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.



January 23, 2018

Saints and Feasts of January 23


On the twenty-third Agathangelos and Clement were beheaded.

Holy Hieromartyr Clement the Bishop of Ancyra 
and the Holy Martyr Agathangelos
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Venerable Eusebius

Saint Eusebius of Teleda in Syria


Venerable Maesymas the Syrian

Saint Maesymas the Syrian


Venerable Salamanes the Hesychast

Saint Salamanes the Hesychast


Holy Two Martyrs of Parium

Holy Two Martyrs of Parium


Saint Ascholios, Bishop of Thessaloniki

Saint Ascholios, Bishop of Thessaloniki (+ 383)

Eulogy for Saint Ascholios of Thessaloniki (St. Ambrose of Milan)


Saint Paulinus the Merciful, Bishop of Nola

Saint Paulinus of Nola Resource Page


Saint Dionysios of Olympus

Saint Dionysios of Olympus Resource Page


Venerable Gennadius of Kostroma



Translation of the Relics of Saint Theoktistos 
the Archbishop of Novgorod (1786)

The Miraculous Grave of St. Theoktistos Discovered in Novgorod


Synaxis of the Saints of Kostroma

Synaxis of the Saints of Kostroma


Synaxis of Panagia Dakriroousa in Kefallonia

Synaxis of Panagia Dakriroousa in Kefallonia


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