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.



February 10, 2018

Saints and Feasts of February 10


On the tenth, Haralambos, you were decapitated at the neck.

Holy Hieromartyr Haralambos the Wonderworker

Saint Haralambos Resource Page


Holy Martyrs Porphyrios and Baptos

Saint Haralambos Resource Page


Holy Three Female Martyrs

Saint Haralambos Resource Page


Holy Martyrs Ennatha, Valentina and Paul

Holy Martyrs Ennatha, Valentina and Paul of Caesarea


Saint Anastasios, Archbishop of Constantinople

Anastasios "of Constantinople": An Iconoclast Saint?


Venerable Zeno the Letter Carrier

Saint Zeno the Letter Carrier of Caesarea

Saint Zeno the Letter Carrier as a Model for our Lives


Saint Scholastica of Nursia, Sister of Saint Benedict

Saint Scholastica of Nursia, Sister of Saint Benedict


Holy Princess Anna of Novgorod

Holy Princess Anna of Novgorod (+ 1051)


Saint Prochorus the Pigweed-Eater of the Kiev Caves

Saint Prochorus the Pigweed-Eater of the Kiev Caves (+ 1107)


Saint John Chimchimeli the Philosopher

Saint John Chimchimeli the Philosopher


Saint Longinus of Koryazhemsk

Saint Longinus of Koryazhemsk (+ 1540)


Saint Ioannikios, 
Father Confessor of the Dormition Holy Mountain

Saint Ioannikios, Father Confessor of the Dormition Holy Mountain Hermitage (+ 1882)

Saint Ioannikios as a 19th Century Russian Exorcist


Commemoration of our Most Holy Lady 
the Theotokos the Areovindos

The Theotokos Areovindos (Fire-Appearing)


Commemoration of the Deliverance of Zakynthos 
from the Plague by Saint Haralambos (1728)

Commemoration of the Deliverance of Zakynthos from the Plague by Saint Haralambos in 1728


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