These things offered protection against the weather and enemies but also assured having food available during trips.   Most ...

He was also very edified by a visit to a dependency of this monastery, called "The Prison," where monks who had gravely sinned lived in extreme ascesis and gave extraordinary proofs of repentance, ...

The savings per month will be substantial. We aren’t suggesting that you take an ascesis and don’t spend at all, but some of the spending on entertainment can be reduced. For example, skip one of the ...

He was also very edified by a visit to a dependency of this monastery, called "The Prison," where monks who had gravely sinned lived in extreme ascesis and gave extraordinary proofs of repentance, ...

Training is virtuous askesis, rendering one's way of life admirable. Ascesis is practice, meditation, training, self-control, love of labor. Fasting. Fasting is an ordinance of the Church, obliging ...

He then departed to found a hermitage in the area of Beroea, where he practiced an even stricter ascesis than before. For five days of the week he remained alone, fasting, keeping vigil and praying ...