CONFESSION OF THE NEW BEGINNER
Before confession, everyone should try to bring to memory all their sins. You need to carefully and strictly follow your life in order to remember not only the sins committed after the last confession, but also old ones, not confessed out of oblivion.
And then take paper and a pen, and write down all your personal sins on a sheet according to the patterns and examples (or by association with them) below. Moreover, trying to name their sins literally in one word, so as not to think and save the time of the confessing priest. For example, remembering all the cases of your theft, designate them with one word: “stealed” (but at the same time keep in mind every single episode of theft that was remembered this time). And all cases of fornication (which in no case, unlike other sins, can be remembered in detail), write in one word "fornication" or "changed." And so on and so forth.
Confess your sins frankly, remembering that you tell them not to a person, but to God Himself, who already knows your sins, but wants your repentance for them. And one should not be ashamed of a priest: he is only a witness to your repentance and knows well that we are all servile and easily subject to sin.
Confess each type of sin separately and in no case in general words and phrases: sinful, guilty, and the like. St. Chrysostom says: “Not only must he say: “I have sinned,” or “I am a sinner,” but he must also express all kinds of sins. “The discovery of sins,” says St. Basil the Great, “is subject to the same rule as the declaration bodily ailments to the doctor." A sinner is a spiritually ill person, and a priest, or rather the Lord, who receives confession, is a doctor: open your sores before Him and you will receive healing.
Do not try to justify yourself in confession in any way: circumstances, weakness, etc.
Confess your sins with the firm hope that they will certainly be forgiven you. The Apostle John the Theologian writes: “If we say that we have no sin, then we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. But if we confess our sins, then He, being faithful and just, will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness!”
And before confession at home, read your own personal list of sins two or three times and, clearly and correctly baptized at every mention of the perfect, ask the Lord to let them go and pray to God to help us correct ourselves and sin no more.
We must also think about how to correct our lifestyle, become better, do more good. On the eve of Communion and before the Liturgy, one should read with heartfelt tenderness the prayers set before Communion. These prayers can be found in the prayer book. To the prescribed prayers, you should add your petitions to God.
Come to confession with contrition of heart, with the consciousness of your guilt, with pain in your heart that you have sinned a lot. Remember how the Lord, by His Providence, His goodness, His sovereign Right Hand, stopped you, led you away from sin, and you put aside His Right Hand, did not listen to His law, did not heed His warnings and stubbornly sinned and sinned ...
And if you do not have such a repentant consciousness and sorrow, then bring to the Lord at least the sad consciousness of this impenitence of yours. Repent to God in this. You have sinned, but you do not know how to repent - so at least confess it contritely, the Lord will not reject this humble repentance and will grant you His grace.
The Holy Fathers tell us that, at the time of repentance, the true penitent confesses everything and at the same time makes a promise to the Lord to correct his life. Here we are great sinners, and we have an uncountable number of sins, but for this a person is given time to fast, for this the Church calls him to intense prayer and fasting, so that he, having concentrated, sorted out his soul and, having seen, realized his main sin, their main weakness - and almost everyone has it.
The Church calls him to intense prayer and fasting, so that he, having concentrated, understands his soul and, having seen it, realizes his main sin, his main weakness - and almost everyone has it.
During fasting, you need to be aware of what burdens and binds your soul most of all, so that when your spiritual father asks you what you are most sinful about, you can immediately answer.
At the same time, one should never doubt that no matter how great our sins are, no matter how hard we fall, but if we sincerely and contritely confess, the Lord Who said: "He who comes to Me I will not cast out," and he will not cast us out and grant us mercy and forgiveness. Amen.
I confess to you the Lord my God and before you, honest father, all my sins that I have committed to this day and hour in deed, word, thought:
sinned indifference to God, non-observance of God's commandments, holidays, fasts, prayer rules and other church institutions, contempt and evasion of the help of St. Temple and those in need.
sinned false shame to show oneself as a Christian, distraction during prayer, careless and incorrect making of the sign of the cross (points of the Cross: the center of the forehead is the navel, the right shoulder is the left shoulder, while the point on the left shoulder should NEVER be lower than the point on the right!) , skipping services and negligence.
sinned lack of frankness at confession, inattention to divine services, sermons, to reading spiritual books and negligence for one's own salvation.
sinned doubts in faith, superstitious prejudices, visits to fortune-tellers, psychics, sorcerers, fortune-telling and gambling.
sinned bitterness, disobedience, murmuring, contradiction, self-will, reproaches, slander, lies and laughter.
sinned idle talk, condemnation, flattery, disobedience, insulting neighbors, foul language, disrespect for parents, neglect of the needs of the family, neglect of children in the law of God.
sinned daydreaming, delighting in sinful thoughts, passionate glances, masturbation, seductive behavior, breach of chastity, adultery, indecency and fornication.
sinned gloomy thoughts, despondency, relaxation, despair, suicidal thoughts and grumbling.
sinned cunning, covetousness, deceit, malevolence, resentment, recklessness, treachery, implacability, retention of debts, theft and stinginess.
sinned pride, vanity, self-praise, enmity, ambition, vindictiveness, hatred, strife, intrigues, swearing and pretense.
sinned mockery, revenge, the use of stimulants, smoking and drunkenness.
sinned the acquisition of unnecessary things, greed, unmercifulness, envy, anger, slander, insolence, carelessness and irritability.
sinned gluttony, in general excess in drinking and food, laziness, wasting time in front of the TV, watching vulgar films and listening to violent and exciting music.
sinned deed, word, thought, sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch - all my feelings of soul and body.
Not listed here, but remembered sins should also be told to the confessor.
Sins confessed and resolved earlier do not need to be mentioned at confession, because they have already been forgiven, but if we repeated them again, then we need to repent of them again. It is also necessary to repent of those sins that were forgotten, but are now remembered.
Speaking of sins, one should not mention the names of other persons who are accomplices in sin. They must repent for themselves.
I confess to the Lord God Almighty, in the Holy Trinity, glorified and worshiped by the Father and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, about all my sins.
I confess that I was conceived in sins, born in sins, brought up in sins, and from Baptism itself to this time living in sins.
I confess that I have sinned against all the commandments of God with little faith and unbelief, doubt and free opinion, superstition, divination, arrogance, negligence, despair in my salvation, hope in myself and people more than in God.
Forgetting about the justice of God and lack of sufficient devotion to the will of God.
Disobedience to the orders of God's Providence.
A stubborn desire for everything to be "my way."
Human pleasing and passionate love for creatures.
Not trying to reveal in yourself the full knowledge of God and His will, faith in Him, reverence for Him, fear of Him, hope in Him, love for Him and zeal for His glory.
Sinned: enslaving oneself to passions: voluptuousness, greed, pride, self-love, vanity, servility to the spirit of the times, worldly customs against conscience, in violation of the commandments of God, lust, gluttony, delicacy, overeating, drunkenness.
Sinned: swearing, false oaths, breaking oaths, failure to fulfill vows, forcing others to swearing, swearing, disrespect for holiness and piety, blasphemy against God, against saints and against every holy thing, blasphemy, blasphemy, calling on the Name of God in vain, in bad deeds, desires, jokes and fun.
