Early Christian monasticism had different forms
Стіни й пасовища біля монастиря Святого Антонія,Єгипет,фото Kazazian1930–1931,Dumbarton Oaks; не реконструкціяIVстоліття / Walls and pasture near Saint Anthony’s Monastery,Egypt,Kazazian photograph1930–1931,Dumbarton Oaks; not a fourth-century reconstruction. Credit: Kazazian; CC0. http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=89509549
Egypt was an important center of early Christian monasticism in the late third and fourth centuries. Anthony is associated with eremitic life and Pachomius with organized communal life. This concerns Christianity specifically; other religions’ monastic or ascetic practices have their own histories. One founder or single day does not describe the whole process.