"retreat"

[Janneke van de Stadt]

>    Could you explain what your student understands by "retreat," and then it
>might be easier to express that activity even if such an activity is not
found
> in
>the practice of the Orthodox Church.

What my student means by a retreat, and I believe this is what is generally
understood, is a trip, usually to a secluded place, to deal with or discuss
anything from a general topic to a specific issue. In the case of church
retreats, it also involves prayer, meditation, or quite reflection.

Janneke

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