SSCN Voumes 1-10, 1994-2004

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter

Actually they bring with them, not financial riches but riches of culture and the benefit of good education and training in many professions. They bring also the ability to retain their own culture while becoming loyal citizens of their new homes. More importantly, these people have brought to this modern country the richness of Alexandrian Theology and Spirituality. The Egyptians, from ages past, were very much tied to their land and to their church. All through their long history they were known to be non- migrating people. For them, to migrate meant to be cut off from your roots to whither and to die. However as a result of a complexity of factors a significant one which is the population explosion in Egypt in the past few decades, we saw a mild wave of immigration to Australia taking shape in the mid 1960's. Being separated both from their land and their church, the first Egyptian settlers who were small in number found it very difficult to surv ve. Consequently, they started voicing to their church in Egypt their earnest desire for the priest to cater for their spiritual and pastoral needs. At the same time the church in Egypt was becoming concerned about the welfare of her migrating flocks. As a result of this mutual feeling, his Holiness, the late Pope Kyrillos VI (1902-1971) selected the deacon Edward Labib Nemattalla to be ordained as a priest (as Fr. Mina) to serve the Egyptian Orthodox community of Australia. He arrived on January 24, 1969 and prayed the first Egyptian Orthodox liturgy on Australian soil in Melbourne. Thus the transplant from one of the most ancient churches started to take root in the new world. The 1970's and the 1980's saw a large influx of Egyptian orthodox migrants to Australia. Today there are 21 vibrant churches served by 33 priests: ten in Sydney; six in Melbourne; two in Queensland; and one in Adelaide, Perth, and Canberra. This paper will deal with the Coptic Theology brought in through the Christian education activities, as well as the spirituality embodied in

The transport of Coptic Culture and Spirituality to Australia , Maged Attia

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Coptic Music, a descendent of Egyptian Music - Preliminary Remarks , by Samuel Youssef The use Psalm 50 in the Coptic Liturgical Services , by Joseph Fahim Coptic Psalmodia, Annual - TCC vol. CR2, Project Update , by Shereif Sorial Synaxarium of the Coptic Church - TCC vol. AR1&2, Project Update , by Ashraf Hanna Coptic Horologion - TCC vol. CR1, Project Update , by Hany N. Takla 'The Holy Spirit', as referred to in the Coptic Liturgy , by Hany N. Takla Afternoon Break

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Format: Each plenary paper will be a 15-minute presentation with no follow-up discussion. The other papers will be structured i a 20-minute format with a 10-minute discussion. The maximum time allotted to each paper, including the discussion will be 30 minutes.

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter Abstracts: The following abstracts (arranged in order of the contributor's last name) have been submitted: The transport of Coptic Culture and Spirituality to Australia , Maged Attia

The coming of the Egyptian Christians (Copts) to the Australian Continent represents the coming of a most ancient culture which has continued in unbroken succession for thousands of years.

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