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 29, 2018

Saints and Feasts of January 29


On the twenty-ninth the soul of Ignatius ascended.

Translation of the Relic of the Holy Hieromartyr 
Ignatius the God-bearer

Translation of the Relics of Saint Ignatius the God-Bearer

Saint Ignatius of Antioch Resource Page


Holy Martyrs Philotheos, Hyperechios, Abibus, 
Julian, Romanos, James and Paregorius at Samosata

Synaxarion of the Holy Seven Martyrs of Samosata


Holy Martyrs Silouan the Bishop, 
Luke the Deacon and Mokios the Reader

Holy Martyrs Silouan the Bishop, Luke the Deacon and Mokios the Reader


Holy Martyrs Sarbelos and Bebaia

Holy Martyrs Sarbelos and Bebaia of Edessa


Saint Barsimaios the Confessor, Bishop of Edessa

Saint Barsimaios the Confessor, Bishop of Edessa


Venerable Aphrahat

Saint Aphrahat the Persian


Venerable Akepsimas

Venerable Akepsimas


Saint Blath of Kildare

Saint Blath of Kildare (+ 523)


Venerable Gildas the Wise, Abbot of Rhuys

Saint Gildas the Wise, Abbot of Rhuys in Brittany (+ 570)


Holy Martyr Ashot the Kuropalates, King of Georgia

Holy Martyr Ashot the Kuropalates, King of Georgia (+ 826)


Saint Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, 
Bishop of Turov

Saint Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Bishop of Turov (+ 1194)

The Demoniac Who Journeyed to the Kiev Caves Lavra


Saint Ignatius, Bishop of Smolensk

Saint Ignatius, Bishop of Smolensk (+ 1210)


Venerable Ignatios the Sinaite of Rethymno

Saint Ignatios the Sinaite of Rethymno (+ 1632)


Saint Andrei Rublev the Iconographer

Saint Andrei Rublev the Iconographer

The Spirituality of Andrei Rublev's Icon of the Holy Trinity

Andrei Tarkovsky's "Andrei Rublev" (1966)


Three Great Perm Holy Hierarchs: 
Gerasim, Pitirim and Jonah

Saint Gerasim, Bishop of Great Perm (+ 1447)

Saint Pitirim, Bishop of Great Perm (+ 1456)

Saint Jonah, Bishop of Great Perm (+ 1470)


Holy New Martyr Demetrios of Chios
 
 
 
Saint Demetrios Gagastathis
Synaxis of All Saints of Ekaterinburg

Synaxis of All Saints of Ekaterinburg

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