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& ST. SHENOUDA COPTIC NEWSLETTER Quarterly Newsletter Published by the Staff of the St. Shenouda Center for Coptic Studies

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October, 1996

Volume 3, No. 1

In This Issue:

The Sixth International Coptic Congress by Hany N. Takla.......................................... 1 A Forgotten Coptic Martyrdom (2) by Hany N. Takla ................................................. 4 St. Shenouda's Writings (6) by Ashraf Hanna............................................................... 7 Observations of a Young Copt ... by Joseph Fahim ...................................................... 8 The Library of the Monastery of St. John the Little - A Colophon by Hany N. Takla.... 10 A Curious Coptic Manuscript in Münster by Hany N. Takla......................................... 11 News by Hany N. Takla............................................................................................... 12

THE SIXTH INTERNATIONAL COPTIC CONGRESS MÜNSTER, JULY 20-26 (by Hany N. Takla)

Introduction: The long-awaited Coptic Congress was held at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster, Germany, between July 20 to July 26, 1996. There, scholars and students of Coptic Studies gathered from all over the globe in this University town. They came to present the work they have been doing during the past four years in the different fields included under the discipline of Coptic Studies. They all shared a common bond, a love for the different aspects of Coptic Egypt. They met at the University that has the best educational institute for Coptic Studies in the world, Institut für Ägyptologie und Koptologie . They witnessed its well-founded reputation as attested in its former graduates and current students. At the conclusion they paid a deserving tribute to the great man responsible for such reputation, the Congress Secretary, Prof. Martin Krause on the occasion of his retirement. The Attendees: The attendance at this congress was much higher than the last one in Washington DC. They came from 19 different countries spread over four continents. Germany had the most

number of attendees, 77. Out of that number were 11 Egyptians who are either living or studying in Germany, including Bishop Demian, the Coptic Bishop of Germany, Fr. Pigol Bassili of Frankfurt, and Fr. Mikhail al-Baramousy of St. Antonious Coptic Monastery in Germany. The next largest group hailed from the US and they were 22 in numbers. Seven of those were Egyptians, including six directly affiliated with our Society. From Poland 16 attended, mostly their work dealt with Nubia and Coptic Art and Archaeology. Our favorite group from the Netherlands had 15 participants, a number that will surely multiply in the 7th Congress in Leiden in the year 2000. The rest of the participants were from Austria 9, France 9 (one Copt), Italy 7, Switzerland 6, Egypt 7 (only 4 were Copts), Canada 5 (4 were Copts), Belgium 4, Great Britain 4 (one Copt), Russia 4, Denmark 2, Israel 2, Portugal 2 (one Copt), Czech Republic 1, Finland 1, and Sweden 1. There were many notable persons absent this time around for health and schedule conflict reasons among others. Absent among the Egyptians were

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