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.



September 28, 2017

Saints and Feasts of September 28


On the twenty-eighth Chariton died in his old age.

Venerable Chariton the Confessor
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
Righteous Prophet Baruch

Holy and Righteous Prophet Baruch


Holy Martyrs and Brothers 
Alexander, Alpheios and Zosima

Holy Martyrs of Pisidia During the Reign of Diocletian


Holy Martyr Mark the Shepherd

Holy Martyrs of Pisidia During the Reign of Diocletian


Holy Martyrs Nikon, Neon, Heliodoros, 
and other Virgins and Children

Holy Martyrs of Pisidia During the Reign of Diocletian


Holy Martyrs Eustathios the Roman and Kallinikos

Holy Martyrs Eustathios the Roman and Kallinikos


Holy Martyr Alexander and the 
Thirty Martyrs With Him

Holy Martyr Alexander and the Thirty Martyrs With Him


Venerable Isaac the Syrian

Saint Isaac the Syrian Resource Page


Holy Hieromartyr Alkison, Bishop of Nicopolis

Holy Hieromartyr Alkison, Bishop of Nicopolis (+ 516)


Venerable Auxentios the Wonderworker of Cyprus

Synaxarion of Saint Auxentios the Wonderworker of Cyprus


Saint Eustochium, Daughter of Saint Paula

Saint Eustochium, Daughter of Saint Paula


Saint Faustus, Bishop of Riez

Saint Faustus, Bishop of Riez (+ 495)

John Cassian, Vincent of Lerins and Faustus of Riez Were Not Semi-Pelagians


Saints Cyril and Maria, 
Parents of Saint Sergius of Radonezh

Saints Cyril and Maria, Parents of Saint Sergius of Radonezh (+ 1337)


Venerable Chariton of Syanzhema

Saints Euthymius and Chariton, Abbots of Syanzhema Monastery in Vologda (+ 1509)


Venerable Herodion of Iloezersk

Saint Herodion, Founder of Iloezersk Monastery (+ 1541)


Holy Martyr Wenceslas, Prince of the Czechs

Holy Martyr Wenceslas the Prince of the Czechs

Good King Wenceslas

The Original Words to the Song "Good King Wenceslas"


Finding of the Sacred Relics of the 
Venerable Neophytos the Recluse of Cyprus
 
 
 
 
Synaxis of the Saints of the Kiev Caves, 
Whose Relics Repose in the 
Near Caves of Venerable Anthony
 

 

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