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Confession is one of the Christian sacraments, when a Christian repents of his sins before a priest. But few Orthodox people know how to confess correctly, and what happens after this sacrament. Priests consider repentance to be a second baptism: when confessing, a person is completely cleansed of sins.

Sinful deeds in Christianity

Before repentance, you should know the list of actions that are considered sinful in Christianity. Sins are divided according to the following criteria:

Against God.
Against myself.
Against your neighbors.

Sins against the Lord

Every Orthodox person should know the main sins against the Lord.

Sins against oneself

One might think that sins against oneself are not so important, this is a delusion, because we are all a part of the Lord. We must take very good care of ourselves., your thoughts, your body. The main sins against oneself:

Sins against your neighbors

Crimes against loved ones are severely punished. We must treat others the way we want to be treated.

Major sins against another person:

There are special requirements for believing women in the Orthodox faith, because it is the woman who raises children and she must instill in them the love of God on your example. There is a separate list of sins for the confession of women:

Preparation for confession

Before going to church, you need to know how to prepare for confession and communion. First you need to realize your sins and repent of them sincerely, have a great desire to leave your sin behind and move on with faith in the Lord.

You must understand that real confession is more than just listing your sins in front of a priest. The Lord already knows all your sins, he is waiting for you to realize your sins and sincerely wish to get rid of them. Only after true repentance can one expect that the soul after confession will become easier.

You can take a piece of paper and write down all your sins that burden your soul. A written sheet can be given to a spiritual mentor for cleaning, but especially serious sins should be told aloud.

Repentance should be brief, you do not need to tell the whole story of your quarrel with loved ones, tell only about how you condemned loved ones or relatives, your anger or envy. It is a very good practice every evening before the evening prayer to analyze the day you have lived and to repent before the icon.

To confess, you must first find out when the sacrament of confession takes place in the church. In large churches, the sacrament of confession is held daily. In those churches where there is no daily service, you need to familiarize yourself with the schedule.

If after confession you feel like this and it didn’t get easier, you didn’t believe in God enough, the grace that comes to an Orthodox believer after sincere repentance is not yet available to you.

The Church is always glad to all people who come to confession. Even the greatest sinners have the right to believe in God and repent for their sins. Priests are usually very welcoming to parishioners and help them in the process, pushing them to the right words and conclusions.

Confession is held either in the morning or in the evening. It is impossible to be late for the sacrament, since it begins with a prayer, in which every penitent must participate. During the prayer service, the priest addresses everyone who came with a request to give their name. Women are not allowed to attend the sacrament during menstruation.

How to confess correctly, what to say to the priest, you can learn from your believing parents, who have gone through this sacrament more than once. You should know that a good confessor will always help and guide you. Sins need to be named briefly, it is important to name all the sins, you cannot say some, but keep silent about others. If your sins were already forgiven in the previous Sacrament, you do not need to name them this time. Always confess with the same priest, you should not look for another out of your own shame, in doing so, you are trying to deceive God and yourself.

In large churches, when there are a lot of people who want to confess and there is no way to devote time to everyone, the priest can conduct a “general confession”. The confessor lists the most common sins and those who stand before him repent of these sins. If you have never confessed before or it has been a long time since your last repentance, do not repent at a general confession, wait until everyone has dispersed and ask him to listen to you. For individual absolution, the priest will put an epitrachelion on your head, which outwardly resembles a scarf, after the absolution of sins, he will remove it.

During the Sacrament, Father can ask you questions, no need to be embarrassed, answer calmly. A parishioner can also ask questions, you should not be ashamed of this, because confession exists for this, so that a person finds a righteous path to God. After repentance, the priest reads a prayer for the remission of sins, and each parishioner kisses the cross and the Gospel. If a person prepared in advance for confession, the priest gives permission for communion.

You should choose your clothes very carefully, men should wear trousers and a long-sleeved shirt. Women also need to dress modestly, outerwear should cover the shoulders, décolleté area, put a headscarf on your head. Women are not allowed to make up for confession, it is not recommended to wear high-heeled shoes, it will be difficult to survive the service in them.

