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& ST. SHENOUDA COPTIC NEWSLETTER

SUBSCRIBER'S EDITION Quarterly Newsletter Published by the St. Shenouda Center for Coptic Studies

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October, 2002

Volume 9(N.S. 6), No. 1

In This Issue: The Fourth St. Shenouda Coptic Conference (3) ....................................................... 1 Modern Coptic Hagiography - Fr. Yustus al-Antoni (1910-1976) ............................ 7 St. Mark's Coptic Museum: Coptic Art - A Living Tradition .................................. 9 Book Reviews ................................................................................................................. 14 News ................................................................................................................................ 17 The Fourth St. Shenouda Conference of Coptic Studies (July 26-27, 2002 - Los Angeles California) (3) (by Hany N. Takla)

Introduction: The Society’s tradition of bringing the flavor of Coptic scholarship to Los Angeles continued for another year. This past year marked our fourth 2-day conference and sixth consecutive meeting that members of the Coptic community and the Scholarly community in North America collaborated to further the main goal of our Society. Such goal, reviving and promoting the Coptic Heritage, was well served and greatly advanced by such gathering through the presenters as well as the attendees. It is hoped that such tradition continues and grows in the proper direction for which it was originally conceived. Attendance and Participants: About 80-90 persons attended part or all of this two-day conference, faculty members and students as well as Coptic clerics and laymen. The majority was from the greater Los Angeles area, but several came from all over the country as well as Canada. Bishop Serapion , the Coptic Bishop of Los Angeles was scheduled to attend and participate, but his heavy travel and Diocese

workload this summer forced him to be absent for the first time. Several of the presenters came from different parts of the United States and Canada: Prof. Boulos Ayad Ayad , Boulder CO; Prof. J. Harold Ellens , Ann Arbor, MI; Dr. Fawzy Estafanous , Cleveland, OH; Dr. Helene Moussa , Toronto, Canada; Mr. Thomas Murphy , New York City, NY; Dr. Mark Swanson , St. Paul, MN; Rev. Dr. Tim Vivian , Bakersfield CA. The rest of the presenters were from the Greater Los Angeles Area. Most significantly among them were first time presenter Fr. Antonious L. Henein of the Holy Virgin Mary Coptic Church in Los Angeles and Miss. Katherine Saad , a high school student from the Los Angeles area. This participation of the clergy along with members of our younger generation brightens the future of Copts in Coptic Studies. Schedule: The following is a tentative schedule for the conference: Friday, July 26, 2002

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