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repentance is the beginning of a Christian new life, or Christian new being - being in Christ. And so the Gospel began with the words of St. John the Baptist: Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven has approached (Matt. 3: 2). And the first words of Christ after baptism were: repent and believe in the Gospel (Mark 1: 15). But in our time you can raise the question: why is repentance needed? From a social point of view, there is no reason to talk about repentance. Of course, there is some semblance of repentance, especially in the countries of Eastern totalitarianism, for example, when someone retreated from the party’s line, he is offered “repentance”, or when the party leaders themselves retreat from their original plan, but this is not called repentance , and some kind of “reform” or “perestroika”. There is no actual repentance. Who watched the movie Abuladze