The Honorable Francis Ricciardone, Ambassador of the United States to the Arab Republic of Egypt, Dr. Fawzi Tadros, representative of the Library of Congress, and His Holiness Pope Shenouda III, 2007

Left to right: two members of the American Embassy staff; Fawzi Tadros, Area Specialist, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress; Ambassador Francis Ricciardone; His Holiness Pope Shenouda III; and, His Grace Bishop Youaness and His Grace Bishop Ermia, private secretaries to His Holiness Pope Shenouda III. Ambassador Ricciardone and Dr. Tadros discussed with His Holiness Pope Shenouda III the possibility of acquiring for the Library of Congress additional liturgical hymns recorded by Ragheb Moftah in the Higher Institute of Coptic Studies in order to preserve these important manuscripts as part of the Coptic cultural heritage. (General)
Reproduced in Majallat a-Kirazah 35(July 2007): 2. (source)