TOTAL FAST. What is it? How to keep it & what are the spiritual benefits of total fasting?

What is the Orthodox practice of total fasting? How do you keep it and why would you? What are the spiritual benefits of fasting for a period from all food and water for the love of Christ?
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The video 'Orthodox TOTAL FAST. What is it? How to keep it & what are the spiritual benefits of total fasting?' was recorded by Fr Seraphim Aldea from Mull Monastery (The Orthodox Monastery of All Celtic Saints), on the Isle of Mull, Scotland.

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