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.



October 10, 2017

Saints and Feasts of October 10


On the tenth Eulampios was beheaded with his sister.

Holy Martyrs Eulampios and Eulampia the Siblings
 
 
Holy Two Hundred Martyrs

Saints Eulampios and Eulampia the Siblings


Venerable Bassianos at Constantinople

Saint Bassianos at Constantinople


Venerable Theophilos the Confessor

Synaxarion of Saint Theophilos the Confessor


Venerable Longinus the Stylite

Synaxarion of Saint Theophilos the Confessor


Saint Pinytus, Bishop of Knossos

Saint Pinytus, Bishop of Knossos


Saint Paulinus, Bishop of York

Saint Paulinus, Bishop of York (+ 644)


Holy Twenty-Six Venerable Martyrs of Zographou

26 Holy Martyrs of Zographou Monastery

The Holy 26 Martyrs of Zographou as Models for our Lives


Saint Amphilochius, Bishop of Vladimir-Volhynia

Saint Amphilochius, Bishop of Vladimir-Volhynia (+ 1122)


Saint Dionysios the Philosopher

Saint Dionysios the Philosopher (+ 1611)


Saint Andrew of Totma the Fool for Christ

Saint Andrew of Totma the Fool for Christ (+ 1673)


Holy New Martyr Dionysios of Vatopaidi

Holy New Martyr Dionysios of Vatopaidi (+ 1822)


Venerable Ambrose of Optina

Saint Ambrose of Optina (+ 1891)


Holy New Hieromartyr Peter Polyansky, 
Metropolitan of Moscow and Krutitsy

Holy New Hieromartyr Peter Polyansky, Metropolitan of Moscow and Krutitsy (+ 1937)


Synaxis of the Saints of Volhynia
 
 
 
Commemoration of the Finding of the Honorable Zoni 
of the Theotokos in Santorini and Its Return 
to Vatopaidi Monastery in 1830
 
 
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