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 7, 2011

Chronology of the Life of Saint Panagis Basias


1801 - Born in Lixouri, Kefallonia during the bishopric of Metropolitan Ioannikios Anninos (1783 - 1817).

1821 - Becomes a public school teacher.

1827 - Goes to the Holy Monastery of Dios to become a monk.

1828-9 - Returns to Lixouri.

1828-36 - Employed as a private teacher and ordained a Reader.

1836 - Ordained a Deacon and Presbyter by Archbishop Parthenios Makris.

1845 - Manifestation of sickness begins together with "foolishness for Christ".

1861 - His sister Maria dies.

1864 - Insurance is given for him to be taken care of for his illness.

1864 - Union of the Ionian islands with Greece takes place.

1867 - Catastrophic earthquake takes place. His home is destroyed.

1867 - Lives in the house of his cousin John Geroulanos.

1868 - Bishop Constantinos Iakovatos dies.

1884-89 - Archbishop Germanos Kalligas.

1888 - June 7 he falls asleep in the Lord.

1976 - June 6 his relics are translated.

1986 - February 4 he is proclaimed a Saint by the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

1986 - September 7 his feast is proclaimed in Lixouri for June 7.

Read about the life, miracles and prophecies of St. Panagis here and here in English and here in Greek.







Απολυτίκιον Ήχος α΄ "Της ερήμου πολίτης"
Ληξουρίου τον γόνον, Ιερέων το καύχημα, της Κεφαλληνίας φωστήρα νεοφανώς ανατείλαντα, τιμήσωμεν εν ύμνοις Π Α Ν Α Γ Η Ν, τον μύστην της Τριάδος της σεπτής, εμφανώς κεκοσμημένον προφητικώ του Πνεύματος χαρίσματι. Διο τον δοξάσαντα αυτόν λαμπρώς αντιδοξάσωμεν, ινα ευρωμεν χάριν και πταισμάτων την συγχώρησιν.

Κοντάκιον Ήχος γ΄ "Η Παρθένος σήμερον"
Χαρμοσύνοις άσμασι, Κεφαλληνία η νήσος, συγκαλείται σήμερον των φιλεόρτων τα πλήθη, έρεισμα της Εκκλησίας ανευφημήσαι, σέμνωμα νεοφανέντα Ορθοδοξίας, Παναγήν τον Θεηγόρον, Χριστού τον μυστην και ταύτης αγλάϊσμα.

Μεγαλυνάριον
Τον του Ληξουρίου γόνον λαμπρόν, Ορθοδόξων κλέος Ιερέων υπογραμμόν, της Κεφαλληνίας αγλάϊσμα το νέον, τον Παναγήν τον Θείον ύμνοις τιμήσωμεν.

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