SSCN Voumes 1-10, 1994-2004

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter

invitation of Coptic scholars from Egypt who had their papers accepted for presentation at the Congress. 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 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. 3. COEPA's Products: The newest announced production is a CD-Rom, titled, The Coptic Orthodox Reference library (CORL). Its main contents are as follows: · Holy Bible (NKJV), including Deuterocanonical books · Early Church Fathers (The Nicene Fathers, 38 Volumes), · All H.H. Pope Shenouda III Previously published by COEPA (40 books) · All An Altar to the Lord Books (40 books) · New Books for HH, HG Anba Mettaous, HG Anba Daniel, Fr Tadros Malaty and many others, · Coptic Lessons and Dictionary by Permission of St Shenouda Coptic Society); and · Full version E-katamarous (The full daily readings) by St Mark Coptic Church - Troy Michigan USA. CORL expected publishing date is May 30, 2004. 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 4 An Altar to the Lord COEPA5 Coptic Midnight Psalmody (Audio) The cost for each Computer CD or Audio CD-Set has been discounted $20 for a single copy. Within the US, it is available through the Society, except for the Midwestern States of Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Indiana. St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church in Troy Michigan will be responsible for these Midwestern states and Canada. 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 last two major modules of the CD: Annual Bohairic-English Lectionary for the Days, or Bohairic-Sahidic-English- Greek New Testament. The cost of these CD-R is as follows:

NKCSC-CD1C Boh-Sah-Eng-Gk New Testament $20 NKCSC-CD1D Annual Boh-Eng. Lectionary $12 The Coptic-Bohairic Lessons and Bohairic-English Dictionary have been licensed for distribution as part of COEPA's new CORL CD-Rom. Members would receive a 20% discount. 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 rare Coptic icons and manuscript illuminations. This material is arranged by subject, artist, as well as format. Each item is identified by artist, subject, and current location. 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. (1-4) ea. $35.00* $40.00* Coptic Icons, 2-v. (5+) ea. $30.00* $35.00* Escape to Egypt, ea. $10.00 $12.00 * New reduced prices. 6. Books Available Through the Society: Rev. Partrick's, "Traditional Egyptian Christianity -History of the Coptic Orthodox Church" (1999 revised first edition) is still available. ($12.00, and $14.95 for non-members). Athanasius of Alexandria: The Life of Antony - The Coptic Life and the Greek Life is now available. ($20, and $27.95 for non-member). 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. 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 price for a single copy is $5.00. Members of the Society will be given a 20% discount. Also available, D. N. Bell's The Life of Shenoute by Besa , this is the only published English translation of the Coptic Life of St. Shenouda the Archimandrite. ($9, $11.50 for non-members). Other titles include Grillmeier Christ in Christian Tradition, v.2 pt.4. A volume that mainly includes a

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter

-19-