How to Prepare for Confession to a Child

Children under the age of seven are considered infants and can receive communion without confession. Try to set the baby up for communion in a few days, read the Holy Scriptures or children's Orthodox literature. When preparing, reduce the time you watch TV or a computer, help your baby pray. If a child does bad deeds or foul language, you need to shame him.

After seven years, children can be confessed on an equal basis with adults; there are certain allowances for children's sins in the church, since they can commit the sins listed above by accident.

How to Prepare for Communion

After confession, the sacrament of communion takes place, it can be held on the same day. Before communion, you need to fast for three days, and a week before that, read akathists to the saints and the Mother of God. Before communion, you can’t eat or drink; in the morning after waking up, you need to read prayers. At confession, the priest will definitely ask you about it.

Preparing for the sacrament also includes avoiding smoking, alcohol, and intimacy with a partner. Before this sacred sacrament, you cannot use foul language, this is very important, because you are going to receive the blood and body of the Lord. Standing in front of the Chalice of Christ, you need to keep your hands crossed on your chest, before eating bread and wine, you need to pronounce your name.

IN church shop There is a lot of special literature that will help you prepare for communion correctly and prepare your child for confession.

Remember that confession and communion must enter into your spiritual life. Confessors recommend going to the sacrament of confession once every six months. It is up to you how often to do this, but after such a sacrament it will become much easier for you and you will be freed from the thoughts that weigh on you.

When you come to church for confession, don't be afraid. The Lord is generous, accepts all sinners. Forgiving the repentant. Do not be afraid of the priest, he is the eyes and ears of the Lord, no one will know about your secret sins. He listens so much throughout the day that by dinnertime he does not remember who came to him and what he said.

Batiushka is the only person who will not wish you harm, envy you. He will only rejoice that another soul has been saved, and thank God that he is all-seeing and all-good for directing you on the right path!

Sins speaking in confession

The priest in the church is not an all-seeing eye, especially not a psychic to guess about your sins. He will ask questions, one way or another related to sins. These questions are directly related to the 10 important commandments.

1. "I am your God."Will be listed:

Do you pray, as you often go to services, just to church?
Do you confess that you believe in God to your acquaintances?
Do you believe in God?

2. "Do not make an idol for yourself."This may include:

Overeating, as a cult of food;
Decorations;
Money, alcohol, smoking;
Pride.

3. Do you remember the Lord in moments of frustration?

4. Do you dedicate a day off to prayer.

5. Do you respect your parents

6. Do not kill, neither in word nor deed.

7. Don't seduce anyone, don't ruin someone's marriage and life.

8. Don't take what doesn't belong to you.

9. Do not slander relatives and friends of lies.

10. Don't want what others have.

Preparation for confession of sins, how to repent

Before you go to the priest for confession, you need to prepare. What does it mean to be prepared? To do this, you need to read prayers, fast at least a day before going to the temple. Directly on the day of confession itself, you need not eat anything, come to the very beginning of the service. If the priest notices that you were absent from the very beginning of the service, he will not confess.

Don't look for excuses for your actions. If they did so, then they wanted to, and at that time it suited you very much. Before going to confession, reconcile with yourself, your loved ones, ask for forgiveness, if necessary.

The confession is divided into two parts:

Soul Confession: You repent, every day, of what you have done;
Confession to a priest: You tell a priest about your deeds in order to cleanse your soul.

These are two completely different sides of the same coin. When you come to church, you must be aware of what and why you will say. In front of a complete stranger it is very difficult to tell what misconduct you have, and why you did it. It becomes embarrassing, many forget or do not want to talk about the most painful mistakes made.

You can make a list of misdeeds, so you won’t forget anything, and then it will be easier to talk about it. If it is still difficult for you to make such a list, there is a mini shop at the church, it certainly has a booklet on how to conduct a confession, what sins exist.

After confession, a person usually experiences a feeling of relief, as if a mountain had been lifted from his shoulders. You can confess several times a week. Frequent trips to church help to feel relaxed and confident.

