France – near the beaches of Normandy

“Repentance is the door through which we enter Lent, the starting point of our journey to Pascha.  And to repent signifies far more than self pity or futile regret over things done in the past.  The Greek term “metanoia” means “change of mind” : to repent is to be renewed, to be transformed our inward viewpoint, to attain a fresh way of looking at our relationship to God and others.”

Bishop Kallistos

The Inner Unity of the Lenten Triodion : The Triodion