Editor’s Note

Abstract

This issue of the Journal of the Canadian Society for Coptic Studies contains articles that had their genesis in presentations at the Sixth Annual Coptic Studies Symposium “Coptic Heritage: Traditions and Transitions” held at the University of Calgary on 9 February 2013. The keynote speaker for the symposium was Pieternella van Doorn-Harder, whose lecture topic was “Coptic Popes in Context: The Future of the Religious Past in the 21st Century.” Unfortunately, due to the shifting of events in Egypt over the last year and other pressing academic commitments, Van Doorn-Harder was unable to revise her lecture for inclusion in this volume. However, her presentation did provide glimpses into the patriarchate’s response to the current changes in Egyptian politics.