Sins in confession list for women

Compiling and reading ready list many ladies lead to a stupor. To understand that your life is a continuous sinful nightmare is far from being possible for everyone. You should not despair. Consult with the priest, he will briefly explain everything and tell you what and why. No one will invade your personal life, because only the Lord knows why this is so, and how you deserve it. You, having passed the secret of confession, will be able to figure it out and draw the right conclusions, improve your life position and take the right path to correct life's mistakes. You can discuss contraception with the priest, because abortions are a mortal sin, and it is better to avoid this in time than to repent all your life later.

List of possible sins:

She was dissatisfied with her position in society, environment, life;
She was angry with her children, screamed, doubted them;
She did not trust doctors, doubted their competence;
I misled myself;
Set a bad example for your children;
Jealous;
Was the cause of scandals;
The most terrible and deadly sin is arrogance. It is very difficult to fight with him, almost no one notices him, but they yak very often. If you learn to catch yourself on I, rebuild on WE, then you are on the right track.
She did not pray and rarely read a prayer, did not come to the temple of God;
During the service, she thought about worldly problems;
She did abortions herself, and pushed others to this idea;
I thought badly about people, discussed;
Reading obscenities or watching obscene films;
She cursed, lied, envied;
She was offended for no reason, showing her self to others;
She wore obscene clothes, too short and defiant, thereby provoking excessive male attention and female envy;
I was afraid for my appearance and figure;
Thought about death;
I ate, drank alcohol, used drugs;
Refused to help;
I visited fortune-tellers, fortune-tellers.
She believed in all sorts of superstitions;

Full confession of sins for women

You need to trust the priest, tell everything:

If you have not confessed before, then you need to tell about all the offenses you have committed since the age of seven. Hidden sin is doubled, harder to expiate;
If they confessed, then from the last confession;
Tell about your sinful thoughts and desires;
An important place is given to abortion. If you have committed, and more than one, it is worth mentioning all;
If they were married more than once, cohabited in a civil marriage, or had several men, also;
If you have children from more than one husband, also;

The priest must understand what you need to do, read, how many days to fast, and how exactly to fast. That's why he is the right hand of the Lord.

Sins in confession in your own words

I repent, Lord. Sinful. The world is sinful and I'm no better. I despair, I am offended, I am angry. I skip the post on Wednesday and Friday. I don't stick to a strict post. Sometimes I overeat, I'm lazy. I yell at my husband and children. I don't trust people. I'm bad at my job. I'm worried that I don't have enough money. I do not trust the Lord, I rely only on myself, etc.

Full confession of sins

There are several options for confession. Short, involves a description of perfect deeds, words or deeds. A full confession also includes thoughts and desires. Monks go through this confession. Believers, if desired, can also undergo such a complete purification of the soul. To do this, you need to consult with the priest, or read the relevant literature.

Confession how to write a note with sins

The sheet must be divided into parts:

Sins against parents and relatives;
Sins against yourself;
Sins against God.

Many people think that having written down their misdeeds on a piece of paper, they are doing wrong, and when they come to confession, they forget half of their sins, they go astray. Such a presentation of one's thoughts will streamline the confession itself, and not allow one to forget or hide something.

There is an opinion that writing sins on a piece of paper is no longer a secret, but a banal reading.

In confession, it is important to repent, to understand what was perfect and not to allow such acts anymore. That is why, it is worth considering the transfer of sins to paper as a design of a memo or a hint.

List of sins in confession for men

It is harder for men to admit their misdeeds, words, sins. They may even think that they are not to blame for anything. In their notion, only women are guilty. Therefore, repent and confess only to them.But this is far from true. Men are no less sinful. In some ways, they discuss and gossip more than we do. A short temper and narcissism, in general, a separate topic for conversation.

Possible sins:

Conversations in the church and during the service;
Allowing doubts in faith;
The manifestation of cruelty, pride, laziness;
Greed or extravagance;
Avoiding helping his wife, children, misleading them;
Disclosure of other people's secrets;
Inclination to sin;
Drinking alcohol, smoking drugs;
Enthusiasm for card games, automata, inducing others to this debauchery;
Participation in thefts, fights;
Narcissism;
Insolent behavior, the ability to humiliate loved ones;
Manifestations of negligence and cowardice;
Masturbation, seduction, adultery.

