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St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter

4:24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. 4:25. And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, [said she], hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. 4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.

4:24 For Cain is paid (in) seven- fold vengeance, but for Lamech it is seventy-seven (fold)." 4:25 And Adam knew Eve his wife and when she conceived, she gave birth to a son and she named his name 'Seth', saying that God raised another seed for me in the place of Abel whom Cain killed him. 4:26 And Seth, a son became unto him and he named his name 'Enos'. This one he pleaded to ask in the name of the Lord God.

4:24 je qen kain aubel z n emsis e bol qen lame, de z n o 4:25 adam de afcouen eua tef c himi ouoh etacerboki acmici n ous/ri ouoh ac]ren pefran je c/y ecjw m moc je a v] tounoc ke j roj n/i ev ma n abel eta kain qoybef ous/ri swpi naf af]ren pefran je enwc vai aferhelpic e twbh mv ran m p [c v] 4:26 ouoh c/y a

News (by Hany N. Takla)

Diocese of the Southern States. . The cost for this CD is $30 for a single copy and $25 each for quantities of 5 or more for churches and other distributors. 4. Other COEPA Products: The society has copies on- hand of all other COEPA-produced CDs, as follows: COEPA 1 Holy Bible & Pope Shenouda's Writings COEPA 2 The Coptic Liturgy of St. Basil (Audio) COEPA 3 The Holy Pascha Hymns (Audio) COEPA 4 An Altar to the Lord The cost for each Computer CD or Audio CD-Set is $30 for a single copy and $25 each for quantities of 5 or more for churches and other distributors. 5. Coptic Computer CD: The first Coptic Language CD, Coptic CD Vol. 1 is still available. A brief description as well as a demo is accessible through the Society's website. A custom CD-R copy can be made for any of the four major modules of the CD: Coptic-Bohairic Lessons, Bohairic- English Dictionary, Annual Bohairic-English Lectionary for the Days, or Bohairic-Sahidic-English-Greek New Testament. The cost will be $20 for the Lessons or the New Testament and $12 for the dictionary or the Lectionary. Members would receive a 20% discount. 6. Coptic Art Books from Egypt: The two new titles by Mr. Nabil S. Atalla are still available. His earlier 2-volume Coptic Art book is also available in very limited quantity. These works offer a treasury of Coptic Art examples, arranged by topics. They are indispensable to scholars as well as people interested in keeping their beautiful Coptic Heritage alive. Prices for these items are as follows:

1. Coptic MiniConference 2002: The next MiniConference meeting is planed for April 13, 2002. The Location will still be at the Los Angeles Coptic Center. A Coptic Bible Exhibit will be staged at the same time. More details will be posted on our website. 2. Delay in Release of Coptic Encyclopedia on CD: On February 2, 2002, H. H. Pope Shenouda III met with the Electronic Coptic Encyclopedia Joint Committee, at the Papal Residence in Anba Bishoy Monastery, Wadi al-Natrun. During the meeting he conveyed his disagreement with some of the articles that were published in the Printed Edition, a decade ago. The perceived anti-Coptic Church tone in there was more subjective than scholarly and conflicted with some of the traditions of the Church. As a result St. Mark Foundation has asked us not to release the CD as was previously announced. H.H. will appoint a committee to identify such entries and will assign the composition of replacement entries as required. The dust has not settled yet on this issue but a delay of 1-2 years at the minimum is expected before the new issue would be released. Prepaid orders were recently refunded. 3. Midnight Psalmody: COEPA's final production of Audio-remastered works of the late Ragheb Moftah's monumental work is the 4-CD (Audio) edition of the Coptic Midnight Psalmody. This 4-hours of recording completes the trilogy of the majestic Coptic sacred music. It contains all the necessary components of the Midnight Hymnology for Sunday, including many of the long beautiful hymns that are rarely or ever heard in our churches these days. A bonus CD was included, containing a PDF version of Psalmodia text in Coptic with parallel Arabic and English translations. Within the US, it is available through the Society, except for the

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