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.



November 17, 2017

Saints and Feasts of November 17


On the seventeenth the great wonderworker died.

(Fasting Day)

Saint Gregory of Neocaesarea the Wonderworker

Saint Gregory of Neocaesarea Resource Page


Venerable Lazarus the Painter

Saint Lazarus the Painter: An Iconographer During the Iconoclast Period


Saint Zacharias the Cobbler and John

The Beneficial Tale of Saint Zacharias the Cobbler and John


Venerable Longinus

The Sayings of Abba Longinus


Saint Gennadios I, Patriarch of Constantinople

Saint Gennadios I, Patriarch of Constantinople (+ 471)

Saint Gennadius of Constantinople as a Model for our Lives


Venerable Hilda of Whitby 
 
 
 
Saint Maximos III, Patriarch of Constantinople

Saint Maximos III, Patriarch of Constantinople (+ 1482)


Venerable Gennadios of Vatopaidi

Saint Gennadios the Steward of Vatopaidi


Venerable Justin

Venerable Justin


Venerable John the Dermokaitis
 
 
 
Venerable Nikon the Abbot of Radonezh 
and Disciple of the Venerable Sergius
 
 
Holy Martyr Gobron (Michael) 
and the 133 Soldiers of Georgia
 
 
 


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