[kawaii]

i know the oca churches in the area are now trying to promote confession (and at a bare minimum general confession) before folks go to communion.

our ROCOR parish is fairly diligent in promoting confession before communion.

it looks to me like in general it was sort of ignored for a while but folks are acknowledging it got a bit out of hand...

[kosta50]

In Serbian churches it is impossible to commune without a confession. That part is observed strictly. In other churches it's a 'mass' communion, like in the Catholic churches.

General confession is something that came out of Russia (I believe it was Kronstadt), probably under Latin influence. It is not an Orthodox practice.

The Communion Prayer is recited (or should be recited) silently by those who are to receive the holy Mysteries only.

In some churches it is used as a General Confession, recited aloud, which is wrong.