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Orthodox Terminology
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AKEDIA - (in Latin, accidie) is literally fatigue or exhaustion, but in technical usage refers to the spiritual and physical lethargy which can plague those pursuing the eremetic life. The reference in Psalm 90 (91 MT) to the "demon of noonday" is traditionally identified as akedia. It can take the form of listlessness, dispersion of thoughts, or being inattentively immersed in useless activity.
 

The Sayings of the Fathers

A small but persistent discipline is a great force; for a soft drop tailing persistently, hollows out hard rock. - Pearls from Saint Isaac of Syria
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