SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT
18th Annual Coptic Studies Symposium:
Coptic Liturgical Texts. Art , Archeology, and the Glorification of Saints
Date: Saturday May 3, 2025
Time: 9:15 AM to 5 PM
Venue: University of Toronto St. George Campus – Earth Sciences Centre, 5 Bancroft ave. Room ES B149.
Program of speakers
8:30 – 9:15 am 16th Annual General Meeting of Members
9:15 – 9:45 REGISTRATION
9:45 –10:00 Welcome address: Dr. Ramez Boutros, President, The Canadian Society
for Coptic Studies
MORNING SESSION
10:00 – 10:45 Father Arsenius Mikhail
Professor of Liturgical Studies, St. Athanasius and St. Cyril
Coptic Orthodox Theological School, California, USA.
On Warriors, Dragons, and Petrine Primacy: The Redefining
of Saints in Liturgical Texts and Art
10:45 – 11:00 Discussion
11:00 – 11:15 BREAK
11:15 – 11:45 Ramez Boutros
Lecturer, NMC, University of Toronto.
Angels, Martyrs, and Saints: Coptic Veneration in the Fayyoum Oasis
During the Byzantine and Early Islamic Periods
11:45 – 12:00 Discussion
12:15 – 12:45 Helena Marie Boutros
PhD student, Department of Health, Society, and Aging; McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Methodological Insights Involving a Sensory Ethnographic Approach
in the Life of Community: An Example from an Ethnomusicology
Collaborative Study in The Coptic Diaspora
12:45 – 1:00 Discussion
1:00 – 2:00 LUNCH
AFTERNOON SESSION
2:00 – 2:45 Hany N. Takla
President, St. Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Society,
Los Angeles, USA, and Adjunct Lecturer, University of Divinity, St. Athanasius College,
Melbourne Australia, and Adjunct Lecturer, St. Athanasius and St. Cyril Theological School, Los Angeles
The Bible as a Liturgical Book in the Coptic Liturgical Services
2:45 – 3:00 Discussion
3:00 – 3:30 Karim Guirguis
PhD student, Trinity College, University of Toronto.
The Eucharist in the Coptic Synaxarium
3:30 – 3:45 Discussion
3:45 – 4:15 Andrew Youssef
Sessional lecturer, Trinity College, University of Toronto,
and Saint Paul University, Ottawa.
Arabization of Coptic Theology as a Positive Development for
Ecumenical Discussions: The Curious Case of a Fraction’s Reference
to the Incarnate Word as “One Ousia”
4:15 – 4:30 Discussion
4:30 – 4:45 Concluding Remarks
Email us for more information: [email protected]om
18th Annual Coptic Studies Symposium:
Coptic Liturgical Texts. Art , Archeology, and the Glorification of Saints
Date: Saturday May 3, 2025
Time: 9:15 AM to 5 PM
Venue: University of Toronto St. George Campus – Earth Sciences Centre, 5 Bancroft ave. Room ES B149.
Program of speakers
8:30 – 9:15 am 16th Annual General Meeting of Members
9:15 – 9:45 REGISTRATION
9:45 –10:00 Welcome address: Dr. Ramez Boutros, President, The Canadian Society
for Coptic Studies
MORNING SESSION
10:00 – 10:45 Father Arsenius Mikhail
Professor of Liturgical Studies, St. Athanasius and St. Cyril
Coptic Orthodox Theological School, California, USA.
On Warriors, Dragons, and Petrine Primacy: The Redefining
of Saints in Liturgical Texts and Art
10:45 – 11:00 Discussion
11:00 – 11:15 BREAK
11:15 – 11:45 Ramez Boutros
Lecturer, NMC, University of Toronto.
Angels, Martyrs, and Saints: Coptic Veneration in the Fayyoum Oasis
During the Byzantine and Early Islamic Periods
11:45 – 12:00 Discussion
12:15 – 12:45 Helena Marie Boutros
PhD student, Department of Health, Society, and Aging; McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Methodological Insights Involving a Sensory Ethnographic Approach
in the Life of Community: An Example from an Ethnomusicology
Collaborative Study in The Coptic Diaspora
12:45 – 1:00 Discussion
1:00 – 2:00 LUNCH
AFTERNOON SESSION
2:00 – 2:45 Hany N. Takla
President, St. Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Society,
Los Angeles, USA, and Adjunct Lecturer, University of Divinity, St. Athanasius College,
Melbourne Australia, and Adjunct Lecturer, St. Athanasius and St. Cyril Theological School, Los Angeles
The Bible as a Liturgical Book in the Coptic Liturgical Services
2:45 – 3:00 Discussion
3:00 – 3:30 Karim Guirguis
PhD student, Trinity College, University of Toronto.
The Eucharist in the Coptic Synaxarium
3:30 – 3:45 Discussion
3:45 – 4:15 Andrew Youssef
Sessional lecturer, Trinity College, University of Toronto,
and Saint Paul University, Ottawa.
Arabization of Coptic Theology as a Positive Development for
Ecumenical Discussions: The Curious Case of a Fraction’s Reference
to the Incarnate Word as “One Ousia”
4:15 – 4:30 Discussion
4:30 – 4:45 Concluding Remarks
Email us for more information: [email protected]om
