The first book includes the following works of St. Maximus the Confessor: - a discourse on the ascetic life; - chapters on love; - an epistle to John Cubicularius on love; - mystagogy; - an interpretation of the Lord's Prayer; - to Theopemptus Scholasticus...;- interpretation of Psalm 59; - chapters on theology and the economy of the incarnation of the Son of God; - various theological and economic chapters; - ten chapters on virtue and vice. The introductory article “St. Maximus the Confessor: era, life, creativity” was compiled by a translator and author of commentaries on the works Rev. Maxim - Candidate of Historical Sciences, Candidate of Theology, Doctor of Church History, Professor Alexey Ivanovich Sidorov.