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Is there a distinction we could make between the terms for "the priest who is hearing confession" and "the Orthodox Christian who is confessing" rather than use "confessor" for each? When I hear "confessor" I think of the priest, as in "Father-Confessor." Are there variances between traditions? —[[User:Magda|<b>magda</b>]] ([[User_talk:Magda|talk]]) 15:55, May 24, 2006 (CDT)
== Secrecy ==
It would seem that the "seal of the confessional", i.e., the confidentiality pertaining to the content of one's confession, has not always been considered absolute in all of Orthodoxy. I seem to recall that, under the czars, a priest was required to report if a penitent confessed to trying to kill the czar. --[[User:Fr Lev|Fr Lev]] 17:59, June 4, 2009 (UTC)
