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will play a key role in such arrangement. H.H. Pope Shenouda III has expressed great enthusiasm about this prospect, when Dr. Fawzy Estafanous of St. Mark Foundation presented it to him in June of this year. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. 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 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. 5. Coptic Art Books from Egypt: The two new titles by Mr. Nabil S. Atalla are still available. These two volumes include over 500 color photographs of

and commercial, 30 minutes by foot from the Institut d’Art. The congress sites are also easy to reach by bus and metro (details will be provided later). Another, smaller hotel (47 rooms; price: EUR 69 [single] / 75 [double]; breakfast: EUR 6.50) is located in the same street: Hôtel Kyriad Alésia 30–32 rue des Plantes F - 75014 Paris tel. +33 1 45 41 41 45 e-mail kyriad.alesia@libertysurf.fr fax +33 1 45 41 02 52 In the higher class (price: EUR 140 + breakfast [EUR 12.50]; 63 rooms) and closer by foot (10–15 minutes), we recommend: Hôtel Mercure Raspail Montparnasse 207 boulevard Raspail F - 75014 Paris tel. +33 1 43 20 62 94 e-mail H0351@accor-hotels.com fax +33 1 43 27 39 69 For students there are possibilities for staying in university housing. Those interested should contact us as soon as possible. 5. Registration fees  IACS members: EUR 60  students; also retired, unemployed, or accompanying persons: EUR 30  others: EUR 90 In order to facilitate the registration process on Sunday, 27 June, you may pay your registration fees in advance, between now and 31 May 2004 - either by check (drawn only on a French bank) payable to “Association francophone de Coptologie” - or by direct transfer (making sure that any bank fees are charged to you and not to us) to the following account: Be sure to note your name and “congress registration fees.” If you prefer, of course you may pay your fees during registration at the congress. For all inquiries, correspondence, or pre-registration, you Association francophone de Coptologie FR 77 20041 01015 0339942M036 05

should contact: Anne Boud’hors IRHT section grecque 52 rue du Cardinal-Lemoine F - 75005 Paris fax +33 1 44 27 18 67 e-mail congres.2004@irht.cnrs.fr

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The Society encourages all its members to attend this congress which represents the most prestigious scholarly meeting that deals exclusively with Coptic Studies. The younger and more youthful members are especially urged to consider attendance and to possibly participate in future ones. The next congress will be considered for Egypt in 2008. If that becomes the case, the Society along with St. Mark Foundation

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