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 2, 2018

Saints and Feasts of May 2


On the second Athanasius was stripped 
of his corpse in the sepulcher.

Translation of the Sacred Relic of our Holy Father 
Athanasius the Great, Archbishop of Alexandria

Synaxarion for the Translation of the Relic of Saint Athanasius the Great

Translation of the Sacred Relic of Saint Athanasius the Great: Epistle and Gospel Reading

Saint Athanasius the Great Resource Page


Holy Martyrs Hesperus and Zoe 
with their children Kyriakos and Theodoulos

Saints Hesperus, Zoe, Kyriakos and Theodoulos as Models for our Lives


Venerable Jordan the Wonderworker

Venerable Jordan the Wonderworker


Saint Savvas, Bishop of Dafnousia

Saint Savvas, Bishop of Dafnousia


Holy Prince Boris-Michael, 
Equal to the Apostles and Enlightener of Bulgaria

Holy Prince Boris-Michael, Enlightener of Bulgaria (+ 907)


Saint Athanasios Patellarios the Sitter, 
Patriarch of Constantinople 
and Wonderworker of Lubensk

Saint Athanasios Patellarios of Lubensk and His Seated Relics

Miracles of Saint Athanasios the Sitter, Patriarch of Constantinople


Venerable Matrona the Blind of Moscow
 
 
 
 
 
Translation of the Sacred Relics of the 
Holy Passionbearers Boris and Gleb

Translation of the Sacred Relics of the Holy Passionbearers Boris and Gleb


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