The book offered to the reader’s attention is by far the most complete collection of the works of the greatest ascetic of the 3rd–4th centuries - St. Anthony the Great. The collection is accompanied by the life of Anthony the Great, compiled by his disciple, St. Athanasius of Alexandria, as well as short lives of the saint’s disciples (Macarius the Great, Macarius of Alexandria, Ammon of Nitria, Paul the Simple, Hilarion the Great and others) and some other materials on the history of ancient monasticism. The collection is provided with comments.