SSCN Voumes 1-10, 1994-2004

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter

Maged S. Mikhail, MD : Anesthesiologist at USC Medical Center, and Member of the board of the Society. He is also the author of publications in the Medical field. Saad Michael Saad, PhD : An electrical engineer, member of the board of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity at Claremont, California, and member of the Society. Maged Attia : Lawyer, practicing in Sidney Australia. He has represented the Coptic Church in many regional and International youth conferences. He is also the author of a book on the History of the Coptic Church in Australia. Samuel Youssef : A Pre-Med freshman student at UCLA, studied Coptic there under Prof. Loprieno. Joseph Fahim : A Senior Biomedical Engineering student at California State University, Long Beach and the Assistant Director of the Society's Orange County's Regional Center. Sherief Sorial : A Senior Biology Student at UCLA, he just concluded a Independent Study course there on the Coptic Psalmodia with Prof. Loprieno. He is also a staff member of the Coptic Center. Ashraf W. Hanna : A Civil Engineer and a staff member of the Coptic Center. Publication of Proceedings: The papers presented at the Symposium will be published in the 4th volume of the Society's bulletin for the year 1997-98. A final draft of each paper shall be submitted by the presenter, no later than August 31, 1997.

The Coptic hymnic tradition, like any son's relation to his father, is undoubtedly related to the hymnic tradition used throughout the ancient Egyptian period. This paper will survey some of the similarities between various works of the Coptic Church and those of Ancient Egyptian literature. Such similarities are based on structure and form rather than content. These preliminary remarks are designed to promote more detailed study of the relationship of the music of the Coptic Church to that of the ancient descendants of its members. Contributors: The following is a list of the contributors to this symposium in their presenting order: Bishop Serapion : Coptic Orthodox bishop of Los Angeles and Southern California since 1995. Ramses Wassif: Secretary of the St. Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Society, holds a MA. in History, and the Church History instructor at the Los Angeles Coptic Theological Seminary. Hany N. Takla: President of the St. Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Society, Director of the Coptic Center in Los Angeles, and the Coptic Language instructor at the Los Angeles Coptic Theological Seminary. Mary Farid: A junior student at UCLA, studied Coptic there under Prof. Loprieno. Maged S. Mikhail : A research assistant at the St. Shenouda Center for Coptic Studies, holds a MA. in Coptic History and working toward his PhD (UCLA), and also a Research Assistant at the Coptic Center for the past two years.

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