Sinned: disrespect for the holidays and activities that humiliate the honor of the holidays, irreverent standing in church, talking and laughing, laziness in prayer and in reading the Holy Scriptures, abandoning morning and evening prayers, concealing sins in confession, not trying to properly prepare for the communion of the Holy Mysteries, disrespect to sacred objects and careless depiction of the sign of the cross on oneself, non-observance of fasts according to the charter of the Church, laziness to work and unscrupulous performance of assigned work and deeds on duty, wasting a lot of time in vain, in idleness, absent-mindedness.
Sinned: disrespect for parents and superiors, disrespect for elders, spiritual shepherds and teachers.
Sinned: useless anger, insulting neighbors, hatred, harming neighbors, enmity, rancor, temptation, advice to sin, arson, not saving a person from death, poisoning, killing (children in the womb) or advice to this.
Sinned: carnal sins - fornication, adultery, voluptuousness, passionate kisses, impure touch, looking at beautiful faces with lust.
Sinned: foul language, indulgence in impure dreams, arbitrary lustful irritation, marital intemperance on fasts, Sundays and holidays, incest in spiritual and carnal kinship, excessive panache with a desire to please and seduce others.
Sinned: theft, appropriation of another's property, deceit, concealment of a found thing, acceptance of someone else's thing, failure to pay a debt for false reasons, obstruction in the benefits of others, parasitism, covetousness, sacrilege, lack of compassion for the unfortunate, unmercifulness towards the poor, stinginess, wastefulness, luxury, game in cards, in general, a disorderly life, bark-covetousness, infidelity, injustice, hardness of heart.
Sinned: false denunciation and testimony in court, slander and denigration of the good name of the neighbor and his honor, disclosure of other people's sins and weaknesses, suspicion, doubt in the honor of the neighbor, condemnation, double-mindedness, gossip, ridicule, witticisms, lies, slyness, deceit, hypocritical treatment of others , flattery, groveling before the highest in office and having advantages and power; talkativeness and idle talk.
I have not: straightforwardness, sincerity, simplicity, fidelity, truthfulness, respectfulness, gravity, caution in words, prudent silence, protection and protection of the honor of others.
Sinned: bad desires and thoughts, envy, mental adultery (lust), selfish and proud thoughts and desires, selfishness and carnal pleasure.
I have not: love, abstinence, chastity, modesty in words and deeds, purity of heart, selflessness, non-acquisitiveness, generosity, mercy, humble wisdom, I generally do not diligently worry about eradicating a sinful disposition in myself and asserting myself in virtues.
Sinned: despondency, sadness, sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch, unclean lust and all my feelings, thoughts, words, desires, deeds and in my other sins, which I did not mention because of my forgetfulness.
I confess that I have angered the Lord my God, I sincerely regret it and wish to repent and continue not to sin and refrain from sins in every possible way.
With tears, I beg You, Lord my God, help me to establish myself in my intention to live like a Christian, and forgive my confessed sins, as Good and Humanitarian.
I also ask you, honest father, in whose presence I confessed all this, that you be my witness on the day of judgment against the devil, the enemy and hater of the human race, and that you pray for me, a sinner, to the Lord my God.
I ask you, honest father, as having the power from Christ God to allow those who confess and forgive their sins, forgive me, allow me and pray for me a sinner.
I confess to the Lord my God and before you, honest father, all my countless sins that I have committed up to this day and hour. Daily and hourly I sin with ingratitude to God for His great and innumerable good deeds and care for me, a sinner.
Sinned: lack of faith, unbelief, doubt, wavering in faith, delay in thoughts, from the enemy planted, against God and the Holy Church, blasphemy, mockery of the shrine, clergy, doubt and free opinion, fear of confessing one's faith and renunciation of God, not wearing the Cross, turning to other religious teachings, superstition, belief in omens, divination, reading horoscopes, turning to healers, sorcerers, psychics, he himself was engaged in healing; self-confidence, negligence, despair in one's salvation, hope in oneself and in people more than in God, forgetfulness of God's justice and lack of sufficient devotion to the will of God.
Sinned: disobedience to the actions of God's providence, a stubborn desire for everything to be my way, pleasing to people, partial love for creatures and things, greed. He did not try to know the will of God, did not have reverence for God, fear of Him, hope in Him, zeal for His glory.
Sinned: ingratitude to the Lord God for all His great and unceasing blessings, poured out in abundance on each of us and on the whole human race, forgetfulness of them, grumbling against God, cowardice, despondency, longing, despair, thoughts of suicide, hardening of one’s heart , lack of love for Him and non-fulfillment of His holy will.
Sinned: enslavement of oneself to passions: voluptuousness, greed, pride, laziness, self-love, vanity, ambition, covetousness, gluttony, delicacy, secret eating, gluttony, drunkenness, smoking, drug addiction, addiction to gambling and computer games, addiction to a computer and TV, spectacles and amusements .
Sinned: God-worship, non-fulfillment of vows, forcing others to worship and swearing, ignorance of the shrine, blasphemy against God, the saints, every shrine, invoking the name of God in vain, in bad deeds, desires, thoughts, foul language, obscene abuse, the use of "black" words , that is, with the name of the devil.
Sinned: disregard for church holidays, work on holidays, missed Sunday and holiday services, did not go to the temple of God due to laziness and negligence, stood in the temple of God imperiously; he sinned with talking and laughter, inattention to reading and singing, absent-mindedness, wandering thoughts, vain memories, being late for the service, walking around the church during the service without need; left the temple before the end of the service, women in uncleanness touched the shrines.
Sinned: negligence in prayer, abandonment of reading the Holy Gospel and other Divine books, patristic teachings, spiritual literature.
Sinned: forgetting sins at confession, self-justification in them and diminishing their severity, hiding sins, repentance without contrition of heart; he did not make efforts to properly prepare for the communion of the Holy Mysteries of Christ, without reconciling with his neighbors he came to confession and, in such a sinful state, dared to come to Communion. He rarely went to church and took communion.
Sinned: violation of fasts and non-keeping of fasting days - Wednesdays and Fridays (which are equated to the days of Great Lent, as days of remembrance of the sufferings of Christ).
Sinned: intemperance in food and drink, careless and irreverent overshadowing of oneself with the sign of the cross.
Sinned: disobedience to superiors and elders, self-righteousness, self-will, self-justification, laziness to work and unscrupulous performance of assigned tasks.
Sinned: disrespecting his parents, quarrels with them, abandoning prayers for them, disrespecting his elders, insolence, waywardness and disobedience, rudeness, stubbornness, he did not raise children in the Orthodox faith.
Sinned: lack of Christian love for neighbors, impatience, resentment, irritability, anger, arrogance, contemptuous attitude, harm to neighbors, fights and quarrels, slander and insult, intransigence, enmity, retribution of evil for evil, unforgiveness of insults, vindictiveness, malevolence, jealousy, envy , malevolence, revenge, condemnation, slander, covetousness. Sinned by murder, had or participated in an abortion, used abortifacient contraceptives.
Sinned: mercilessness to the poor, had no compassion for the sick and crippled; sinned by stinginess, greed, extravagance, covetousness, unfaithfulness, injustice, hardness of heart.
