Conference Program 5-7 December, 2014 First Day: Friday the 5 th of December 2:00 3:00 Reception and Registration at the lobby of the ICS building The Opening Ceremony 3:00 3:30 The Procession of His Holiness Pope Tawadros into Anba Ruiess Auditorium of the Institute accompanied by Hymns for the Patriarch: "Flogemenos" and "Ek Ez Maro'ot" 3:30 3:35 The National Anthem 3:35 3:45 The Peace Hymn "Eb ooro" 3:45 3:50 Opening Speech by the Dean, Sami Sabri Shaker 3:50 4:00 Speech of the Conference Organizer, Michael Ghattas 4:00 4:02 A Coptic Hymn (Their holy blessings.) 4:02 4:10 Speech of the World Council of Churches Representative, Ms. Carla Khijoyan 4:10 4:30 Panorama of the Institute's History: Ishak Agpan 4:30 4:40 Hymn for His Holiness the Patriarch (To Makario ) 4:40 5:10 Address of His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria, Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, and Chancellor of the Institute 5:10 5:25 Speech of His Eminence Metropolitan Bishoy of Damietta and Kafr Al Sheikh, Abbot of St. Demiana Convent, and Head of the Department of Theology 5:25 5:40 Speech of His Grace Bishop Demetrius of Mal'awi, Antinoë, and Ashmounin, and Head of the Department of Coptic Language (in Coptic language, with Arabic and English Translations) 1
5:40 6:25 Lecture by Professor Dr. Jacques van der Vliet, president of the International Association for Coptic Studies I.A.C.S.: "Coptic Literature: Past Paradigms and Future Aspirations" 6:25 6:45 Lecture by Mr. Monir Ghabour Hanna, president of the National Egyptian Heritage Revival Association (NEHRA): "The Trail of the Holy Family in Egypt Facts and Future" 6:45 7:10 Lecture by Sami Sabri, the Dean of the Institute: "On the Trail of the Holy Family in Egypt An Attempt towards Multi-Cultural Architecture" 7:10 7:30 The Hymn of the Holy Fathers: E'pecran" 7:30 8:00 Coffee Break 8:00 9:15 First Session of Research Papers (6 parallel Sessions in the following fields: Media; Hymnology; Liturgy; Art; Philology; Literature) Note: the language of each presentation is indicated between brackets (A), (E), or (F) 2
Continued - First Day: Friday the 5 th of December, 2014 Coptic Media Dr. Iman Nasry First Session Eng. Youssef Antoun Sidhom Ms. Mary Mansour Francis Dr. Mohammed Al-Sayed Ahmed Coptic Music and Hymnology 8:00 9:15 PM Holy Virgin's Hall Ground Floor Watani Newspaper Presents its Testimony on the Period from 25 January 2011 to the Present Time (A) The Role of the Media in enhancing Aesthetic sense through Coptic Iconography (A) Political Visions of Copts in the Egyptian Society An Analytical Study based on a number of Articles (A) St. Habib Girgis Hall Ground Floor H.G. Bishop Makari Liturgy Michael Badei Abdel Malek Maged Samuel Ibrahim Dr. Magdalena Kuhn Principal Features of the Coptic Church Hymns (A) The Spirituality in the words of Coptic Hymns, and Treatment by Vibrations (A) Modern Research on Coptic Melodies Advantages & Disadvantages (E) Pope Kyrillos VI Hall Ground Floor H.G. Bishop Martirus Coptic Art H.G. Bishop Makar Archdeacon Dr. Roshdi Wassef Behman Coptic Katamaros Initiation & Development (A) Sanctification of Nile Water according to the Liturgical Tradition of the Church of Alexandria (A) Hall No. 4 First Floor Emad Farouk Ms. Mary Girgis Khalil Rev. Teddaeus Ava Mina & Mina Hanna Farag Future Aspiration for Preservation of Fresco Art (A) Arabic calligraphy and inscriptions on Coptic Buildings in the Old Cairo area (A) 3
