“But fasting alone is not enough. This we can see in the many present-day sects and so-called religions, where very strict fasts are sometimes practiced. Why then do not the followers of these sects receive the same benefits and God’s grace that we Orthodox can obtain? The answer lies in prayer. Fasting must be combined with prayer: prayer to the one true God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, consubstantial and Undivided Trinity.”
(Vladimir Ivlenko, Orthodox America 1981)