Pope Shenouda III
 
Repentance and newness of life
  What we call in Orthodoxy 'repentance' is  frequently called by our Protestant brethren ‘newness of life’, ‘renewal’ or ‘salvation’. Some Protestants ask one  another: “Have you been renewed? Have you been saved? Have you  experienced newness of life?” And all they mean is the act of  repentance; no more, no less.
  In the Orthodox concept, all these expressions: Crenewal', 'newness of life' and 'salvation' are  completed in the Sacrament of Baptism, but repentance is a process of  change in man's way of life.