That is also the current practice in the East where married Priests are required to fast from all things for the designated fasting period prior to celebrating the Eucharist, including sexual relations with their wives.
"That is also the current practice in the East where married Priests are required to fast from all things for the designated fasting period prior to celebrating the Eucharist, including sexual relations with their wives."
I was always taught that we all, clergy and laity were supposed to "abstain" from sexual relations during the fasting period before reception of the Eucharist, in theory at least.