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 30, 2018

Saints and Feasts of January 30


On the thirtieth the golden three-sunned radiance shined.

Commemoration of our Holy Fathers and 
Ecumenical Teachers, Basil the Great, 
Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom, 
known together as the Three Hierarchs.

Three Hierarchs Resource Page


Holy Hieromartyr Hippolytus, Bishop of Rome

Synaxarion of Holy Hieromartyr Hippolytus, Bishop of Rome, and his Companions


Holy Martyr Censorinus

Synaxarion of Holy Hieromartyr Hippolytus, Bishop of Rome, and his Companions


Holy Martyr Sabainus

Synaxarion of Holy Hieromartyr Hippolytus, Bishop of Rome, and his Companions


Holy Martyr Chryse

Synaxarion of Holy Hieromartyr Hippolytus, Bishop of Rome, and his Companions


Holy Martyr Theophilos the New

Saint Theophilos the New


Saint Bathild, Queen of France and Nun of Chelles

Saint Bathild, Queen of France and Nun of Chelles (+ 680)


Saint Peter I, Tsar of Bulgaria

The Relationship Between a Tsar Peter of Bulgaria and Sant John of Rila


Venerable Zeno the Faster of the Kiev Caves

Saint Zeno the Faster of the Kiev Caves (+ 14th cent.)


Holy New Martyr Theodore the Hatzis of Mytilene

Holy New Martyr Theodore the Hatzis of Mytilene (+ 1784)


Holy New Martyr Dimiter of Sliven

Holy New Martyr Dimiter of Sliven, Bulgaria (+ 1841)


Venerable Pelagia the Fool for Christ of Diveyevo

Saint Pelagia the Fool for Christ of Diveyevo (+ 1884)


Commemoration of the Miracle 
of the Great Martyr George in Zakynthos

Commemoration of the Miracle of the Great Martyr George in Zakynthos in 1688


Commemoration of the Finding in Tinos 
of the Sacred Icon of Panagia Evangelistria

Panagia Evangelistria of Tinos Resource Page


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