Chapter

 1 1| Christianity by Constantine the Great. ~ Monasticism is a way
 2 1|        marriage is honorable, a great sacrament, but it is an
 3 2|      desert life was Antony the Great (d. 356), whose life was
 4 2|      and love by Athanasius the Great. He lived in the wilderness
 5 2|       esteem of Constantine the Great, who frequently sought his
 6 2|        perceived by some of the great ascetic personalities, who
 7 3|         chief work of Basil the Great the (d. 378), bishop of
 8 4|         became renowned. Later, great lavras were established
 9 4|   Sanctified, and Euthymius the Great. ~ Ascetics appeared in
10 4|         also reached Syria. The great hymnographer and theologian
11 4|      the right to found there a great lavra, which he did. Within
12 4|    Russia, the starsti, enjoyed great renown, and innumerable
13 5|        quality and are still in great demand, especially their
14 5|       systematized by Basil the Great. After his time a monastery
15 5|        on the rule of Basil the Great, did not succeed, because