Philology Hall No. 2 - First Floor Nabil Sabri Ishak H.G. Bishop Demetrius Dr. Ewa Zakrzewska One Teaching and Honest Handing Over of the Established Church Wording of the Coptic Language (A) Coptic as a Sacred Language (E) Literature & Manuscripts Hall No. 3 First Floor Rev. Bigoul Al-Suryani Adel Sidarus Dr. Atef Naguib Hanna Some Notes on the Impact of the Coptic Arabic Heritage on the Medieval Ethiopian Literature (E) Literary Christian Works of Nubia (A) 4
Second Day: Saturday the 6 th of December, 2014 9:00 9:30 Registration at the Lobby of the ICS building 9:30 10:15 Lecture by Wedad Abbas Tawfik Professor of Dogmatic and Systematic Theology, Department of Theology Anba Ruiess Auditorium, the Institute of Coptic Studies: "The One God His Attributes and Relationship with Mankind" 10:25 12:00 Second Session (3 Parallel Sessions: Theology; Documentation & Restoration; Patrology & Hagiography) Prof. Girgis Saleh Adel Fakhry Second Session Theology Rev. Dr. Paula Atteya Rev. Matta Badie Klaus Buchner Dr. Magd Elias Kahil Documentation & Restoration Rev. Maximus Al-Antouny Dr. Amal Gorgi Shehata Dr. Wael Zakaria & Mustafa Abul Fadl Mr. Rabei Radi & Ms. Shaymaa Sayed Patrology & Hagiography 10:25 AM 12:00 PM Hall No. 2 First Floor Ecumenical Dialogues, Reality and Aspirations (A) Atheism, History and motives (A) Creation and Big Bang: A Cosmological Perspective (E) Science and Faith: Complement not Contradict (E) Hall No. 3 First Floor Coptic Heritage: its Preservation and Documentation in Egypt (E) Coptic Heritage: its Influence on the world, and Means of Preservation (A) Treatment and Conservation of the Iconostasis of St. Abanoub Church (A) A Study on the Treatment & Conservation of Greco-Roman Stelae of the permeation period & application to a selected sample (A) Hall No. 4 First Floor Dr. Naglaa Hamdi Rev.Dr. Wadi Awad, OFM Rev. Dr. Marco Hamam Arabic Biographies of St. Peter the last of Martyrs in the light of its Greek and Coptic Origins (A) Saint Secundus of Victimulae: an Egyptian martyr in northwest Italy (E) 5
Entessar Khaled Hazawi Mr. Youhanna Reda Illiah St. Mark and His Missionary Activity in Cyrenaica (E) Introduction to the Biography and Sayings of St. Bisarion the Elder (A) 12:00-12:30 Coffee Break 12:30 2:05 Third Session (3 Parallel Sessions: History; Art; Humanities) Third Session Coptic History Dr. Magdi Tadros Coptic Art Rev. Bigoul Al-Suriany Abdel Hamid Nassef Ishak Ibrahim Agban Ms. Samah Ragab Abdel Samad 12:30 2:05 PM Hall No. 2 First Floor Wadi Al-Natrun Monasteries in the Beginning of the 20 th Century From the Papers of George Auden (A) Copts of Egypt and the East Expedition (A) Trends of Historical Codification employed by Coptic Historians in the 19 th & 20 th centuries (A) The Coptic Community and the Fatawas in the Ottoman Epoch (A) Hall No. 3 First Floor Emad Lamei Dr. Eveline George Andrawes Hekmatt Barakat, Heba Abdel Mohsen, & Ms. Irini Illiya Dr. Mary Magdi Anwar Icons of the Virgin Mary Church in Sheblanga (E) Symbolic and Expressive Connotations in Coptic Manuscript Miniatures, 13 th to 18 th Centuries as an Introduction to Aesthetic Taste (A) Le lion dans l'art Copte (F) Humanities Rasmi Abdel Malek Nassif Fahmi Mankarios Dr. Iman Nasry & Dr. Shaymaa Ezzat Ms. Sherine Mina Hall No. 4 First Floor Future Aspirations regarding the role of the Coptic Family in the Egyptian Society in the light of contemporary changes (A) The Culture of Gratitude: a Culture of Citizenship (A) Coptic Ethnic Minority in New York: Keeping Roots in New Soil (E) 6
