sentences:  Among the earliest collections of this kind are the Αποφθέγματα των άγίων γερόντων ("Apophthegmata of Saint Elders", also known as the "Alphabetical Patericon", "Apophthegmata Patrum", "Sayings of the Fathers of the Desert" ("Sayings of the Desert Fathers") ), the "Egyptian Paterikon" ("Historia Monachorum in Aegypto", "History of Monks in Egypt") and Λαυσαϊχόν ("Historia Lausiaca", ) by Palladius - of the 4th century.Various paterica also known in translations into a number of languages (Latin, Slavonic, Coptic, Armenian, etc.