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.



August 5, 2015

Transfiguration of Christ Resource Page


Verses

Tabor was glorified above every region of the earth,
When it beheld the nature of God shining in glory.
Christ changed His human form on the sixth.
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Savior (Prof. George Mantzarides)
The Transfiguration of the Savior and the Mystery of the Cross (Prof. George Mantzaridis)
The Transfiguration of Christ as Preparation for the Cross
The Prophets and Apostles Shared a Mutual Vision at the Transfiguration
The Transfiguration: An Apocalyptic Vision at the Center of the Gospel
Dionysius the Areopagite and the Apse Mosaic of the Transfiguration in Sinai
Why the Transfiguration is Celebrated on August 6
Why Do We Bless Grapes for the Feast of the Transfiguration?
The Blessing of Fruits on August 6th
The Afterfeast of the Transfiguration
The Miraculous Holy Cloud of Mount Tabor
A Moving Testimony of the Annual Miracle of the Holy Cloud
An Account of the Annual Miracle on Mount Tabor on August 6th

An Eye-Witness Testimonial About the Annual Bright Cloud of Mount Tabor
Nun Aikaterini: A Witness of the Holy Cloud of Mt. Tabor

The Miracle of the Holy Cloud of Mount Tabor: Testimony of the Abbot of the Monastery on Tabor
Meteorologists Cannot Explain the Miraculous Cloud of Mt. Tabor
The Holy Cloud of Tabor 2017 (video)
 
 
 

"He (Jesus) brought in their (Peter, James and John) midst Moses and Elijah, to correct the opinions of many regarding who He is. For some said the Lord was Elijah, others said He was Jeremiah. For this reason He made to appear at Tabor His first and chief Prophets, that the disciples may come to know, and through them all people, how great the difference is between Christ and the Prophets." 

- St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite


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