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Confession may be heard in any secluded part of the church, usually before a cross or an icon of Christ to remind us by whose power our sins are forgiven. At the time of absolution the priest places the two ends of his stole, the sign of Christ’s priesthood, on the penitent’s head and recites the prayer of absolution.
