Древний Патерик

This is the famous ABC Patericon (Sayings of the Fathers, Patrum Apoftegmata or Gerontikon, or finally just Paterik), but did not set out on the staff and thematically. One of the central books of the Church, which incorporates the experience of the great ascetics. Nikaya another book (except the Bible) is not rewritten by Christians as often as Paterik. This meeting is extremely simple, concise words. Available all Paterik recalls the very foundations of Christian ethics - written by the fire of the Spirit, Paterik contains the greatest of His revelation. Ancient Paterik - in fact a number of his short stories or sayings of the Desert Fathers. Interestingly, these fathers - almost all Copts (native inhabitants of Egypt), often simply ignorant - but just wanted to get them the best representatives of the ancient intellectuals. Hausher researcher vostochnohristiasnkoy spirituality wrote znachanie Paterik: "If we study the history of spirituality or spiritual life of the Church, see that each time the Church comes a spiritual rebirth, the desert fathers are again relevant, either as a result of this revival, either as its cause, or a combination of both. "