Sinned: cunning towards neighbors, deceit, insincerity in dealing with them, suspicion, duplicity, ridicule, witticisms, lies, deceit, theft, dishonesty, hypocritical treatment of others and flattery, human pleasing.
Sinned: oblivion of the future eternal life, forgetfulness of one's death and the Last Judgment, and unreasonable, partial attachment to earthly life and its pleasures and deeds.
Sinned: intemperance of his tongue, idle talk, idle talk, laughter, told obscene anecdotes, allowed obscene jokes, sang and listened to sinful, obscene songs; he sinned by divulging the sins and weaknesses of his neighbor, offended people, sinned by condemnation, gossip, gossip, slander, seductive behavior, liberty, impudence.
Sinned: incontinence of one’s spiritual and bodily feelings, addiction, voluptuousness, fornication thoughts, mental fornication, looking at seductive pictures, masturbation and all kinds of self-indulgence, impure dreams and nightly defilement (ejaculation in a dream), immodest glance at persons of the opposite sex, free treatment with them, fornication and adultery, various carnal sins, excessive panache, coquetry, shamelessness, flirting, the desire to please and seduce others.
He sinned with sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch, and all my feelings, thoughts, words, desires, deeds. I also repent of my other sins, which, because of my forgetfulness, I did not remember.
I repent before the Lord God of all my sins, I ask His forgiveness, I sincerely regret them and wish to refrain from my sins in every possible way and to correct myself.
I also repent and ask for forgiveness for the fact that out of oblivion I did not confess.
Forgive and allow me, honest father, and bless me to partake of the Holy and Life-Giving Mysteries of Christ, for the remission of sins and eternal life. Amen.
We sin:
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1. Pride. 2. Ingratitude. 3. A penchant for evil deeds. 4. Disobedience. 5. Self-justification. 6. Blinding the mind. 7. Complacency. 8. Honoring yourself as reasonable and wise. 9. Self-love. 10. Self-conceit. 11. Overconfidence. 12. Inattention to the judgment of God. 13. Willfulness. 14. Self-praise. 15. Self-indulgence. 16. Self-made. 17. Insolence. 18. Insult. 19. Lust for power. 20. Popularity. 21. Praise. 22. Ascension. 23. Arrogance. 24. By arrogance. 25. Arrogance. 26. Disobedience. 27. Zeal. 28. Appendices. 29. Soaring, thoughts, daydreaming. 30. Desire to teach. 31. Apostasy from God. 32. Blasphemy. 33. Blasphemy. 34. Wickedness. 35. Unbelief. 36. Delusion. 37. Superstition. 38. Not true. 39. Opposition to good. 40. Contradiction. 41. Inconstancy. 42. Charm. 43. Heresy. 44. Sorcery. 45. Magic. 46. Divination. 47. Unbelief. 48. Curiosity. 49. By insisting on one's own. 50. Command (passion). 51. Love of honor. 52. Arrogance. 53. Vanity. 54. Swearing. 55. Envy. 56. Schadenfreude. 57. Negligence. 58. Neglect. 59. Neglect. 60. Contempt of people. 61. Contempt. 62. Exalted. 63. Insolence. 64. Lack of love for neighbors. 65. Reproach. 66. Rebuke. 67. Humiliating others. 68. Insensibility. 69. Disrespectful. 70. Misanthropy. 71. Swagger. 72. Suspicion. 73. Peeping. 74. Eavesdropping. |
75. Trickery. 76. Upbraiding. 77. Rejection. 78. Ignorance. 79. Indiscretion. 80. Irreverence. 81. Ignorance. 82. Boasting. 83. Pretense. 84. Taste. 86. Indecent eating of food. 87. Saturation. 88. Polyphagy. 89. Gluttony. 90. Throatless. 91. Gluttony. 92. Satiation. 93. Excitement. 94. Gluttony. 95. Decomposition. 96. Indolence. 97. Idleness. 98. Entertainment. 99. Drowsiness. 100. Dozing. 101. Excessive sleep. 102. Long sleep. 103. Polysleeping. 104. Weakening. 105. Wandering thoughts. 106. Intemperance. 107. Human pleasing. 108. Drunkenness. 109. Oblivion. 110. Defilement of the mind. 111. Jokes. 112. Outrageous. 113. Disgrace. 114. Foul language. 115. By sight. 116. By hearing. 117. Madness. 118. Carelessness. 119. Bad conscience. 120. Shamelessness. 121. Talkativeness. 122. Perky. 123. Coquetry. 124. Cunning. 125. Frivolity. 126. Petting. 127. Combination in thought with sin. 128. Uncleanness. 129. Curiosity. 130. Loud talk. 131. Polyverb. 132. Inappropriate jokes. 133. Laughter. 134. Ridiculous. 135. Idleness. 136. Idle talk. 137. Empty talk. 138. Pompous. 139. Curiosity. 140. Decoration (excessive). 141. Attire for temptation. 142. Passion for clothes. 143. Temptation. 144. Luxury. 145. Panache. 146. Negoy. 147. Body love. 148. Rubbing the face. |
149. By smell. 150. By shaking the eyes with malicious intent. 151. Show off. 152. Mocking. 153. Shortsightedness. 154. Debauchery. 155. Dreaming. 156. Corruption. 157. Sinful thoughts. 158. Conversation with passionate thoughts. 159. Lust. 160. Combination with a sinful thought. 161. Permission to sin. 162. By touch. 163. Fornication. 164. Fornication. 165. Adultery. 166. Rivalry. 167. Jealousy, jealousy. 168. Debauchery. 169. Debauchery. 170. Extravagance. 171. Advice against sin. 172. Carnage. 173. Obscene. 174. Insatiable. 175. By violence. 176. Sodomy. 177. Bestiality. 178. Child molestation. 179. Malachia (masturbation). 180. Incest. 181. Sodomy (unnatural intercourse). 182. Assault. 183. Subservience. 184. Love of sin. 185. Voluptuousness. 186. Desire for the comforts of this temporary life. 187. Negligence. 188. Love of money. 189. Hiding someone else's. 190. Heartless. 191. Zeal. 192. Passion for something. 193. Loving things. 194. Covetousness. 195. Appropriation of someone else's. 196. Resourcefulness. 197. Godfather. 198. Covetousness. 199. Greed. 200. Trading. 201. Bribery. 202. Covetousness. 203. Sacrilege. 204. Theft. 205. Bribery. 206. Covetousness. 207. Robbery. 208. Idolatry, idolatry. 209. Absent-mindedness. 210. Hot temper. 211. Anger. 212. Irritability. 213. Bueslovie. 214. Indignant. 215. Folly. 216. Non-reasoning. 217. Intemperance. 218. Impatience. 219. Quarrelsome. 220. Condemnation. 221. Gossip. 222. Recitation. |
223. Disputes. 224. Curiosity. 225. Reproach. 226. Shaming. 227. Quarrels. 228. Discordance. 229. Insolence. 230. Brawling. 231. Evil speech. 232. Backbiting. 233. Fury. 234. Disappointment. 235. Angry. 236. Discontent. 237. Lies (word, life). 238. Dislike. 239. Personality. 240. Disagreement in what is good. 241. Ignorance. 242. By deceit. 243. Captivity. 244. Passion. 245. Bilingualism. 246. Double-mindedness. 247. Rancor. 248. Malice. 249. Malice. 250. Bullying. 251. An unrighteous oath. 252. Enmity. 253. Enmity. 254. Beating. 255. Betrayal. 256. Curse. 257. By slander. 258. Memory of malice. 259. Uncompassionate. 260. Insensibility. 261. Wounded. 262. Annoyance. 263. Hardness of heart. 264. Cruelty. 265. Hatred. 266. Murderousness. 267. By false words. 268. Perjury. 269. Bloodshed. 270. By deceit. 271. Perjury. 272. By slander. 273. Perversion of words. 274. Hypocrisy. 275. Flattery. 276. Despondency. 277. Murmuring. 278. Sadness. 279. Pouting. 280. Anxiety. 281. Fear. 282. Lack of faith. 283. Cowardice. 284. Indifference. 285. Concealment (concealment of sins). 286. Bitterness. 287. Petrification of the heart. 288. Shame in repentance. 289. Confusion. 290. Doubt. 291. Hopelessness. 292. Terrifying. 293. Fear. 294. Despair. 295. Khuloy. 296. Murder (word, deed). |
When a person wants to open up before God in his misdeeds, he does not always understand how to do it. Of particular difficulty are sins at confession. Not everyone can formulate a list in their own words briefly. Which ones are important and which ones can be skipped? What exactly is considered sin?
