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besides confession to a priest, if i have been attending a schismatic church for some time, and am a orthodox christian who plans on returning to the church, what should i do? not sure if i need to talk to the bishop or what? any ideas?

I was in your exact same shoes. I won't go into the details of my return (since they can vary from person to person depending on the circumstances), but I talked to the priest of the parish that I began attending and we worked it out.
 
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besides confession to a priest, if i have been attending a schismatic church for some time, and am a orthodox christian who plans on returning to the church, what should i do? not sure if i need to talk to the bishop or what? any ideas?

From what I've seen, there's no need to talk to the bishop unless you are clergy. There's one lay person I know where it took one meeting with the priest, Confession, and the person was fully accepted back. Another lay person it took a couple of months before being fully accepted back. Each case is different, not to mention the person's sincerity/humility. So, best thing to do is to pray, talk to the priest at the church you plan on attending, go to Confession, and regularly attend the services there.
 
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