SSCN Voumes 1-10, 1994-2004

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter

News (by Hany N. Takla)

Bohairic-Sahidic-English-Greek New Testament. The cost of these CD-R is as follows: NKCSC-CD1A Coptic Bohairic Lessons $20 NKCSC-CD1B Bohairic-English Dictionary $12 NKCSC-CD1C Boh-Sah-Eng-Gk New Testament $20 NKCSC-CD1D Annual Boh-Eng. Lectionary $12 Members would receive a 20% discount over the above prices. 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 offers 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: Title Member Non-member Coptic Icons, 2-v. (1-9) ea. $40.00 $45.00 Coptic Icons, 2-v. (10+) ea. $35.00 $40.00 Escape to Egypt, ea. $10.00 $12.00 Coptic Art, 2-v, ea. $35.00 $40.00 7. Books Available Through the Society: Rev. Partrick's, "Traditional Egyptian Christianity -History of the Coptic Orthodox Church" (1999 revised first edition) is still available. The price is $12.00 ($14.95 for non-members). Coptic Puzzles and Word Games vol.1 is also available, in a limited quantity, at the special price of $2.00 for members and $3.00 for non-members. This is an excellent introduction to the Coptic Language for kids and adults that will insure hours of fun and learning for all. This work was a product of love of many of our Coptic youth associated with the Coptic Regional Center of Orange County, California. Volume 2 is in the Final review stage with an expected publication date of Winter 2002-2003. The Coptic Life of St. John Kolobos (in English), the Coptic Church Review's special volume on the Coptic Life of St. John Kolobos (the Short) is still available. It includes translations of the Bohairic life from a Vatican manuscript and the surviving fragments of the Sahidic version with an excellent introduction. Rev. Dr. Tim Vivian of Bakersfield, California, and Deacon Severus (Maged) S. A. Mikhail, a member of the Center's staff, are the contributors to this volume. The

1. Coptic MiniConference 2002: The next MiniConference meeting is planed for December 21, 2002. This will replace the September 28 meeting that was cancelled. The Location will still be at the Los Angeles Coptic Center. A Coptic Art 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: There is no progress on the revisions of the Electronic version of the Encyclopedia. Until the publication date of this issue, the makeup of the Review Committee to be appointed by H.H. Pope Shenouda III, was not communicated to us yet. 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 hear 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 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 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

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter 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.

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