Feelings of guilt interfere with lifetranslated

Does guilt interfere with your life? Why, even after confession, do we continue to suffer because of our sins? How to achieve Christian repentance and not fall into self-flagellation?

You come to Church to become closer to God. You pray, confess, try to live according to the commandments. But instead of joy, you increasingly feel shame and dissatisfaction with yourself. And then the question arises: does Orthodoxy really teach a person to constantly feel guilty?

Our reader contacted the editors of the Foma magazine with this problem. In the new episode of the Orthodox podcast “Fathers Speak,” Archpriests Maxim Pervozvansky and Fyodor Borodin will discuss:

Why do Orthodox Christians so often feel guilty? Should a believer be constantly dissatisfied with himself?

What is the difference between repentance, healthy guilt, and destructive self-judgment?

What to do if you commit the same sins again?

Can guilt have spiritual benefits?

Why do we sometimes begin to judge others, so that at least against their background we don’t feel bad?

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00:00 — Letter from a reader: why does Orthodoxy cultivate feelings of guilt? 00:54 —…