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St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter

8. Bulletin of the Society: The sixth and final volume of the Annual Bulletin of the Society is in print. It included seven selected papers from the proceedings of the Second Coptic Conference and the Second Coptic Symposium on Monasticism, held at UCLA in 1999, and 2000, respectively. The volume was dedicated to the memory of Prof. Paul van Moorsel of Leiden. Dues-paying members have received their copy in the mail. Copies of this volume are available to non- members for $5.00 each. Copies of earlier volumes are also available for volumes 2, 3, 4, and 5 at $4 for members and $5 for non-members. Deacon Severus (Maged) S. A. Mikhail was the editor of this volume. 9. Coptica: Work on the inaugural edition is continuing with the first issue set for the spring of 2002. Beside selected papers from Last year's conference, there are other ones by D. Youhanna N. Youssef of Melbourne Australia, and by Prof. Adel Sidarus of Evora, Portugal. The second issue is tentatively planned for the publication of the papers presented at the Wadi 'N Natroun's conference, Feb. 2002. E-mail contact is: coptica@stshenouda.com. 10. The Society on The Internet: We are still at the same address, "http://www.stshenouda.com". Our traffic was approximately 40,000 hits per month on the average. Information about the new MiniConferences and the Coptic Encyclopedia will be posted on the site. 11. 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). During the last period, the foundation's Cairo Office has been putting the final organizational touches on the upcoming historical Wadi 'N Natroun Symposium in late January to early February 2002. A brief schedule is printed below. The CD version of the Coptic Encyclopedia is completed. Work is progressing on the cataloging of the manuscripts, kept at the Papal residence in Wadi' N. Natroun. The collection has never been cataloged before and it includes collections from Ancient Coptic Churches and others. Dr. Gawdat Gabra is coordinating this project.

Dr. F. G. Estafanous 21106 South Woodland Road Shaker Heights, OH 44122 Tel: (216) 921-4748, Fax: (216) 921-3637 e-mail: jestodad@aol.com

Website: www.stmarkfoundation.coptic-history.org 12. Wadi ‘N Natroun Symposium: We have received a tentative schedule for the event from Mrs. Hoda Garas of St. Mark Foundation’s Office in Egypt. It is summarized as follows: Thursday 1/31/2002. Arrival Friday 2/1/2002. Travel to St. Bishoy Monastery. Saturday 2/2/2002. Symposium papers Sunday 2/3/2002. Symposium papers Monday, 2/4/2002. Symposium papers, and Travel back to Cairo Tuesday, 2/5/2002. Visits to Old Cairo's Coptic Mouments, Public meeting of the participants. Wednesday, 2/6/2002. Departures. 13. Coptic Studies Summer Program in Oregon: We have received a communication from our colleague Dr. Gawat Gabra, regarding a new summer program in Coptic Studies being offered in Oregon. The program is sponsored jointly by the American Coptic Studies Association (ACSA) and Portland State University (PSU). The program will include two 4-unit courses. The first dealing with the Cultural History of Egypt's Copts, including the development of the Coptic Language and its relationship to ancient Egyptian. The second will deal with Coptic Fine Arts, including Art and Architecture and the influence of ancient Egyptian, Roman, and Byzantine art on it as well as its relationship to Islamic Art. Both courses will start in the latter part of June on the PSU campus and will be taught by Dr. Gabra. This is a pioneering program and it is established on matching funds basis. The organizers would appreciate very much your contributions. For further information as well as contributions, please contact Prof. Sami A. Hanna, Dept of Sociology, Portland State University, Portland OR 97207. We will print updates to this announcement in the next issue of this Newsletter.

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