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 14, 2018

Saints and Feasts of February 14


On the fourteenth Auxentios shed this life.

Venerable Auxentios of the Mountain

Saint Auxentios of the Mountain (+ 470)


Venerable Maron
 
 
 
 
Venerable Abraham, Bishop of Carrhae

Saint Abraham, Bishop of Carrhae

Venerable Abraham of Cyrus as a Model for our Lives


Saint Philemon, Bishop of Gaza

Saint Philemon, Bishop of Gaza


Holy Hieromartyr Valentine, Presbyter of Rome

Saint Valentine Resource Page


Holy Hieromartyr Valentine, Bishop of Interamna

Holy Hieromartyr Valentine, Bishop of Interamna

Saint Valentine Resource Page


Holy Twelve Greeks Who Built 
the Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves

12 Greeks Who Built the Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves


Venerable Isaac the Recluse and Fool for Christ 
of the Kiev Caves

Saint Isaac the Recluse and Fool for Christ of the Kiev Caves (+ 1090)


Holy New Martyr Nicholas of Ichthys in Corinth

Holy Newly-Revealed New Martyr Nicholas of Ichthys in Corinth (+ 1554)

The Church of Saint Nicholas of Ichthys in Psari of Corinth


Holy New Venerable Martyr Damian of Philotheou
 
 
Holy New Martyr George the Tailor, 
Also Called Paizan, of Mytilene
 
 
 
Venerable Auxentios of Mount Katirli
 
Saint Auxentios of Mount Katirli (+ 1757)

 
Holy Hieroschemamonk Hilarion the New of Georgia

Saint Hilarion the New of Georgia (+ 1864)


Holy New Hieromartyr Nicholas of Trebizond

Holy New Hieromartyr Nicholas of Trebizond (+ 1920)


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