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EXHIBIT 1 <br /> <br />ARCHANGEL MICHAEL COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH OPERATIONS OVERVIEW <br />REGULAR WEEKLY RELIGIOUS SCHEDULE AND ADDITIONAL SERVICES, RELIGIOUS CELEBRATIONS & PARISH EVENTS <br /> <br />44409978;1 <br />REGULAR LITURGY SERVICES <br />• Sunday | 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Arabic Liturgy <br />• Sunday | 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM | English Liturgy <br />• Tuesday | 5:00 AM – 7:00 AM | Liturgy <br />• Wednesday | 7:00 AM – 9:30 AM | Divine Liturgy <br />• Thursday | 5:00 AM – 7:00 AM | Liturgy <br />• Friday | 7:00 AM – 9:30 AM | Divine Liturgy <br />• Friday | 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM | Midnight Praise <br />• Saturday | 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM | Midnight Praise <br /> <br />ADDITIONAL RELIGIOUS SERVICES & CELEBRATIONS <br />• Weddings – Wedding may only take place outside of Advent, Lenten, and similar periods during the <br />year, totaling only approximately 20 weeks in a calendar year. Generally, wedding services take place <br />on Saturdays and Sundays and last 2.5 hours. <br />• Baptisms – Baptisms may take place year round, except Holy week (Easter week). Baptisms often take <br />place on Saturday before a liturgy. <br />• Funerals – Funerals may take place year round, except Holy week (Easter week). Funerals can take <br />place any day of the week, and last 1.5 hours, typically between the hours of 10:30 AM and 12:00 PM. <br />• Vigils – Vigils reflect traditional and deeply cherished church rites that are centuries old and yet remain <br />a part of a lasting identity of Egyptian Christians in the diaspora. They are a central practice of the <br />Church. Overnight vigils take place on Saturdays during Advent, the week preceding the Coptic <br />Christmas. In the spring during Pascha week (Holy week), which culminates with the Feast of the <br />Resurrection (Easter Sunday), the congregation spends that week's Friday evening and Saturday <br />morning in a long service. Additionally, on occasion throughout the year, nightlong vigils are also <br />undertaken for certain feasts. <br />• Religious Trainings – Trainings for the deacons within the dioceses may occur four to five times a year. <br />Approximately twenty to thirty deacons gather from 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM to study hymns. The <br />deacons remain in the Church’s sanctuary through the training. <br />• Religious Counseling – The parish’s priest are available for religious counseling for parishioner based <br />the individual needs and requests. <br /> <br />REGULAR PRAYER, BIBLE STUDY, YOUTH MEETINGS, AND SENIOR CITIZEN’S MEETING <br />• Sunday | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | College Meeting <br />• Monday | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Prayer Meeting <br />• Tuesday | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Senior Citizens Meeting <br />• Tuesday | 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM | English & Citizenship Classes <br />• Tuesday | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Bible Study Meetings <br />• Wednesday | 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM | English Bible Study <br />• Thursday | 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM | Arabic Youth Meeting <br />• Friday | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Deacon Hymns Classes <br />• Friday | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Ladies Meeting, Hymns Classes Meeting, and High School Sunday School <br />• Saturday | 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM | Vespers & Adult Bible Study <br />• Saturday | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Elementary and Jr High Sunday School and High School Youth <br />Meeting <br />4-43