Having entered the Christmas season, we ask those who find the work of the Mystagogy Resource Center beneficial to them to help us continue our work with a generous financial gift as you are able. As an incentive, we are offering the following booklet.

In 1909 the German philosopher Arthur Drews wrote a book called "The Myth of Christ", which New Testament scholar Bart D. Ehrman has called "arguably the most influential mythicist book ever produced," arguing that Jesus Christ never existed and was simply a myth influenced by more ancient myths. The reason this book was so influential was because Vladimir Lenin read it and was convinced that Jesus never existed, thus justifying his actions in promoting atheism and suppressing the Orthodox Church in the Soviet Union. Moreover, the ideologues of the Third Reich would go on to implement the views of Drews to create a new "Aryan religion," viewing Jesus as an Aryan figure fighting against Jewish materialism. 

Due to the tremendous influence of this book in his time, George Florovsky viewed the arguments presented therein as very weak and easily refutable, which led him to write a refutation of this text which was published in Russian by the YMCA Press in Paris in 1929. This apologetic brochure titled "Did Christ Live? Historical Evidence of Christ" was one of the first texts of his published to promote his Neopatristic Synthesis, bringing the patristic heritage to modern historical and cultural conditions. With the revival of these views among some in our time, this text is as relevant today as it was when it was written. 

Never before published in English, it is now available for anyone who donates at least $20 to the Mystagogy Resource Center upon request (please specify in your donation that you want the book). Thank you.



June 4, 2009

Lady Gaga Almost Arrested At Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow


[Lady Gaga is currently one of the most popular female pop stars in America today known not only for her pop hits, but also for her skimpy outfits. Her outfits are not only skimpy on the stage, but off the stage as well. This has caused her to be fined by police for public indecency.

On her recent trip to Moscow, for some reason she decided to visit the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Basil. Anyone familiar with Orthodox churches in Russian knows that they have strict dress codes to enter these places that require a certain decency. In Greece it is the same and even I as a male have been prohibited from entering certain places for wearing shorts into a church while visiting as a tourist. Which is why I was not surprised to hear that Lady Gaga was almost arrested when she entered the Cathedral in indecent leather attire. -J.S.]


Lady Gaga Almost Arrested in Russia for Wearing Leather

Wednesday, 29 April 2009

LiveNews

"They tried to arrest me in Russia, for leather at St. Basil's. But all is calm in the red square, as I leave the east Parisbound." -Lady GaGa

Lady Gaga was almost arrested during a trip to Russia – because she was wearing leather.

The ‘Poker Face’ singer was approached by officers when she visited St. Basil's Cathedral, in Moscow, over her choice of outfit.

She wrote on her Twitter page at the weekend: “They tried to arrest me in Russia, for leather at St. Basil's. But all is calm in the red square, as I leave the east Parisbound. (sic)”

The 23-year-old pop star is well known for her skimpy outfits, and is regularly seen wearing just underwear on evenings out.

She has previously admitted her wacky fashion sense has caused her problems with the law, explaining a Chicago policeman once took exception to her tiny shorts.

She previously revealed: "I was outside the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago and this policeman came up and told me my hotpants were too short. They weren't really pants at all, but he got upset and I got a citation. All people will have seen is this half-naked girl on the street yelling, 'It's fashion! I'm an artist!'"

Below is one of the more interesting Lady Gaga interviews
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