"Hesychasm (Greek: \u1F21\u03C3\u03C5\u03C7\u03B1\u03C3\u03BC\u03CC\u03C2, hesychasmos, from \u1F21\u03C3\u03C5\u03C7\u03AF\u03B1, hesychia, \"stillness, rest, quiet, silence\") is a mystical tradition of prayer in the Eastern Orthodox Church (Gk: \u1F21\u03C3\u03C5\u03C7\u03AC\u03B6\u03C9, hesychazo: \"to keep stillness\") by the Hesychast (Gr."@en .