--- title: "Winter Lecture July 24 · St Cyril’s" url: https://stcyrils.edu.au/news/public-winter-lecture-prof-maged-mikhail description: "St Cyril’s Theological College Winter Lecture, Tuesday evening, July 24, 2018. St Cyril’s is thrilled to be hosting Professor Maged (Deacon Severus) S. A." --- 1. [Home](https://stcyrils.edu.au/) 2. [News](https://stcyrils.edu.au/news) 3. [Events](https://stcyrils.edu.au/news?category=events) # Winter Lecture July 24 12 June 2018 ![Winter Lecture July 24](https://stcyrils.edu.au/_image?href=https%3A%2F%2Fstcyrils.edu.au%2F_emdash%2Fapi%2Fmedia%2Ffile%2F01M5HJ9QHNHCCSGX7V4ADJYMM0.jpg&w=683&h=624&f=webp&fit=cover&position=center) **_St Cyril’s Theological College Winter Lecture, Tuesday evening, July 24, 2018._** St Cyril ![St Cyril's Winter Lecture](https://stcyrils.edu.au/_image?href=https%3A%2F%2Fstcyrils.edu.au%2F_emdash%2Fapi%2Fmedia%2Ffile%2F01M5HJ9VGYEZY4A37M2ZXKKS1B.jpg&w=1127&h=1600&f=webp&fit=cover&position=center) ’s is thrilled to be hosting Professor Maged (Deacon Severus) S. A. Mikhail for our second Annual “Evening of Orthodox Spirituality.” It is open to the public, faculty, and students and will be held at our new campus in Carlton. _Light Dinner & Refreshments_ will follow the lecture. During this time in July, he will also be teaching a Winter Intensive at St Cyril’s, for more information go to: stcyrils.edu.au. **Registration:** [stcyrils.eventbrite.com.au](https://stcyrils.eventbrite.com.au) _An Evening of Orthodox Spirituality, Winter Lecture:_ ****_“How Coptic Egypt Became Islamic Egypt: What Really Happened in the Islamic Invasion of the 7th Century?”_** Biography: ****_Professor Maged S. A. Mikhail_** is Professor of History at California State University at Fullerton, USA. He has authored several books in including _The Legacy of Demetrius of Alexandria 189-231 CE: The Form and Function of Hagiography in Late Antique and Islamic Egypt, Routledge Studies in Early Christianity_ (London and New York: Routledge, 2017), _From Byzantine to Islamic Egypt: Religion, Identity, and Politics after the Arab Conquest_ (London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2014), and _The Holy Workshop of Virtue: The Life of John the Little by Zacharias of Sakha_, with Tim Vivian. (Collegeville: Liturgical Press/Cistercian Publications, 2010). ## More from the College * [2 September 2026Unveiling Paul](https://stcyrils.edu.au/news/unveiling-paul) * [14 August 2026Sacred Hospitality with Fr Stephen Muse, PhD](https://stcyrils.edu.au/news/sacred-hospitality-with-fr-stephen-muse-phd) * [9 June 2026Enrolments for Semester 2 are now open!](https://stcyrils.edu.au/news/enrolments-for-semester-2-are-now-open-2) --- St Cyril’s Coptic Orthodox Theological College · 6/252–254 West Street, Carlton NSW 2218, Australia · +61 2 9546 6411 · registrar@stcyrils.edu.au Site guide for AI agents: https://stcyrils.edu.au/llms.txt