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Hesychasm
Hesychasm
(,
hesychasmos
, from ,
hesychia
, "stillness, rest, quiet, silence") is a
mystical
tradition of
prayer
in the
Eastern Orthodox Church
(Gk: ,
hesychazo
: "to keep stillness") by the
Hesychast
(Gr. ,
hesychastes
).
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