Confession in the Christian faith is a confession of committed sins before a priest who is a witness of your repentance on behalf of Christ. With special prayers and permissive words, the priest forgives the sins of all who sincerely regret them. According to the rules of the Christian Church:
During the procedure, the layman must list everything that he considers necessary. If he finds it difficult, the Holy Father can push him with leading questions. It is better when every Orthodox has his own spiritual mentor, who knows a person from childhood and can help him grow spiritually, to act not only as a priest, but also as a teacher.
Today, according to all laws, confession is a secret matter, and a priest cannot be convicted if he refused to reveal the facts known to him from the confession. This is done so that any person can cleanse his soul, since everyone has the right to do so. In order to feel confident with a priest, you need to think everything over well in advance and get ready.
Here are some tips given by spirit guides:
Confession must become regular for a person who wants to spiritually grow above himself. This will help you take a more responsible attitude towards your life and the people around you.
In this video, all the answers to your questions about this rite will be given:
It is believed that when listing your misdeeds, it is wrong to use their list. It needs to be pronounced like this. But some people get nervous and can't get their thoughts together, so you can draft a draft for yourself. This will help put your thoughts in order and not forget anything.
Divide the sheet of paper into these columns:
Here you write:
Namely:
So, let's try to highlight in more detail the most common and requiring attention in the list:
We tried to remember and pick up the most life situations. As you can see, some of the sins are truly feminine. But there are those that only the strong half of humanity does. We also dismantled them and issued a list below.
Here is such a blank for men who cannot formulate some of their misdeeds, or maybe they did not notice them at all:
Of course, it is impossible to list all the sins. Everyone also has some that are hard to guess. But now you will understand how to think. It turns out that the elementary things to which we seem to be accustomed are a sin.
So, we tried to help you figure out what sins can be called in confession. The list in their own words was briefly drawn up as a list in this article for convenience.
In this video, Archpriest Andrey Tkachev will tell you how to properly prepare for confession, what words to say to the holy father:
A Brief Instruction Before Confession (Based on materials from Orthodox publications)
Beloved brothers and sisters in Christ! As we prepare to begin the great sacrament of holy confession, looking at the mercy of God, let us ask ourselves whether we have shown mercy to our neighbors, whether we have reconciled with everyone, whether we have enmity against anyone in our hearts, remembering the cherished words of the Holy Gospel: "if you forgive a man their sins, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you" (Matthew 6:14). This is the condition that we must understand and observe in the salvific work of holy repentance. However, in order to repent and receive the remission of sins, it is necessary to face your sin. And it's not that easy. Self-love, self-pity, self-justification interferes with this. A bad deed, in which our conscience convicts us, we are inclined to consider it an "accident", to blame circumstances or neighbors for it. Meanwhile, every sin in deed, word or thought is a consequence of the passion living in us - a kind of spiritual illness.
If it is difficult for us to recognize our sin, then it is even more difficult to see the passion that has taken root in us. So, you can live without suspecting the passion of pride in yourself, until someone hurts us. Then the passion will be revealed through sin: a wish for evil to the offender, a harsh insulting word, and even revenge. The fight against passions is the main thing for every Christian.
Usually people who are inexperienced in spiritual life do not see the multitude of their sins, do not feel their heaviness, their aversion to them. They say: “I didn’t do anything special”, “I only have minor sins, like everyone else”, “I didn’t steal, I didn’t kill,” - so many often begin confession. But our holy fathers and teachers, who left us prayers of repentance, considered themselves the first of sinners, with sincere conviction appealed to Christ: "No one has sinned on earth from the beginning, as I have sinned, accursed and prodigal!" The brighter the light of Christ illuminates the heart, the more clearly all the shortcomings, ulcers and wounds of the soul are recognized. And vice versa: people immersed in the darkness of sin do not see anything in their hearts, and if they see, they are not horrified, since they have nothing to compare with, for Christ is closed to them by a veil of sins. Therefore, in order to overcome our spiritual laziness and insensitivity, the holy Church laid down preparatory days for the sacrament of repentance, and then for Communion - fasting. The fasting period can last from three days to a week, unless there is special advice or instructions from the confessor. At this time, one should observe fasting, keep oneself from sinful deeds, thoughts and feelings, in general, lead a temperate, repentant life, dissolved by deeds of love and Christian goodness. During the fasting period, you need to attend church services as often as possible, pray at home more than usual, devote time to reading the works of the holy fathers, the lives of saints, self-deepening and self-examination.
Understanding the moral state of your soul, you must try to distinguish between the main sins from their derivatives, the roots - from leaves and fruits. One should also beware of falling into petty suspicion of every movement of the heart, losing the sense of what is important and unimportant, getting entangled in trifles. The penitent must bring to confession not only a list of sins, but, most importantly, a feeling of repentance; not a detailed account of his life, but a broken heart.
Knowing your sins does not mean repenting of them. But what should we do if our heart, dried up from the sinful flame, is not irrigated with life-giving waters of tears? What if the infirmity of the spiritual and the “impossibility of the flesh” are so great that we are not capable of sincere repentance? But this cannot be a reason to postpone confession in anticipation of a feeling of repentance. The Lord accepts confession - sincere and conscientious - even if it is not accompanied by a strong feeling of repentance. Only this sin - petrified insensitivity - must be confessed courageously and frankly, without hypocrisy. God can touch the heart even during confession itself - soften it, refine spiritual vision, awaken a feeling of repentance.
The condition that we must certainly comply with in order for our repentance to be accepted by the Lord effectively is the forgiveness of the sins of our neighbors and reconciliation with everyone. Repentance cannot be perfect without verbal confession of sins. Sins can only be permitted in the church sacrament of repentance performed by a priest.
