Creations of the Ancient Ascetic Fathers

Book excerpt: “Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice. https://vidjambov.blogspot.com/2023/01/book-inventory-vladimir-djambov-talmach.html First among them – the works of St. Ammon – direct student and successor of Anthony the Great Serapion Tmuit – Companion of St. Athanasius the Great in his struggle against the Arian heresy The Conversations of Macarius of Egypt are the most precious monuments of ancient monastic writing; the Great Epistle, one of the main and most interesting works of St. Macarius, remained unknown in its entirety until recently to both specialists and a wide range of readers; Message to the children of God. Stefan Thebaid – Virtually no information has been preserved about Stefan himself, although at one time he was, apparently, a well-known and highly respected ascetic. The place of his exploits was Egypt, in a very broad chronological framework of the 5th – 6th centuries [or (end of the 4th – beginning of the 5th c.) – because this author’s worldview is quite– archaic]. Gregory of Nyssa – About the purpose [of life] according to God and true asceticism Exhortation to ascetics– by a certain– Iperechius (intended for ascetics living together in a city and not yet had a clear organization.) Some of the sayings of Iperechius were included in various editions of the Ancient Patericon.