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 1, 2020

The Relics of Saint Tryphon the Wonderworker


1. A portion of the skull is at Xenophontos Monastery on the Holy Mountain.

2. A portion of the skull is at the Metropolis of Arta.

3. A portion of the skull is at Mega Spelaion Monastery in Kalavryta.

4. A portion of the skull is at Zoodochos Pege Monastery in Andros.

5. A portion of the right arm is at Konstamonitou Monastery on the Holy Mountain.

6. A portion of the right arm is at Vatopaidi Monastery on the Holy Mountain.

7. The right hand is at Prousos Monastery in Eurytania.

8. A portion of the right arm and nine other portions of the Saint are at Pantocrator Monastery on the Holy Mountain.

9. An upper part of the arm is at the Skete of Frasinei in Romania.

10. A portion of the hand is at the Metropolis of Thebes.

11. A heel is at Dionysiou Monastery on the Holy Mountain.

12. A portion of the right foot is at Panteleimon Monastery on the Holy Mountain.

13. Portions can also be found at the Monasteries Kornopholias in Evros, Goumenissa in Kilkis, Venerable Dionysios in Litochorou, Theotokiou in Arta, Dormition of the Theotokos in Ligovitsiou of Aitoloakarnania, Ampelakiotissa in Nafpaktos, Sagmata in Boiotia, Penteli in Attica, Ntaou Penteli in Attica, Saint Theodosios in Argos, Chrysopege in Dibres Ilias, Voulkanou in Messenia, and in Koutloumousiou, Karakalou and Docheiariou of the Holy Mountain. Also in the Church of Saint Kosmas Aitolos in Nea Philadelphia, the Skete of the Honorable Forerunner in Beroia, Saint Dionysios in Olympus, Saint Tryphon in Pallini, and the Church of the Holy Cross and Basil the Great in Bucharest.








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