SSCN Voumes 1-10, 1994-2004

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8:30-10:00 a.m. Registration 10:00-10:05 a.m. Opening Remarks by Hany N. Takla 10:05-10:30 a.m. Dr. Youhanna N. Youssef, Severus of Antioch in Scetis , (read by Hany N. Takla) 10:30-11:00 a.m. Hany N. Takla, The St. Shenouda Monastery in Sohag. 11:00-11:15 a.m. Break 11:15-11:45 a.m. Dr. Monica Bontty, Papyrus LACMA No. M.4812 , (read by Mr. Douglas Wilkinson) 11:45 a.m. -12:15 p.m. Katherine Saad, Daughters of Eve: Roles of Coptic Women in the Church and Society over the Past Century 12:15-1:15 p.m.- Lunch Recess 1:15-2:00 p.m. Prof. Boulos Ayad Ayad , The Church of the Temple of Dandarah 2:00-2:30 p.m. Fr. Antonious L. Henein, The Role of Iconography in the Coptic Ecclesiastical Life. 2:30-2:45 p.m. Break 2:45-3:15 p.m. Dr. Saad Michael Saad, Development of Coptic Political Theology in the Twentieth Century. 3:15-3:45 p.m. Deacon Severus (Maged) S. Mikhail, The Use of the Greek Language in Post-Arabic Invasion Egypt. Saturday, July 27, 2002 8:30-9:30 a.m. Registration 9:30-10:00 a.m. Hany N. Takla, A Demonstration of the New Coptic Digital Library 10:00-10:15 a.m. Dr. Fawzy Estafanous, A Report on the First Wadi al-Natrun Symposium in February 2002 10:15-10:30 am. Dr. Helene Moussa, The Coptic Museum in Toronto, Canada 10:30-11:00 a.m. Miss Nardine Saad, Restoring Unity: The Division and Reunification of the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches 11:00-11:15 a.m. Break 11:15-11:45 a.m. Prof. J. Harold Ellens, Al Fihrist of ibn al-Nadim and Coptic Christianity in the 10 th Century.

11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Thomas Murphy, The Role of Christ in the Christology of Apa Shenoute 12:15 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch Recess 1:30-2:00 p.m. Prof. Boulos Ayad Ayad, The History and Literature of the Ancient Egyptian and Coptic Languages 2:00-2:30 p.m. Rev. Dr. Tim Vivian, Living for Christ: Voluntary Poverty in Early Egyptian Monasticism 2:30-3:00 p.m. Dr. Mark Swanson, Telling (and Disputing) the Old, Old Story: Mark ibn al- Qunbar, Michael of Damietta and a Popular Copto-Arabic Narrative of R demption. 3:00-3:30 Intermission 3:30-5:00 p.m. Business Meeting of the Members of St. Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Society. Presentations: The presentations made can be grouped in seven distinct categories, as follows: a. General Addresses & Reports (3) b. Coptic Art & Architecture (3) c. Coptic History (4) d. Coptic Legal Texts (1) e. Coptic Literature & patristics (2) f. Coptic Monasticism (1) g. Arabic-Christian Literature (2) h. Miscellaneous (1) The following is a brief discussion of the contents of these presentations: General Addresses & Reports: The first address in this category was by Hany N. Takla, the Society's President, at the beginning of the Saturday morning session. In it, he introduced the audience to work that the Society has done in the field of digitally preserving its extensive microfilm collection of Coptic and Christian Arabic manuscripts. During the past fiscal year, The Society contracted with a Service Bureau in the Southern California Area to convert the 35- mm collection of these manuscripts into digital format. The purpose was to facilitate its use, improve its portability, and prolong its useful life. Over 160,000 frames from the Coptic Microfilm

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