2:05 3:00 Lunch Break 3:00 3:45 Lecture by Dr. Ulrike-Rebekka Nieten: "Coptic Church Music in Late Antiquity" 3:45 5:30 Fourth Session (3 Parallel Sessions: Architecture; History; Humanities) Adel Al-Menshawi Michael Ghattas Fourth Session Architecture History Humanities Sami Sabri Shaker Dr. Mervat Thabet Salib Eng. Sameh Adly Habashy Eng. Reda Zaki Ibrahim Rev. Dr. Bishoy Helmi Rev. Youssef Al-Homi Aida Nassif Ayoub Dr. Mohammed Zayed Abdullah 3:45 5:30 PM Hall No. 2 First Floor Architecture Typology of Historic Coptic Churches (E) Development of St. Barbara Church Over the Ages: Stages of Architectural Restoration, and a Comparative Study of its Architectural Decorative Elements (A) Architectural Styles of Al-Assass Desert Monasteries (A) The Bema Used by the Early Christians (A) Hall No. 3 First Floor The Role of the Alexandria School Fathers writings up to the year 444 in disseminating and supporting Christian theology (A) History of the Church of Prince Tadros Al- Shotbi of Bosra Monastery, Assiut (A) Critical Thought and Dialogue: Examples from the Christian History (A) The Christians of Fayoum Facing the Roman Persecution and Sectarian Disputes in the Byzantine Era (A) Hall No. 4 First Floor Gamal Shehata Rev. Dr. Dawood Makram Yassa Ashraf Alexander Sadek Dr. Gamal Abu Zeid Ms. Shaymaa Ismail Al-Neklawi The Coptic Art of Tattoo (A) The Diffusion of Coptic Culture in Europe (E) The Copts and their Role in Spreading Peace (A) Copts in Political Life: Botros Pacha Ghali 1846-1892 (A) 7
5:10 6:00 Coffee Break 6:00 6:45 Lecture by His Eminence Metropolitan Bishoy (in Anba Ruiess Auditorium): "Science Serves Faith" 6:45 7:00 Choir of the Ethiopian Deacons 7:00 9:00 The Book Fair & Art Exhibition in St. Athansius Hall beneath St. Mark Cathedral, 8
Third Day: Sunday the 7th of December 2014 8:00 10:00 The Divine Mass in St. Mark Cathedral 10:00 11:45 Aghapi Breakfast, Registration, and visit to the Book Fair and Art Exhibition in St. Athanasius Hall 11:45 12:30 Lecture by Ashraf Alexander Sadek Anba Ruiess Auditorium: " Le Proche-Orient au premier millénaire avant Jésus-Christ les fils d'israёl face aux grands empires 12:30 2:05 Fifth Session for the Research Papers (4 Parallel Sessions: Humanities; Archaeology; History; Philology) Humanities Fifth Session 12:30 2:05 PM Holy Virgin's Hall Ground Floor Nassif Fahmi Archaeology Dr. Naglaa Hamdi H.G. Bishop Moussa Prof. Girgis Saleh Dr. Ramy Atta Ms.Christine Chaillot H.G. Bishop Martirus Dr. Giacomo Cavillier Mr. Alaa Hussein How to Interact with the Youths (A) Co-existence between Christians and Moslems: Reality and Aspirations (A) Coptic Citizens & NGO Work: A Reading in a Book by Ramzy Tadros: "Coptic Societies and Extension of their Works"(A) The Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in Cairo (E) Hall No. 2 First Floor Some of the Recent Discoveries in the Monastery of St. John the Little in Wadi Al-Natrun (E) The "Butehamon Project" in Ramses III' Funerary Complex in Medinet Habu: Researches and Perspectives (E) Coptic Monuments at Deir Shelweet A Glimpse of the Early Coptic Civilizaion (A) Mr. Ayman Mohamed Damarani The Coptic Discoveries South of Seti I Temple: Abba Moussa Monastery (A) 9
