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.



May 31, 2013

Help Support - Improve - Expand Mystagogy!


Dear Reader:

Christ is Risen!

We are currently in the process of a fund-raising drive to support and improve Mystagogy, as well as expand it into a full-time ministry. If this website has been of value to you and you would like to be part of this exciting venture, could you consider giving a donation?

Every week Mystagogy reaches readers from the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and Greece to Russia, China, Argentina and South Africa. They use it as a balanced source of Orthodox Christian information, from news and opinions on cutting edge topics to spiritual texts that have never been translated into English, and much in between. It is a unique site that fills an essential gap and has wide outreach.

Yet this is only the beginning. Mystagogy will be under the umbrella of a much larger ministry and institute. Currently, in our initial goal, we are seeking funding to dedicate more time to this much needed ministry in order to build a better and more user-friendly website, translate a number of never-before-translated Orthodox texts and books, establish a publishing house and research center, initiate an Orthodox journal, and provide an overall expansion of this ministry in many various ways.

We are relying primarily on donations to cover our costs. For the time being, we aren't supported by anyone else but you. Please consider a donation and be part of the realization of the vision mentioned above. Thank you!

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With love in the Risen Lord,

John Sanidopoulos


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