Fasting

Voluntary abstinence from foods, passions, and self-will to cultivate watchfulness, repentance, and charity.

About this path

Practices that purify the heart and guard the mind in Christ.

More from the Ascetic and Spiritual Life track.

Daily pattern of psalms, the Jesus Prayer, and intercessions developed with guidance from a spiritual father or mother.

Monastic practice of disclosing logismoi to a spiritual guide for healing and humility.

Inner stillness achieved through repentance, unceasing prayer, and the guarding of the heart.