This is far from full list male sins. To most of the above, mankind treats it for granted, and does not consider it a sin at all.

Examples of sins for confession

People sin in their own way. One considers his act the norm, for the other it is a mortal sin.

Here is a rough list of possible options:

Not faith in the Lord God;
Doubts;
Ingratitude to the Savior;
Not wanting to wear a cross;
Unwillingness to defend one's opinion about God in front of unbelievers;
They swore by the Lord to justify themselves;
They called on God, asked for help in vanity and unbelief;
They called the Lord;
Stayed and attended non-Christian churches;
Hostility;
They resorted to the help of sorcerers, witches;
Reading or preaching false doctrines about God;
We played all kinds of games: cards, slot machines;
They refused to fast;
Did not read the prayer book;
Wanted to commit suicide;
swearing;
Don't go to church;
Think badly of priests;
Watch TV or sit at the computer, instead of helping loved ones, or doing something around the house;
Desperate and do not ask God for help;
Relying too much on others;
You deceive the priest during confession, or you do not trust him;
Has a fiery temper;
Be arrogant towards people;
Show others your pride and vanity;
Lie to relatives and friends;
You mock the poor, the clumsy;
Show your stinginess, or excessive extravagance;
Your children are not brought up in the faith and fear of the Lord;
Do not help the needy, the disadvantaged;
Do not come to the aid of your parents;
You resort to theft;
Do not behave decently at the wake, let alcohol get the better of you;
You can kill the interlocutor with a word;
slander;
Bring a person to sinful thoughts about death;
Abortion, inducing others to it;
Imposing your thoughts;
The cult of money;
Showing yourself to people as a benefactor;
Excessive eating, intoxication;
Adultery, masturbation, incest.

Confession of prodigal sins

Fornication is considered a very serious sin. Previously, such offenses were excommunicated from communion for up to 7 years. It is located inside the person himself, in his subconscious. It eats a person from the inside. Being in such a sophisticated state, you feel euphoria. You no longer want to read a prayer. Such sinners are objectionable to God, he is disgusted by the mere thought of them. But at the same time, having repented, they will be forgiven faster than anyone else.

As the holy fathers say, three days of intense prayer, fasting, and repentance are enough to earn the Lord's forgiveness.

Of course, it's scary to be ashamed, but it's better to tell and repent than to carry this abomination in yourself. And if your family is also expecting a baby, even more so. Why torture the unborn soul of a baby. After all, we pass our sins on to our children. And then we wonder why they get sick, or have a lot of problems in life!

In this case, you should not write a note to the priest. Like, read it, while I go to the store or smoke! This Kindergarten! When they sinned, there was no shame before God, but before the priest, yes!

The most important thing! Repented. Learned the material. Correct your mistake! Don't repeat it! By repeating, you automatically become a hypocrite!

May the Lord keep you from temptation.

Confession sin masturbation

The concept is ambiguous, and the sin is very serious. In the Christian faith, they call it masturbation, or onanism. Loving yourself with your hands is the same sin as cheating on your wife, or sorting out girls. It is very difficult to get rid of such a cunning passion. Batiushka needs to be told everything in detail, he will ask many questions. It is necessary to get to the bottom of this sin, since this is the tip of the iceberg, the root of the problem is much worse and hides deep in the subconscious, hiding behind other obvious sins.

Confession means to pass a small judgment of God. Blush, and you will be ashamed only. And there, in that world, at the judgment of God, all your deceased relatives will be ashamed, you can’t hide anything there. Therefore, you have sinned, repent, here and now.

For this sin in the old days they were punished with strict fasting, they sat on bread and water for 40 days. In the service bows were beaten tirelessly.

The Holy Scripture says: “If anyone has sinned, forgive him, and all his sins will be forgiven. And if you don’t forgive someone, they will remain on that.

To do such a thing means to waste your strength and life resource in vain. Such behavior indicates that the Orthodox are weak-willed, weak-willed, do not have the strength of mind to control their desires.The Church does not take this for granted. Since for a natural permissible fornication there must be two, a husband and a wife. That's the only way they get approval. Everything else is sinful and unethical.