Confession is a feat, self-compulsion. During confession, you do not need to wait for questions from the priest, but make an effort yourself. It is necessary to name sins exactly, without obscuring the ugliness of sin with general expressions. It is very difficult, when confessing, to avoid the temptation of self-justification, to give up attempts to explain to the confessor "extenuating circumstances", from references to third parties who allegedly led us into sin. All these are signs of self-love, lack of deep repentance, continuing stagnation in sin.
Confession is not a conversation about one's shortcomings, doubts, it is not a simple awareness of the confessor about oneself, although spiritual conversation is also very important and should take place in the life of a Christian, but confession is different, it is a sacrament, and not just a pious custom. Confession is an ardent repentance of the heart, a thirst for purification, this is the second baptism. In repentance we die to sin and are resurrected to righteousness and holiness.
Having repented, we must be strengthened inwardly in the determination not to return to confessed sin. The sign of perfect repentance is hatred and aversion to sin, a feeling of lightness, purity, inexplicable joy, when sin seems just as difficult and impossible as this joy was just far away.
Human life is so diverse, the depth of our soul is so mysterious that it is difficult even to enumerate all the sins and sins that we commit. Therefore, when approaching the sacrament of holy confession, it is useful to remind ourselves of the fundamental violations of the moral law of the Holy Gospel. Let us carefully check our conscience and repent of our sins before the Lord God. The sacrament of holy repentance has the main goal - to awaken our spiritual consciousness, open our eyes to ourselves, come to our senses, deeply understand what a destructive state our soul is in, how it is necessary to seek salvation from God, ask tearfully and contritely for forgiveness of our countless sins before Him. The Lord Jesus Christ expects from us a sincere awareness of our deviations from His holy will and humble conversion to Him, as His unworthy servants, who have sinned many times and offended His Divine love for us.
We need to remember and deeply believe in the infinite mercy of God, which extends its arms to every converting sinner. There is no sin that God, in His inexpressible mercy, would not forgive a person who has shown sincere repentance for his sins, a firm determination to correct his life and not return to his former sins. Coming to confession, let us pray to God that with His almighty help He would open the doors of repentance for us, reconcile and unite us with Himself, grant the Holy Spirit for a new and renewed life. Amen!
An example of a confession.
I confess, the many-sinful (s) servant (a) of God (s) (name ...), to the Lord God Almighty, in the Holy Trinity, glorified and worshiped by the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and to you, honest father, all my sins are voluntary and involuntary, committed by word, or deed, or thought.
I sinned by not keeping the vows given by me at baptism, but I lied and transgressed in everything, and made myself indecent before the face of God.
He sinned with little faith, unbelief, doubt, wavering in faith, slowing down in thoughts, from the enemy planted, against God and the Holy Church, blasphemy and mockery of the shrine, doubt in the existence of God, superstition, turning to "grandmothers", healers, psychics, fortune telling, playing cards, arrogance, negligence, despair in his salvation, hope in himself and in people more than in God, forgetfulness of God's justice and lack of sufficient devotion to the will of God, did not thank God for everything.
I sinned with rebelliousness to the actions of God's providence, a stubborn desire for everything to be in my opinion, pleasing people, partial love for things. He did not try to know the will of God, did not have reverence for God, fear of Him, hope in Him, zeal for His glory, for He is glorified by a pure heart and good deeds.
He sinned with ingratitude to the Lord God for all His great and unceasing blessings, forgetting about them, grumbling at God, cowardice, despondency, hardening of his heart, lack of love for Him and failure to fulfill His holy will.
He sinned by enslaving himself to passions: voluptuousness, greed, pride, laziness, self-love, vanity, ambition, covetousness, gluttony, delicacy, secret eating, gluttony, drunkenness, smoking, drug addiction, addiction to games, spectacles and amusements.
He sinned with God, by not fulfilling vows, by forcing others to worship and swearing, by imperviousness to sacred things, by blasphemy against God, against saints, against every holy object, by blasphemy, by calling on the name of God in vain, in bad deeds, desires, thoughts.
He sinned by disrespecting church holidays, did not go to the temple of God due to laziness and negligence, in the temple of God he stood reverently; he sinned with talking and laughter, inattention to reading and singing, absent-mindedness, wandering thoughts, vain memories, walking around the temple during worship without need; left the temple before the end of the service.
He sinned by negligence in morning and evening prayers, by abandoning the reading of the Holy Gospel, the Psalter and other Divine books, and patristic teachings.
He sinned by forgetting sins at confession, by self-justification in them and by diminishing their severity, by concealing sins, by repentance without contrition of heart; he did not make efforts to properly prepare for the communion of the Holy Mysteries of Christ, without reconciling with his neighbors he came to confession and, in such a sinful state, dared to come to Communion.
He sinned by breaking fasts and not keeping fasting days - Wednesdays and Fridays, which are equated with the days of Great Lent, as days of remembrance of the sufferings of Christ. He sinned with intemperance in food and drink, careless and irreverent overshadowing himself with the sign of the cross.
He sinned by disobedience to superiors and elders, self-will, self-justification, laziness to work and unscrupulous performance of assigned tasks. He sinned by disrespecting his parents, by abandoning prayer for them, by not raising children in the Orthodox faith, by not honoring his elders, by impudence, waywardness and disobedience, rudeness, stubbornness.
He sinned with the lack of Christian love for one's neighbor, impatience, resentment, irritability, anger, harming one's neighbor, fights and quarrels, intransigence, enmity, retribution evil for evil, unforgiveness of insults, rancor, jealousy, envy, malevolence, vindictiveness, condemnation, slander, theft , preparation and sale of moonshine, "rewinding" the electric meter, appropriation of state property.
He sinned with mercilessness towards the poor, did not have compassion for the sick and crippled; sinned by avarice, greed, extravagance, covetousness, infidelity, injustice, hardness of heart, thoughts and attempts to commit suicide.
He sinned with deceit in relation to his neighbors, deceit, insincerity in dealing with them, suspicion, duplicity, gossip, ridicule, witticisms, lies, hypocritical treatment of others and flattery, human pleasing.
He sinned by forgetting about the future eternal life, not remembering his death and the terrible judgment, and by an unreasonable, partial attachment to earthly life and its pleasures and deeds.
He sinned with the intemperance of his tongue, idle talk, idle talk, foul language, laughter, told jokes; they sinned by divulging the sins and weaknesses of their neighbor, seductive behavior, liberty, insolence, immoderate TV watching, passion for gambling and computer games.
He sinned with intemperance of his spiritual and bodily feelings, addiction, voluptuousness, indiscreet look at persons of the opposite sex, free treatment of them, fornication and adultery, intemperance in married life, various carnal sins, a desire to please and seduce others.
He sinned with the lack of straightforwardness, sincerity, simplicity, fidelity, truthfulness, respect, gravity, caution in words, prudent silence, did not guard and did not defend the honor of others. They sinned by lack of love, temperance, chastity, modesty in words and deeds, purity of heart, non-possessiveness, mercy and humility.
We sinned with despondency, longing, sadness, sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch, lust, impurity and all our feelings, thoughts, words, desires, deeds. I also repent of my other sins, which I forgot and did not remember.
I repent that I angered the Lord my God with all my sins, I sincerely regret this and wish to refrain from my sins in every possible way and to correct myself. Lord our God, with tears I pray to You, our Savior, help me to establish myself in the holy intention to live as a Christian, and forgive the sins I have confessed, as Good and Humanitarian. Amen.
