Repentance, Holy Communion, Confession

Summary

Dimitrios Panagopoulos warns that concealing one known grave sin in confession leaves the penitent unabsolved, using 1 John 1:8, John 20:22-23, Matthew 3:2, and Matthew 27:51. He describes Satan's strategy as first preventing confession and then, if that fails, persuading the person to hide one mortal sin. A patristic parable of a woman, snakes seen leaving and returning to her mouth, and her death is joined to an incident at Panagia Trypiti in Aigio, where a demon is said to have exposed unconfessed sin. The homily interprets sin as a barrier symbolized by the torn Temple veil, and urges written examination of conscience and full confession without shame.