic fonts are installed. The new version will allow students to do their homework online and submit it to us for correction via e-mail. We are planning a PDF version of these lessons in the near future to allow MAC users to use these lessons without the interactive feature of the IBM version. So far the site traffic has averaged a total of over 32,000 hits per month during the last quarter. Over the past year, the site has regularly been accessed by users in all the States in the US as well as over 100 other countries in six continents!

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