Mystery of Repentance (Confession)
Sins Against God and the Church
Renouncing God or falling away from the Orthodox
faith.
Scepticism and doubt regarding the veracity of the
BibleÁ-?s and ChurchÁ-?s teachings Á-¦ her canons, legality
and correctness of the clergy, the truth of the Church
Services and the Mysteries of the Church, and the
authority of the holy fathersÁ-? writings.
Little faith and doubt are products of a spiritually
lacking upbringing, or the assimilation of materialistic,
"eastern" or heretical teachings, or simply from being
overburdened with lifeÁ-?s anxieties. "Empty" doubts
are distinct from little faith as they are usually brought
about through lack of understanding of one truth or
another.
Heresy and superstition. Heresy is a false religious
teaching that has been rejected by the Church, yet has
pretensions to Christian truth. It often springs from
ignorance and pride Á-¦ extravagant dependence on
oneÁ-?s personal intellect and experience. More destruc-
tive interests that are alien to the Christian teachings
are: occultism, eastern mysticism, theosophy, spiritual-
ism, extrasensory, personal perspicacity, ability to heal
through incantations and conjurations etc.
Superstition in its various beliefs emanates from pa-
ganism and sorcery (magic, witchcraft, fortune-telling,
symbols). These include national beliefs, customs and
symbols that are associated with Church Feast days,
and days commemorating specific Saints, as well as
utilising holy church items and even the Sacraments
toward blasphemously magic purposes. Superstitions
are weeds in a spiritual meadow that smother spiritual
offshoots and true faith. Fastening themselves like
parasites on a personÁ-?s soul, they devour its energy,
warp the true spiritual path and cloak ChristÁ-?s Truth.
Superstitions foster spiritual illiteracy and blind faith
in "ancient" (in reality pagan) traditions.
All these sins and problems of the mind are treated
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