Volume III

HISTORICAL DISCOVERY
An Analytical Study of the Official Account Concerning
the Discovery of the Relics of St. John the Baptist and
Elisha the Prophet as Reported by Abuna Yacoub el-Maqary.9

MONASTIC ASCETICISM
My Interview with his Reverence Fr. Matta al-Maskin, the
Spiritual Father of the Monastery of St. Macarius the
Great...................................................15
Editor

METAPHYSICS
On Beholding God [Hawla Ru'iyat Allah]..................39
Fr. Matta

AFTERLIFE MYSTERIES
Life After Death and the Immortal Longings of the Soul..47
Fayek M. Ishak

REVELATORY INSIGHTS
The Living Truth [al-Haq wal Hayah].....................53
Abuna Matta al-Maskin

MONASTIC STUDIES
The Monastery of St. Mary...............................57
Bishop Gregorius

ARTISTIC INTERACTION
Symbolism in Pharaonic and Coptic Art...................65
Albert Jean Gayet

SOCIOLOGY AND CULTURE
Christians in the Society...............................69
Father Matta

REVIEW ARTICLE
The Way of Enlightenment and Pure Vision:
Father Matta's Fil Tadbir ar-Ruhi ["On Spiritual
Preparedness"]..........................................73

BOOK REVIEW
Saber Gabra, The Glory of the Holy Bible................78
Boulos A. Ayad