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.



May 11, 2018

Saints and Feasts of May 11


On the eleventh the head of gentle-minded Mokios was cut off.

Holy Hieromartyr Mokios
 
 
 
Commemoration of the Birthday, namely the 
Dedication of the God-Protected and God-Magnified Constantinople, 
which is especially dedicated to the Protection 
of our All-Immaculate Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, 
and which has been Preserved by Her

Synaxarion for the Dedication of Constantinople

The Founding of Constantinople (May 11, 330)

Constantine and the Founding of Constantinople

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on the Birthday of Constantinople

"I am a Wall, and My Breasts Like Towers": The Theotokos as Protectress of Constantinople

The Different Names of Constantinople (Istanbul)

A Hymn to the City of Constantinople (St. Nikolai Velimirovich)


Holy Martyr Dioskoros the New

Holy Martyr Dioskoros the New


Saints Cyril and Methodios, Enlighteners of the Slavs

Saints Cyril and Methodios Resource Page


Saint Rastislav, Prince of Great Moravia

Saint Rastislav, Prince of Great Moravia (+ 870)


Holy Martyr Armodios

Holy Martyr Armodios


Venerable Sophrony the Recluse of the Kiev Caves

Saint Sophrony the Recluse of the Kiev Caves


Saint Nikodim, Archbishop of Serbia

Saint Nikodim, Archbishop of Serbia (+ 1325)


Holy Venerable Martyrs Olympia and 
Euphrosyne of Karyes in Mytilene
 

The Glorious Martyrdom and Extraordinary Revelation of Saints Olympia and Euphrosyne of Karyes in Mytilene


Holy Hieromartyr Joseph, Metropolitan of Astrakhan

Holy Hieromartyr Joseph, Metropolitan of Astrakhan (+ 1672)


Venerable Christopher of Georgia, 
also called Christesia

Saint Christopher of Georgia, also called Christesia (+ 1771)


Holy New Martyr Argyrios of Thessaloniki
 
 
 
Venerable Dionysios of Kolitsou 
 
 
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