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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. 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. 8. Coptica: The second issue of Coptica was released and excellent response was received from the members. It was a volume of 220 pages, including ten selected articles from the 3 rd St. Shenouda Conference of 2001 plus four other contributions by scholars from four different countries. Copies have been sent to all dues-paying members of the Society and those of St. Mark Foundation as well as Coptica subscribers. For non-members (or Newsletter subscribers) this volume will be available for $10 plus shipping and handling. The second issue will publish the papers presented at the Wadi al-Natrun's Symposium, Feb. 2002. It will include papers from, Dr. K-H Brune, Germany ; Dr. P. Grossmann, Greece ; Dr. J. den Heijer, The Netherlands ; Dr. Suzana Hodak, Germany ; Dr. Lucy Ann Hunt, United Kingdom ; Dr. M. Immerzeel, The Netherlands ; Prof. Dr. M. Krause, Germany ; Dr. Eva Parandowska, Poland ; Dr. Sigfried Richter, Germany ; Prof. Dr. R. Said, USA ; Dr. Z. Skalova, The Netherlands ; Rev. Dr. T. Vivian, USA ; Dr. J. van der Vliet, The Netherlands ; Fr. Dr. U. Zanetti, Belgium ; Dr. Y. N. Youssef, Australia . E-mail contact is: coptica@stshenouda.com. 9. The Society on The Internet: We are still at the same address, "http://www.stshenouda.com". Our traffic has increased to approximately 55,000 hits per month on the average. Information about the new MiniConferences and the annual conference will be posted on the site. The Coptic Lessons Section will be revised soon to add limited pronunciation sounds. The Society has also reserved the internet address: http://www.stshenouda.org . We expect it to be in production by July of this year. It will be hosted directly from our Coptic Center in Los Angeles via a DSL high-speed line. This new site will include a listing of all the collections housed at the Center: Microfilms, Scanned images, books, off-prints, as well as our new Coptic Textile collection.

10. St. Mark Foundation for Coptic History: Dr. Fawzy Estafanous of Cleveland, Ohio is continuing the colossal effort of directing this new foundation for the detailed study of Coptic History (Church and people). In the past period, three new Foundation- sponsored publications were released: an Arabic and an English versions of the Annotated Bibliography of St. Mark the Evangelist, and the History of the Diocese of Aswan and its Christian monuments. Copies will be available during the Coptic Conference in August. The Foundation is continuing with the preparation along with the Patriarchate and the Fayoum Diocese for the second symposium, dealing with the Christian monuments of the Fayoum Oasis, South of Cairo. Details are listed below. Both of our organization will be working together with the Patriarchate in organizing the 2006 Symposium at the St. Shenouda Monastery, as well as possibly the 2008 Coptic Congress in Egypt, if awarded by the IACS. Comments, suggestions, and lifetime membership information can be directed to the following address: 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 11. Christianity in al-Fayoum Symposium: Preparation is continuing for the Second Coptic Studies Symposium to be held in Egypt. It will deal with the subject of Christianity in Al-Fayoum. The time of the Symposium is set during the period of the 5 th to the 10 th of February, 2004. The preliminary list of the participants, compiled by Dr. Gawdat Gabra, was published in Volume 9 No. 1 of this Newsletter.. The list includes scholars from ten different countries and it will be hosted by Bishop Abraam of al-Fayoum on behalf of the Patriarchate. Because of the venue, only a limited number of members of St. Mark Foundation and our Society will be able to attend. This will allow for more attendance by scholars, students and clergymen from Egypt. 12. Symposium on St. Cyril In Melboune Australia: Also Dr. Youssef communicated: In Melbourne we will organize a symposium on St Cyril on 5-6 July 2003, among the key speakers: Prof. J.A. McGuckin , Columbia Uni.

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