You need to name only your committed sins from those listed here. The sins that are not listed here should be specifically said to the confessor. For convenience, sins can be written down on a piece of paper and read in front of a priest. Sins that were previously confessed and resolved should not be named at confession, for they have already been forgiven, but if we repeat them again, then we need to repent of them again. It is also necessary to repent of those sins that were forgotten, but are now remembered. Speaking of sins, one should not give unnecessary details and names of other persons - accomplices of sin. They must repent for themselves. Habits for sin are eradicated by prayer, fasting, abstinence, good deeds. Confession is made in the temple after the evening service or by agreement with the priest at any time. How often should one resort to this saving sacrament? As often as possible, at least in each of the four posts.
Confession is considered a Christian rite, in which the confessing person repents and repents of his sins in the hope of forgiveness by God Christ. The Savior himself established this sacrament and told the disciples the words that are recorded in the Gospel of Matthew, ch. 18, verse 18. This is also mentioned in the Gospel of John, ch. 20, verses 22-23.
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According to the holy fathers, repentance is also considered a second baptism. Man during baptism cleansed from sin the firstborn, which was transmitted to everyone from the first ancestors of Adam and Eve. And after the rite of baptism, during repentance, personal washing occurs. When a person performs the sacrament of repentance, he must be honest and aware of his sins, sincerely repenting of them, and not repeat the sin, believing in the hope of salvation by Jesus Christ and His mercy. The priest reads a prayer and cleansing from sins takes place.
Many who do not want to repent of their sins often say that they have no sins: “I didn’t kill, I didn’t steal, I didn’t commit adultery, so I have nothing to repent of?” This is stated in the first Epistle of John in the first chapter, verse 17 - "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." This means that sinful events happen every day, if you delve into the essence of God's commandments. There are three categories of sin: sin against the Lord God, sin against loved ones, and sin against oneself.
All of the above sins are divided into three categories, in the final analysis, all this is against the Lord God. After all, the transgression of the commandments created by Him is carried out, therefore, there is a direct insult to God. All these sins do not give positive results, but on the contrary, the soul will not be saved from this.
It is necessary to prepare for the sacrament of confession with all seriousness; for this, one should engage in premature preparation. Enough remember and write down on a piece of paper all the sins committed, as well as read detailed information about the sacrament of confession. You should take a piece of paper for the ceremony and read everything again before the process. The same sheet can be given to the confessor, but grave sins must be spoken aloud. It is enough to talk about the sin itself, and not list long stories, for example, if there is enmity in the family, and with neighbors, one should repent for the main sin - condemnation of neighbors and loved ones.
In this rite, the confessor and God are not interested in numerous sins, the meaning itself is important - sincere repentance for the sins committed, the sincere feeling of a person, a contrite heart. Confession is not just an awareness of one's sinful past deeds, but also the desire to wash them off. Justifying oneself in sins is not a cleansing, it is unacceptable. Elder Silouan of Athos said that if a person hates sin, then God asks for these sins.
It will be great if a person draws conclusions from each past day, and each time truly repents of sins, writing them down on paper, and for serious sins, it is necessary to confess to a confessor in the church. You should immediately ask for forgiveness from people who have been offended by word or deed. There is a rule in the Orthodox prayer book - the Penitential Canon, which must be read intensively in the evenings before the sacrament of confession itself.
It is important to find out the schedule of the temple, on what day you can confess. There are many churches in which daily services are held, and the daily sacrament of confession also takes place there. And in the rest learn about the schedule of church services.
Children under the age of seven are considered infants, they can receive communion without prior confession. But it is important to accustom them from childhood to the feeling of incense. Without the necessary preparation, frequent communion causes a reluctance to engage in this work. Desirable in a few days set up children for the sacrament, an example is the reading of the Holy Scriptures and children's Orthodox literature. Reduce TV viewing time. Supervise the fulfillment of morning and evening prayers. If a child has done bad deeds in the past days, then you should talk to him and instill in him a sense of shame for what he has done. But you always need to know: the child takes an example from his parents.
After the age of seven, one can begin confession on an equal footing with adults, but without a preliminary sacrament. The sins listed above are performed in large numbers by children, so children's communion has its own nuances.
To help children sincerely confess, it is necessary to give a list of sins:
This is a superficial list of possible sins. There are many personal sins for each child, based on their thoughts and actions. An important goal of parents is to prepare the child for repentance. Need a child he himself wrote down all his sins without the fate of his parents- You don't have to write for it. He must understand that it is necessary to sincerely confess and repent of bad deeds.
Confession falls on morning and evening time days. Being late for such an event is considered unacceptable. A group of repentant begins to complete the process by reading the rites. When the priest begins to ask the names of the participants who came to confession, one should answer neither loudly nor quietly. Latecomers are not accepted for confession. At the end of the confession, the priest re-reads the rites, accepting the sacrament. Women during the natural monthly cleansing are not allowed to such an event.
It is necessary to behave in the temple with dignity and not interfere with the rest of the confessors and the priest. It is not allowed to embarrass the people who came to this work. There is no need to confess one category of sins and leave another for later. Those sins that were named last time are not reread again. It is desirable to perform the sacrament with the same priest. In the sacrament, a person repents not before the confessor, but before the Lord God.
In large churches, many penitents gather and in this case they use "general confession". The bottom line is that the priest pronounces common sins, and those who confess repent. Further, everyone must come under the permissive prayer. When confession takes place for the first time, you should not come to such a general procedure.
First time visit private confession, if there is none, then at a general confession it is necessary to take the last place in line and listen to what they say to the priest at confession. It is advisable to explain the whole situation to the priest, he will tell you how to confess for the first time. Then comes true repentance. If in the process of repentance a person kept silent about a grave sin, then he will not be forgiven. At the end of the sacrament, a person is obliged, after reading the permissive prayer, to kiss the Gospel and the cross, which lie on the lectern.
On the days of fasting, which last for seven days, fasting is established. Diet should not include fish, dairy, meat and egg products. On such days, sexual intercourse should not be performed. Must go to church frequently. Read the Penitential Canon and observe the rules of prayer. On the eve of the sacrament, you must arrive at the service in the evening. Before going to bed, you should read the canons of the Archangel Michael, our Lord Jesus Christ and the Mother of God. If this is not possible, such prayer rules can be shifted for several days during fasting.
Children have a hard time remembering and perceiving prayer rules, so you should choose the amount that you can afford, but you need to discuss this with the confessor. To prepare gradually 
increase the number of prayer rules. Most people confuse the rules of confession and communion. Here it is necessary to prepare in stages. To do this, you should ask the priest for advice, who will tell you about more accurate preparation.
sacrament of communion carried out on an empty stomach, you should not eat food and water from 12 o'clock, you should also not smoke. This does not apply to children under seven years of age. But they need to be accustomed to this a year before the adult sacrament. Morning prayers should also be read for Holy Communion. During the morning confession, it is necessary to arrive at the right time without delay.
The sacrament was established by the Lord God at the Last Supper, when Christ broke bread with the disciples and drank wine with them. Participle helps to enter the kingdom of heaven and therefore incomprehensible to the human mind. Women are not allowed to attend communion in makeup, and on ordinary Sundays, they should wipe their lips from their lips. On menstrual days, women are not allowed to the Sacrament., as well as those who have recently given birth, for the latter, you need to read the prayer of the fortieth day.