History Dr. Nader Alfy Philology H.G. Bishop Demetrius Anthony Sorial Abdel Sayed Adel Fakhry Sadek Ms. Venice Shokry Ragheb Dr. Nabil Sabri Dr. Girgis Boshra Hanna Ms. Mona Hassan Ahmed Sawi Ms. Mariam Maher Narouz Hall No. 3 First Floor The First Official Roman Persecution for the Christians of Egypt, 202 A.D. (A) Dioscoros, Poet of Aphrodito: His Life and Cultural Background (A) Characters from Akhmim Who Played a Principal Role in the History of Copts and Humanity (A) Hall No. 4 First Floor Presence of Greek in Coptic: Dilemma Among Modern Coptologists and Coptophiles (E) The Greek Words in Coptic The PhD Dissertation of His Grace Bishop Gregorios as an example (A) Types of Loan in Coptic Texts (E) The Coptic Egyptian Language, a Cultural Linguistic Study (A) 2:05 3:00 Lunch Break 3:00 4:35 Sixth Session of Research Papers (3 Parallel Sessions: Monasticism; Archaeology; Literature & Manuscripts) H.E. Metropolitan Bishoy Sixth Session Coptic Monasticism Archaeology Sinout Shenouda Adly Anis Mahmoud Said Omran Dr. Atef Shenouda 3:00 4:35 PM Hall No. 2 First Floor Abba Shenouda the Archimandrite, a Patriotic Leader (A) Coptic Monasticism in Egypt a Geographic Study (A) St. Milania the Elder favors the Egyptian Asceticism 325-410 A.D. (A) Short Hints on the Establishment of Monasticism in Mount Qousqam (E) Hall No. 3 First Floor Dr. Atef Naguib Ms. Agnieszka E. Szymanska Eng. Dawood Khalil Messiha The Memory of God in the Early Byzantine Sanctuary at the Red Monastery (E) Healing Centers in the Early Christian Era in Egypt (E) 10
Ms. Azza Adel Mr. Shenouda Rezkallah Literature & Manuscripts Egyptian Education, Based on a Study of Papyri and Ostraca of the New Kingdom (A) New Visions in the Family History of "Ghanouka" of Tomb No. 14/A1 in the Fraser Necropolis (A) Hall No. 4 First Floor Dr. Adel Sidaros Rev. Dr. Basilios Sobhi Mr. Ibrahim Sawiros Mr. Nabil Farouk A Collection of Non-famous Coptic Manuscripts Abroad (A) A Sermon on the Pentecost by Pope Athanasius the Apostolic (A) The Laws of Faragalla Al-Akhmimi Chapter 4 in the Church Books and Sanctuary honor (A) 4:35 6:00 Participants presenting papers: A meeting and photos with H.H. the Pope. 6:00 6:15 A Coptic Hymn St. Mark Choir (Mallawi Archdiocese) 6:15 6:45 A Play in Coptic Language on the coming of St. Mark the Martyr to Alexandria (performers of Mallawi Archdiocese) 6:45 7:00 A Coptic Hymn - St. Mark Choir (Mallawi Archdiocese) 7:00 7:30 Coffee Break 7:30 8:00 The Procession of His Holiness Pope Tawadros II into the Conference Auditorium accompanied by Hymns of Receiving the Patriarch (The Institute's Chorus) 8:00 8:10 Recommendations of the Conference presented by the Dean of the Institute, Sami Sabri 8:10 8:50 Awards of Honor and Recognition 8:50 9:20 Concluding Address by His Holiness Pope Tawadros II 9:20 9:30 The Hymn "Sha Ni Rombi - Unto the end of ages" presented to His Holiness Pope Tawadros (The Institute's Choir) 9:30 9:40 Conclusion of Celebration 11
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