{"id":15348,"date":"2025-05-20T09:43:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T13:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=15348"},"modified":"2025-05-20T19:44:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T23:44:44","slug":"orthodox-quote-for-may-25-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=15348","title":{"rendered":"Orthodox Quote for May 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe act of confession transcends the mere disclosure of actions; its essence lies in the contrition of the heart. A person\u2019s detailed account of sin, devoid of genuine remorse, does not constitute true repentance. Confession is not just recounting events; it is a profound sacrament and a divine grace, a process of spiritual cleansing akin to a second baptism as described by some holy fathers. Thus, approaching confession as a mere formality empties it of its sacred purpose.\u201d<br \/>\n(Archpriest Konstantin Lisnyak, \u2018Catalog of Good Deeds\u2019 blog)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15349\" src=\"http:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/prav21-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/prav21-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/prav21-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/prav21-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/prav21.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>25<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe act of confession transcends the mere disclosure of actions; its essence lies in the contrition of the heart. A person\u2019s detailed account of sin, devoid of genuine remorse, does [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orthodox-quotes","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15348"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15350,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15348\/revisions\/15350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}