When the priest comes out with the Sacred Gifts, participants are required to bow. Next, you need to carefully listen to the prayers, repeating to yourself. Then you should fold your arms in a cross on your chest and go to the bowl. Children should go first, then men, and then women. Near the cup, one's name is pronounced, and thus, the communicant accepts the Gifts of the Lord. After Communion, the deacon processes his lips with the help of a plate, then you need to kiss the edge of the bowl and go to the table. Here a person takes a drink and uses the prosphora part.
At the end, the participants listen to prayers and pray until the end of the service. Then you should go to the cross and carefully listen to the prayer of thanksgiving. In the end, everyone goes home, but in the church one cannot speak empty words and interfere with each other. On this day, you need to behave with dignity and not defile your purity with sinful deeds.
There are people who recognize themselves as Orthodox, who do not fall into grave mortal sins, who, however, take communion only three or four times a year and do not feel the need for more. I do not think that they should be forced or even persuaded to take communion more often. Although, as far as possible, I try to explain to all Christians the meaning and salvation of the Sacrament of the Body and Blood.
If an Orthodox person takes communion on all Sundays and holidays, this is natural for a Christian. If for some reason it does not work out, let it be as it turns out. Once a month, it seems to me, every person can get out to the temple for communion, but if this is not possible, what can you do. The Lord welcomes the intention. Only it is not necessary to consider communion of the Holy Mysteries of Christ a feat! If so, then it is better not to take communion at all. The Body and Blood of Christ is not our feat, but the grace of God. But if someone wants to take communion several times in a row during the Bright Week, not in the order of achievement, but in simplicity, then what's wrong with that? If a person is not hindered by anything, I usually do not mind. But in order to constantly take communion every day, there must be serious reasons. In and of itself, this has never been a church norm. Here St. Theophan the Recluse in the last years of his life took communion every day. Let everyone look at what really incites him to extraordinarily frequent communion: the grace of God or his own vain fantasies. It is also good to consult with a confessor.
Archpriest Konstantin Ostrovsky
It is necessary to prepare oneself for the Sacrament of Holy Communion by fasting, that is, prayer, fasting, a Christian humble mood and behavior, and confession.
Those who wish to worthily partake of the Holy Mysteries of Christ must at least for a week prayerfully prepare themselves for this: pray more and more fervently at home in the morning and evening and, if possible, attend church services in the morning and evening every day during the week. If work or service interferes with regular attendance at all Divine Services, then one must go as far as circumstances permit, and, in any case, be sure to be at the evening Divine Service on the eve of the day of communion.
For worthy prayerful preparation for Holy Communion, there is a special "Rule for Holy Communion", which is placed in more complete prayer books. It consists of readings the day before from the evening of the canons: to the Sweetest Jesus, the Most Holy Theotokos, the Guardian Angel, the canon and prayers for Holy Communion and prayers for the coming sleep, and morning prayers in the morning.
Fasting is combined with prayer, that is, abstinence from fast food - meat, dairy products, butter, eggs, and in general moderation in food: you need to eat and drink less than usual.
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Those who are preparing for Holy Communion must be imbued with a deep awareness of their sinfulness, their insignificance before God and lewdness; must be reconciled with everyone and protect himself from feelings of anger and irritation, refrain from condemnation and all kinds of obscene thoughts and conversations, refuse to visit places of entertainment and houses that could give rise to falling into sin. He should meditate on the greatness of the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ, spending as much time as possible in solitude, reading the word of God and books of spiritual content.
Those who wish to take communion should, best of all, even the day before, before or after the evening service, confess - bring sincere repentance for their sins before the priest, sincerely opening their soul and not concealing a single sin they have committed. Before confession, it is necessary to reconcile with the offenders, as well as with the offended, humbly asking everyone for forgiveness. Forgiveness is usually carried out in the following form: “Forgive me, a sinner, that I have sinned against you,” to which it is customary to answer: “God will forgive you, forgive me, a sinner, too.” During confession, it is better not to wait for the priest's questions, but to express everything that burdens the soul yourself, without justifying yourself in anything and without shifting the blame onto others. To get rid of false modesty in confessing your sins, you can write them on a piece of paper and give it to the priest during confession.
It is more correct to confess the day before in the evening, so that the morning can be devoted to prayerful preparation for Holy Communion. As a last resort, one can go to confession in the morning, but to come to confession when the Divine Liturgy has already begun is an extreme disrespect for the great sacrament. Those who have not confessed are not allowed to receive Holy Communion, except in cases of mortal danger.
Having confessed, you must make a firm decision not to repeat your sins again. There is a good custom - after confession and before Holy Communion, do not eat or drink. It is definitely forbidden after midnight. Children should also be taught to abstain from food and drink before Holy Communion from a very young age.
You must come to the church in advance, before the reading of the Hours. During the Divine Liturgy, before the opening of the royal doors and the removal of the Holy Gifts, shortly after the singing of “Our Father”, one should approach the steps of the altar and wait for the removal of the Holy Gifts at the exclamation: “Come with the fear of God and faith.” The brethren of the monastery are the first to receive communion (and also approach the cross, they are anointed), then the children, after the man and finally the woman. Approaching the Chalice, you need to make a bow to the earth in advance, from a distance, and on Sundays and Lord's holidays - bow from the waist, touching the floor with your hand, and fold your arms crosswise on your chest - right over left. In no case should you be baptized before the Holy Chalice, so as not to accidentally push the Holy Chalice, clearly pronounce your full Christian name, open your mouth wide and reverently, with full awareness of the holiness of the great Sacrament, accept the Body and Blood of Christ and immediately swallow it.
Having received the Holy Mysteries, without being baptized, kiss the edge of the Chalice and immediately approach the table with warmth to drink and taste a particle of antidoron.
Until the end of the Divine service, do not leave the church, but be sure to listen to prayers of thanksgiving. On this day - the day of Holy Communion, do not eat too much, do not get drunk on alcoholic beverages, and generally behave reverently and decently, in order to "honestly keep Christ accepted in yourself."
All of the above is also obligatory for children, starting from the age of seven, when children come to confession for the first time.
Holy Communion must not be taken:
those who have enmity against their neighbor,
unbaptized
who does not constantly wear a pectoral cross,
who had not been at the evening service the day before and who had not gone to confession,
eaten in the morning
late for the Divine Liturgy,
not fasting
who have not read the Rules for Holy Communion,
women who have an unsuitable state of health and appearance for the church, namely: during the period of monthly cleansing, with an uncovered head, in trousers, with cosmetics on their faces and especially painted lips.
The basis for a ban on communion for a longer or shorter period can only be a serious sin (fornication, murder, theft, witchcraft, denial of Christ, obvious heresy, sins of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit:
Despair is a feeling that denies paternal goodness in God and leads to suicide.
Perseverance in unbelief, denial of any evidence of the existence of God, even obvious miracles.
Excessive hope in God, or stagnation in a sinful life in one hope for God's mercy.
sins crying out to heaven for vengeance for them:
Intentional homicide, especially patricide, fratricide, or regicide.
