Volume X

Editorial...............................................11

A DIVINE MANIFESTATION
The Miraculous Appearance of the Lord...................14
Editor

THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
The Church of Christ as a Local Church..................17
Bishop Anba Gregorios

THE COPTIC EXODUS AND ITS AFTERMATH
Immigrant Copts Striking Roots in the Lands of the
Diaspora................................................29
Fayek M. Ishak

COPTIC STUDY IN ENGLAND
Thinking with the Church................................37
Fr. John Watson

THE COPTS IN EUROPE
The Coptic Monks Who Preached the Gospel in Britain and
Ireland.................................................53
Bishop Anba Gregorios

SPECTRUM OF HOLY ORTHODOXY OUTSIDE EGYPT
In Search of Orthodox Identity Within the Precincts of
the Diaspora............................................59
Fayek M. Ishak

THE COPTS IN THE USA
Aspects in the Life of the Copts and their Church in
the USA.................................................65
Rodolph Yanney

OUR CONCERN FOR THE YOUNG
Coptic Young Men and Women Looking for an Ideology......71
F.M.I.

THE COPTS IN FRANCE
Distinct Characteristics of Coptic Orthodoxy in France..77
Editor

COPTIC CULTURE IN ITALY
Centro Culturale Copto Ortodosso........................79
Anba Marcos

THE COPTS IN GERMANY
The Story of the Coptic Church in the Federal Republic
of Germany..............................................87
Fr. Salib Sorial

THE COPTS IN AFRICA
History of the Coptic Church in Africa..................89
Anba Antonios Markos

THE AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITY
The Coptic Orthodox Church in Australia.................95
Nagi Gayed

COPTIC CULTURAL OUTPOSTS
The Continuation of the Ancient Egyptian Culture
through the Coptic Immigrants...........................99
boulos Ayad Ayad

SURVIVAL OF COPTIC MUSIC IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Preserving the Coptic Musical Tradition................103
Marian Robertson

THE COLORADO SETTLEMENT
The Coptic Immigrants in the State of Colorado and
their Church...........................................111
B.A.A.

COPTIC HERITAGE
Religious Education in the Coptic Churches Abroad......115
Mina B. Abdel-Malek

WORKING TOWARDS A BETTER FUTURE
proposals Concerning the Organization of the Coptic
Church in North America................................119

A LETTER TO THE COPTS LIVING ABROAD....................123

AROUND THE ORTHODOX WORLD..............................127

NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS..................................129