Mortal Sin

[mardukm]

I have heard that the Eastern beliefe is that Hell and Purgatory are the same, implying that a damned soul may, after some time of suffering, may still have the oportunity to repent. Is this true or untrue?

No Eastern or Oriental Church (nor the Western Church) teaches that repentance can occur after physical death. What occurs is that the graces of our prayers, suffrages, holy acts/sacrifices (especially the Holy Sacrifice) can in some unknown way benefit those in the afterlife who have need of it.

Blessings,
Marduk