Sodomy sin, artificial sex change (transsexuals).
The oppression of a wretched person, a defenseless widow and young orphans.
Withholding from a poor worker honestly earned wages; deception and robbing a beggar, appropriation of the property of a prisoner or a sick person.
Grieving parents and inflicting grave insults or even beatings on them), or a moral state that is completely incompatible with communion (for example, refusal to reconcile with a repentant offender).
Excommunication from the Eucharist - in Orthodoxy, penance, consisting in excommunication from communion of the Holy Mysteries, was appointed for sins that were obvious and more important. There was such an indication of the rules of the holy fathers regarding the terms of excommunication:
heretics and schismatics - until they renounce their errors,
bloodsuckers - for 12 years,
adulterers - from 9 to 15 years,
killers - up to 25 years,
males - up to 15 years,
cattle breeders - up to 15 years or until the end of life,
perjurers - up to 10 years,
wizards - up to 25 years old,
grave diggers - for 10 years.Penance is a special obedience that a confessing priest offers to perform to a penitent sinner for his spiritual benefit. As a penance, a ban on communion for a certain time, an increase in the daily prayer rule, and additional reading of the psalter, canons, akathists with a certain number of prostrations can be prescribed. Sometimes, as a penance, an increased fast, a pilgrimage to the shrines of the Church, almsgiving, and concrete help to one's neighbor are appointed.
Also non-Orthodox, who visits the parishes of non-canonical, schismatic church associations (Greek Catholic and Roman Catholic churches, the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - the Kyiv Patriarchate, etc.) and sects. Such people must repent for having consciously or unconsciously been in schism and thereby neglected the divine teaching about the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church, violating the decrees of the Ecumenical Councils.
I confess, sinful (sinful), servant (s) of God (s) (name)
Lord God Almighty, in the Holy Trinity, glorified and worshiped by the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit all my sins are free and involuntary by word, or deed, or thought.
Sinned:
Sins from the enslavement of pride:
arrogance, pride, ambition, hypocrisy and pretense, arrogance in manners, boasting in words, pomp in dress, immoderation of desires, unfriendliness, a spirit of vengeance, contempt for one's neighbor and any sin contrary to love, an excessively high opinion of oneself and neglect of others; arrogance, arrogance, arrogance. Resentment, pride, intransigence, truth-seeking, self-justification, grumbling, consumerism towards God, the Church and people, self-will, selfishness, lack of generosity.
Sins from enslavement by vanity:
they renounced their faith so as not to lose their authority in society; they approved of mortal sins in order to maintain respect for themselves on the part of the atheists; they approached church sacraments for show; they were ashamed to defend the truth (dogmas, canons, commandments, if someone rudely trampled them); they were ashamed to confess their sins; they enjoyed their imaginary spiritual state; ; attributed to their merits the blessings received from God; desired praise from people and sought authority
boasted, embellished speech, exaggerated for greater persuasiveness; acquired knowledge, experience, skill positively assessed their spiritual qualities (complacency);
Sins from enslavement by despondency:
Saint Ignatius (Bryanchaninov) defines the sinful passion of despondency as follows: “laziness in every good deed, especially in prayer... Neglect... Idleness. Excessive comfort with sleep, lying down and all kinds of languor. Moving from place to place... Negligence. Captivity. Deprivation of the fear of God. Bitterness. Insensibility. Despair"
Sins from enslavement by sadness:
St. Ignatius (Bryanchaninov) defines sadness and despondency in this way. Sorrow is grief, longing, cutting off hope in God, ungratefulness to God, cowardice, impatience, non-self-reproach, grumbling, sorrow for one's neighbor, renunciation of the cross
Sins from enslavement to anger:
irritability, irascibility, passionate disputes, vindictiveness, hatred, thirst for revenge, unforgiveness of insults, love for word disputes, disputes. Lack of love for one's neighbor, impatience, resentment, irritability, anger, causing harm to one's neighbor, intransigence, enmity, evil for evil retribution, unforgiveness of offenses, rancor, jealousy, envy, malevolence, vindictiveness, slander, condemnation, covetousness, lack of compassion for the unfortunate
Sins from enslavement by love of money:
greed, avarice, extravagance, covetousness, covetousness, covetousness, covetousness, covetousness, filthy profitability, predilection for objects
Sins from enslavement to fornication:
St. Ignatius Bryanchaninov lists the sins generated by the passion of fornication: “Prodigal inflaming, fornicatory sensations and desires of the body, fornication and desire of the soul and heart (clumping), acceptance of impure thoughts, conversation with them, delight in them, permission to them, slowness in them. Prodigal dreams and captivity. Defilement by torture. Failure to keep the senses, especially the sense of touch, which is an insolence that destroys all virtues. Cursing and reading voluptuous books. Fornication sins are natural: fornication and adultery. Fornication sins unnatural: malakia, sodomy, bestiality and the like "
Sins from enslavement by gluttony:
Saint Ignatius (Bryanchaninov) lists the passions related to gluttony:
Overeating, drunkenness, non-keeping and permission of fasts, secret eating, delicacy, in general, violation of abstinence. Wrong and excessive love of the flesh, its belly and rest, from which self-love is made, from which non-keeping of fidelity to God, the Church, virtue and people.
Sins against the Lord:
Lack of faith, unbelief, doubt, wavering in faith, planted against God and the Holy Church by the enemy, self-conceit, superstition, divination, arrogance, negligence, despair in one’s salvation, Forgetfulness of God’s justice and lack of sufficient devotion to the will of God, disobedience to the actions of God’s Providence , carelessness in the knowledge of God, His will, faith in Him, reverence for Him, fear of Him, hope in Him, and zeal for His glory. Ingratitude to the Lord God for all his great blessings, poured out in abundance on me and on the whole human race, and forgetfulness of them, murmuring against God, lack of love for Him, nor fear and failure to fulfill His holy will.
Sins against the Church:
God-worship, non-fulfillment of vows, forcing others to worship and swearing, ignorance of the shrine, blasphemy against God, the saints, every shrine, blasphemy, sacrilege (theft of church things), invoking the name of God in vain, in bad deeds, desires. Ignorance of the feasts of God, non-going to the temple of God out of laziness and negligence, irreverent standing in the temple of God, talking and laughing, inattention to reading and singing, distraction of the mind, wandering thoughts, walking around the temple during Divine services, premature exits from the temple, in uncleanness came to the temple and touched its shrines. Negligence in prayer, abandoning morning and evening prayers, neglecting attention during prayer, abandoning the reading of the Holy Gospel, the Psalter and other Divine books. Concealment of sins at confession, self-justification in them, repentance without contrition of heart, and carelessness about proper preparation for Communion of the Holy Mysteries of Christ, without reconciling with his neighbors, he came (a) to confession and in such a sinful state dared (-a_ to proceed to Communion. Violation fasting and fasting days: Wednesdays and Fridays, intemperance in food and drink, careless and irreverent image of the sign of the cross.
Despondency, sadness, sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch, lust, impurity and all my feelings, thoughts, words, desires, deeds (here it is necessary to name the sins that were not listed and burden the soul), and in my other sins, which I don't remember.
Having named the sins, you need to carefully listen to the answer of the priest, who at the end will read the permissive prayer.
