Coptic Summer School at Waldensian Faculty of Theology, Rome

Dear friends,
also in 2026 our traditional Coptic Summer School will take place with a rich Program. In January, after the holiday season, we will open the call for applications and share all the necessary information on our official website https://www.copticsummerschool.org/. Please save the dates!

We send you our warmest wishes for these days of Christmas as well!

Dear friends, summer has now come to an end, and after the success of this year’s Summer School, we’re resuming, as usual, our online reading group! All the information on how to join can be found here:

📅 Starts: November 14, 2025
🕒 Time: 3-4:30 PM CET (CEST from April)
💻 Free online sessions via Zoom
👥 Required: Basic knowledge of Coptic (Sahidic/Bohairic), good command of English
📜 Certificate of completion (80% attendance)
🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/reading-coptic-form
🌐 Website: https://www.copticsummerschool.org/reading-coptic
📄 Program PDF: https://bit.ly/coptic-program-2025-26
🏛️ Waldensian Faculty of Theology, Rome | Coptic Studies Group

This year too, our Coptic Summer School 2025 has come to an end. We can only be grateful for the many wonderful experiences we shared. Amazing people, see you next year! 🤗

Dear friends, we are pleased to announce the new edition of our Coptic Summer School for 2025!
In May we will have a weekly online meeting, and finally an in-person week in July at the headquarters of the Waldensian Faculty in Rome.
As in previous editions, we will offer a Beginner Course, for those who want to learn Sahidic grammar, and an Advanced Course for those who are already familiar with the language.

As the Coptic Studies Group of the Waldensian Faculty of Theology, we strongly believe in the goodness of this cultural project, and we want it to continue!

For the full program and all information we refer you to our website: https://www.copticsummerschool.org/

Registration is now open!

See you soon!

A french point of view on our Summer School 😊🙏

Une semaine intense et émouvante - Institut Protestant de Théologie Une immersion d’une semaine dans la langue copte. Telle est l’expérience vécue par dix étudiants de l’IPT – Paris en juillet dernier à Rome. Cécile Richter était du voyage. « Pourquoi un tel voyage ? Nous avions déjà eu la chance de suivre l’enseignement de Françoise Smith Floren...

Dear friends, here we are again! Registration is now open for our reading group that will accompany us from fall 2024 to spring 2025. All those who already have Coptic language skills and are motivated to participate by translating ancient passages about angels are welcome!

Registration is only through the following link:

https://forms.gle/oEWyt5fL5sf3uB9i8

Our Coptic Summer School 2024 is now officially closed. Thank you very much to all the participants (also those online) and to the amazing teachers!

See you next year in Rome!

Last class of the Advanced Course: Prof. Dr. Jens Schröter (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin) and Vittorio Secco (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin/Facoltà Valdese di Teologia) working on the Gospel of Philip. In the pic also are present Prof. Dr. Sebastian Richter (Freie Universität zu Berlin) and Prof. Dr. Lothar Vogel (Facoltà Valdese di Teologia).

Vittorio Secco (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin/Facoltà Valdese di Teologia) and his students for the Introduction to Sahidic Coptic.

A view of our students in the classroom

Our students working hard in the Library! ❤✨