SSCN Voumes 1-10, 1994-2004

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter

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. 6. Coptic Computer CD: There is only a limited number of first Coptic Language CD, Coptic CD Vol. 1 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. 7. 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. 8. 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).

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. This volume mainly includes a survey of Christological writings of the Coptic fathers on this subject after the Council of Chalcedon, including 50+ pages on the Christology of St. Shenouda the Archimandrite. ($12, and $15 for non-members). 9. Bulletin of the Society (Back Issues): Copies of back issues of vol. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the Annual Bulletin of the Society are still available. The prices of these volumes are $4 for members and $5 for non-members. 10. The Society on The Internet: We are still at the same address, "http://www.stshenouda.com". During the last quarter, the site had about 50,000 hits per month. Information about the annual conference will be posted on the site. The Coptic Lessons Section will be revised soon to add limited pronunciation sounds. Many of the posted pages are updated or are in the process of being updated, including a listing of all the collections housed at the Center: Microfilms, Scanned images, books, off-prints, as well as our new Coptic Textile collection. 11. St. Mark Foundation for Coptic History: Dr. Fawzy Estafanous of Cleveland, Ohio is continuing his efforts of directing this new foundation for publishing the detailed study of Coptic History (Church and people). In the past period, H.H. Pope Shenouda III has formally defined a significant role for the Foundation in the development of the new Patriarchal Library at the site of the Patriarchate in Cairo. Efforts now are underway to plan the collections to be housed in it. For details refer to the article included in this issue. The Foundation has published a new book in Arabic on Coptic Chrisitan Literature. It was authored jointly by Fr. Shenouda Maher and our colleague Dr. Youhanna N. Youssef. Copies will be available at the Foundation address below and at the Society soon. The Foundation has started the preparation along with the Patriarchate and the St. Shenouda Monasteries in Sohag, for the third symposium, dealing with Monasticism in Sohag and Southern Upper Egypt. Details will be published soon. Both of our organizations will also be working together with the Patriarchate in possibly

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter 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

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