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.



April 18, 2018

Saints and Feasts of April 18


On the eighteenth John was seen dead.

Venerable John, Disciple of Saint Gregory of Decapolis

Saint John, Disciple of the Saint Gregory of Decapolis


Holy Martyr Savvas the General and Goth

Holy Martyr Savvas the General and Goth (+ 372)


Venerable Kosmas the Confessor, Bishop of Chalcedon

Synaxarion of Saint Kosmas the Confessor, Bishop of Chalcedon


Venerable Athanasia of Aegina the Wonderworker

Saint Athanasia of Aegina the Wonderworker


Venerable Matthew

Saint Athanasia of Aegina the Wonderworker


Saint Akakios, Bishop of Meletine

Saint Akakios, Bishop of Meletine (+ 438)


Venerable Naukratios the Confessor and Studite

Saint Naukratios the Studite (+ 847)


Holy New Martyr John the Tailor of Ioannina

Holy New Martyr John the Tailor of Ioannina (+ 1546)

Saint John of Ioannina as a Model for our Lives


Holy New Martyr Tounom the Emir

Saint Tounom the Emir (+ 1579)

Regarding the Column That Was Split By the Holy Fire in 1579


Holy Hieromartyr Cyril VI, Patriarch of Constantinople 
 
 
 

Synaxis of the Maximov Icon of the Mother of God

Synaxis of the Maximov Icon of the Mother of God


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