Four Egyptian deserts. According to the Coptic fragments of "Lavsaika"

Like many well -known creations of antiquity, Lavsaik (420), Bishop of Palladium, has a very difficult story, as evidenced by the Coptic fragments of the work proposed in the book “Four Egyptian Deserts”. In addition to scientific value, these unique texts are of great interest with a cognitive and spiritual point of view, as it contains many details that have disappeared from the Lavsaika editorial office. First of all, this is information about the Monk Pamve Nitrian, the Monk of Macarius of the Egyptian (great), the Monk of Macaria Alexandria and about Abba Evagria.

The book proposed for the reader first contains fragments that have been scattered for a long time on various various times Specialized publications remained in connection with this inaccessible. The book was prepared by Schiarchimandrite Gabriel (Bunga) and Hieromonk Adalber (de Vogue) in order to present to specialists who are monks, as well as to all those who are interested in the monastic life, portraits of ascetics of the Egyptian desert.