From the Orthodox view repentance is important part of self-improvement. Repentance is just an acknowlegement of your own mistakes. It sometimes very hard to do for people. F.e. vaxxers nearly physically can't acknowledge that they was fooled by BigPharma and did the wrong thing. And if they eventually don't repent for believing BigPharma and don't stop doing it in future, they will have no chance to improve their physical lives. Same with spiritual part of human being. Simple as that.

From the Orthodox view repentance is important part of self-improvement. Repentance is just an acknowlegement of your own mistakes. It sometimes very hard to do for people. F.e. vaxxers nearly physically can't acknowledge that they was fooled by BigPharma and did the wrong thing. And if they eventually don't repent, they will have no chance to improve their lives. Same with spiritual part of human being. Simple as that.