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 heresyThe 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.