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==See also==
 
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*[[Repentance]]
 
*[[Repentance]]
*[[Compunction]]
 
  
 
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*[http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article8493.asp Repentance and Confession] by John Chryssavgis at the [[GOARCH]] website
 
*[http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article8493.asp Repentance and Confession] by John Chryssavgis at the [[GOARCH]] website
 
*[[Wiktionary:Metanoia|''Metanoia'' at Wiktionary]]
 
*[[Wiktionary:Metanoia|''Metanoia'' at Wiktionary]]

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Metanoia (Greek μετάνοια) means a "change of heart," or, more literally, "after perception," tying it closely to the idea of repentance.

Metanoia is also another name for a prostration, with the idea that the physical movement of prostration is an indication of an internal reorientation to follow Christ.

"[Metanoia] involves, that is, not mere regret of past evil but a recognition by man of a dar­kened vision of his own condition, in which sin, by sepa­rating him from God, has reduced him to a divided, auto­nomous existence, depriving him of both his natural glory and freedom."[1]


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