The eighth volume of the series “The Complete Collection of the Works of the Holy Fathers of the Church and Church Writers in Russian Translation” is dedicated to the theological and polemical heritage of St. Athanasius the Great, Archbishop of Alexandria (297–373). This volume contains apologetic, dogmatic-polemical and historical-polemical Works. This edition opens with a foreword by Metropolitan Vladimir of Omsk and Tauride, as well as an article by Prof. MDA A. I. Sidorov and P. K. Dobrotsvetov about the life, work and teachings of St. Afanasia. The appendix contains the work of Hieromonk Kirill (Lopatin) “The Teaching of St. Athanasius the Great about the Holy Trinity (Compared with the teaching on the same subject in the first three centuries).” Texts of the works of St. Athanasius the Great is provided with theological, church-historical and textual commentaries. At the end of the book there is an index of quotations from the Holy Scriptures, as well as personal, geographical and subject indexes.{1}The editors hope that this publication will attract the attention of teachers and students of theological educational institutions and simply a thoughtful Orthodox reader who is not indifferent to the patristic heritage and its integral component - the works of St. Athanasius the Great.* * *With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' ALEXIY II. Under the general editorship of Metropolitan of Omsk and Tauride VLADIMIR. Project leader Professor, Doctor of Church History A. I. SIDOROV