The purpose of confession, Repentence, is to confess your sins to the Lord and ask for forgiveness. People usually confess to a Parish Priest. Because people are not perfect they will sin at some point or another, when this happens all that is required from god is to admit your sin and learn from it. Before repenting the person usually will pray, and recite/reflect, on the 10 Commandments. Annonimity for confessors is extremely important for the churches credibility and any Priest who breaks this secrecy will be kicked out of the church, and his reputation will be ruined. It's also very important for the church to have the confessing know that repentence is not just an apology, but is supposed to be able to start over and learn from your sins through Christ.
http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article8493.asp
http://orthodoxwiki.org/Confession#Preparing_for_Confession
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