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 16, 2018

Saints and Feasts of May 16


On the sixteenth Theodore flew away from the earth.

Venerable Theodore the Sanctified
 
 
 
 
 
 
Holy Hieromartyr Alexander, Archbishop of Jerusalem

Holy Hieromartyr Alexander, Archbishop of Jerusalem


Holy Hieromartyr Abdas the Bishop 
and Those Martyred With Him in Persia

Holy Hieromartyr Abdas of Persia and Those Martyred With Him


Holy Martyrs Isaac, Symeon and Bachthisoes

Holy Martyrs Isaac, Symeon and Bachthisoes of Persia


Holy Fathers Slain at the Monastery of Saint Savvas

Holy Fathers Slain at the Monastery of Saint Savvas in 614 A.D.


Holy Martyr Papylinos

Holy Martyr Papylinos


Holy Martyr Peter the Kalyvite at Blachernae

Holy Martyr Peter the Kalyvite at Blachernae


Saint Nicholas Mystikos, Patriarch of Constantinople

Saint Nicholas I Mystikos, Patriarch of Constantinople (+ 925)


Saint Musa of Rome

Saint Musa of Rome


Saint Brendan the Anchorite, 
also known as the Navigator or Voyager

Saint Brendan the Anchorite, also known as the Navigator or Voyager (+ c. 577)


Saint Makarios Notaras, 
the Wonderworker of Myloi in Samos

Saint Makarios Notaras, the Wonderworker of Myloi in Samos

Saint Makarios of Corinth Resource Page


Holy New Martyr Vukasin of Klepci

Holy New Martyr Vukasin of Klepci (+ 1943)


Commemoration of the Consecration of the 
Church of Saint Euphemia Near the Neorion Harbor

Commemoration of Consecration of the Church of Saint Euphemia Near the Neorion Harbor


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