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 10, 2020

Scripture Readings for Weekdays of Great Lent


During the weekdays of Great Lent, Isaiah is read at the Sixth Hour, and Genesis and Proverbs are read at Vespers (or Presanctified Liturgy). No Divine Liturgies are served during the Weekdays of Great Lent, except if the Feast of the Annunciation falls on a weekday.

1st Week

Monday
Isaiah 1:1-20
Genesis 1:1-13
Proverbs 1:1-20

Tuesday
Isaiah 1:19-2:4
Genesis 1:14-23
Proverbs 1:20-33

Wednesday
Isaiah 2:3-11
Genesis 1:24-2:3
Proverbs 2:1-22

Thursday
Isaiah 2:11-21
Genesis 2:4-19
 Proverbs 3:1-18

Friday
Isaiah 3:1-15
Genesis 2:20-3:20
Proverbs 3:19-34

2nd Week

Monday
Isaiah 4:2-5:7
Genesis 3:21-4:7
Proverbs 3:34-4:22

Tuesday
Isaiah 5:7-16
Genesis 4:8-15
Proverbs 5:1-15

Wednesday
Isaiah 5:16-25
Genesis 4:16-26
Proverbs 5:15-6:4

Thursday
Isaiah 6:1-12
Genesis 5:1-24
Proverbs 6:3-20

Friday
Isaiah 7:1-15
Genesis 5:32-6:8
Proverbs 6:20-7:

3rd Week

Monday
Isaiah 8:13-9:7
Genesis 6:9-22
Proverbs 8:1-21

Tuesday
Isaiah 9:9-10:4
Genesis 7:1-5
Proverbs 8:32-9:11

Wednesday
Isaiah 10:12-20
Genesis 7:6-9
Proverbs 9:12-18

Thursday
Isaiah 11:10-12:2
Genesis 7:11-8:3
Proverbs 10:1-22

Friday
Isaiah 13:2-13
Genesis 8:4-21
Proverbs 10:31-11:12

4th Week

Monday
Isaiah 14:24-32
Genesis 8:21-9:7
Proverbs 11:19-12:6

Tuesday
Isaiah 25:1-9
Genesis 9:8-17
Proverbs 12:8-22

Wednesday
Isaiah 26:21-27:9
Genesis 9:18-10:1
Proverbs 12:23-13:9

Thursday
Isaiah 28:14-22
Genesis 10:32-11:9
Proverbs 13:19-14:6

Friday
Isaiah 29:13-23
Genesis 12:1-7
Proverbs 14:15-26

5th Week

Monday
Isaiah 37:33-38:6
Genesis 13:12-18
Proverbs 14:27-15:4

Tuesday
Isaiah 40:18-31
Genesis 15:1-15
Proverbs 15:7-19

Wednesday
Isaiah 41:4-14
Genesis 17:1-9
Proverbs 15:20-16:9

Thursday
Isaiah 42:5-16
Genesis 18:20-33
Proverbs 16:17-17:17

Friday
Isaiah 45:11-17
Genesis 22:1-18
Proverbs 17:17-18:5

6th Week

Monday
Isaiah 48:17-49:4
Genesis 27:1-41
Proverbs 19:16-25

Tuesday
Isaiah 49:6-11
Genesis 31:3-16
Proverbs 21:3-21

Wednesday
Isaiah 58:1-12
Genesis 43:26-31; 45:1-16
Proverbs 21:23-22:4

Thursday
Isaiah 65:8-17
Genesis 46:1-7
Proverbs 23:15-24:5

Friday
Isaiah 66:10-24
Genesis 49:33-50:26
Proverbs 31:8-31


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