August 13 & 14, 1999
Presentations @ UCLA, Royce Hall, Los Angeles California 90024
Reception @ St. Peter and St. Paul Coptic Orthodox Church, 1245 4th
St, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Registration Fee (Suggested Contributions):
Schedule: The following tentative schedule has been made by the Organizing Committee:
Friday August 13, 1999
| 8:30-10:00 a.m. | Registration |
| 10:00-10:15 a.m. | Opening address by Prof. Antonio Loprieno, Chariman of the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures |
| 10:15-10:30 a.m. | Opening Address by Bishop Samuel |
| 10:30-11:00 a.m. | Dr. Youhanna N. Youssef, Coptic Liturgical Texts relating to the Apostles |
| 11:00-11:30 a.m. | Mr. Maged Attia, Christian Coptic Family Abroad, Challenges that it meet |
| 11:30-12:00 a.m. | Hany N. Takla, The Compilation of the Coptic Old Testament |
| 12:00-1:15 p.m. | Lunch Recess |
| 1:15-1:45 p.m. | Samuel Youssef, Origen's Doctrine of Freewill |
| 1:45-2:15 p.m. | Miss Nardine M. Saad & Dr. S. Michael Saad, Electing Coptic Patriarchs: A Diversity of Traditions |
| 2:15-2:45 p.m. | Ramses Wassif, History of the Coptic Bishop of Cairo (Misr) |
| 2:45-3:00 p.m. | Break |
| 3:00-3:30 p.m. | Rev. Dr. Tim Vivian, The Peaceable Kingdom - Animals As Parables In The "Virtues Of Saint Macarius" |
| 3:30-4:30 p.m. | Bishop Samuel, Recent Discoveries in the Field of Monastic Settlements |
| 4:30-5:00 p.m. | Dr. Gawat Gabra, TBA |
| Reception | |
| 6:00-7:30 p.m. | Social hour |
| 7:30 p.m. | Dinner |
| 8:15 p.m. | Keynote Address |
Saturday, August 14, 1999
| 9:30-9:45 a.m. | Opening Address by Bishop Serapion, Coptic Orthodox Bishop of Los Angeles |
| 9:45-10:00 a.m. | Prof. Paul van Moorsel - Seventh International Coptic Congress, August 2000 at Leiden University |
| 10:00-10:30 a.m. | Dr. Saad M. Saad, Authority in the Theology of Pope Shenouda III |
| 10:30-10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45-11:15 a.m. | Joseph Fahim, The use of the Lord's Prayer in Coptic Liturgical Services |
| 11:15-11:45 a.m. | Dr. Fawzy Estafanous, St. Mark Foundation for Coptic History (Progress Report) |
| 11:45am-12:15 pm. | Mr. Mark Moussa, St. Shenute's Discourse "I Have Been Reading the Holy Gospels" |
| 12:15-1:15 p.m. | Lunch break |
| 1:15-1:45 p.m. | Dr. Jon Ma Asgeirsson, The Redaction of the Gospel of Thomas: Fact or Fiction |
| 1:45-2:45 p.m. | Prof. Boulos Ayad Ayad, Ancient Egypt, Coptic Egypt, Modern Egypt, Comparative Study |
| 2:45-3:00 p.m. | Break |
| 3:00-4:00 p.m. | Prof. Paul van Moorsel, 18 Years of Research on Coptic Painting |
| 4:00-5:00 p.m. | Dr. Bastiaan Van Elderen, Report on the 1999 Excavation Season of the Monastery of St. John the Little at Wadi Natrun, Egypt |