Priests say about masturbation that it is unclean. It was with this sin that the son of Patriarch Judah Onan was slain. To receive pleasure, God's blessing on church marriage is necessary. And it is easier to enter into it than to be under constant sinful addiction.

She will succumb to sin, maybe the female gender. The Church condemns him no less than the male. It follows from this that they also need to repent.

Onanism also happens among teenagers, girls and boys. At this age, this is more of an unconscious act, leading to this bad hyena, too tight things. Parents are obliged to look after their children, to control their behavior. Correcting this problem is more difficult, children, as a rule, do not understand the full depth of the problem, and do not realize what they are to blame for.

You should spend as much time with them as possible, change clothes if the reason is in it. Sign your child up for swimming. Find the cause of the problem. Read spiritual literature to a child, subtly explain that it is a sin.

The priest will help you choose the necessary prayers that will help get rid of this addiction.

List of sins for confession with explanations

I don’t go to confession, I don’t go to church, or I come to services very rarely.I do unnecessary things on my day off, I don’t read prayers.I don't understand what my sins are.
I'm not in the habit of thanking God.I do not pray in the morning and in the evening. She called God, did not believe in him.
She gave pets human names.
I listened to swearing and gossip.Cursing, thereby swearing at the Mother of God. I listened to nonsense.
Communion without preparation, fasting, prayers.
She broke the fast, cooked dinner from forbidden foods. She commemorated deceased relatives with alcohol.
She wore obscene clothes, thereby seducing men, calling for fornication.
Civil marriage, fornication.
She had abortions, thereby killing her children, trying to avoid difficulties in life.
She set a bad example for the children, screamed, beat, did not take them to church, did not teach them prayer, fasting, restraint.
She was fond of the occult sciences, magic, etc., conducted meditations, attended martial arts sections, which led to communication with demons.
She took someone else's, loans, things, on credit and did not return, which brought suffering to people.
She boasted, put herself on display, showed everyone her goodness, thereby humiliating them.
She violated the rules of the road, thereby creating risky situations.
She talked about her problems, cried, thereby feeling sorry for herself, justifying herself.

Children's sins in confession

Children should be taught to church from infancy. Until the age of seven, children do not confess. It is believed that the child is still sinless. And what he says and how he acts is only our merit and an example set.It is necessary to explain to the child what confession is, why it is needed. Children should understand that they tell about their bad deeds not to their uncle in a cassock, but to God himself, that the priest is the eyes and ears of the Lord.

From what will be the mood of the child, depends on his attendance at church and attitude towards it. In no case do not insist, if the child is not ready, there will only be harm to his fragile psyche.

Parents can briefly, but correctly, explain to their child what sin is and what they are. Every parent knows the characteristics of their child. For shy children, you can offer to write a note, so you will help him concentrate. Explain to the child that you should not be afraid, that you will not know about his conversation with God. He must learn to trust both you and the priest.

Children's confession list of sins

Children's sins are not as bitter as adults'. They are more like misdemeanors. Therefore, a child's confession differs from an adult's. Approximate questions that the priest can ask:

Does the child attend church and how often? What does he do when he comes to church? Is he interested in being here?
What prayers does he know?
Does he have a cross?
Is he telling the truth to his parents or is he lying?
How many friends does he have, and what kind of relationship do they have? Is he intolerant of them? How about kids and girls?
What does he do and what are his interests? Does he show pride in his accomplishments?
Does he have favorite pets? How does he feel about them?
Does he love his parents?

Sins of teenagers for confession

Older children are more susceptible to outside influences, such as friends, the street. They defend their point of view, their opinion. Unfortunately, in the rhythm of big cities, there is not always time to control where they are, and with whom they are friends, what they watch and what sites they visit! Therefore, it is important to teach a teenager to trust, if not you, then at least a priest. He definitely will not advise the bad, and will unequivocally take the side of the teenager, suggest the right way out of this situation. And certainly will not criticize, like many parents.

It is in adolescence that children manage to get into different stories, trying to get out of them themselves, thinking that they are already adults and have enough experience. They are afraid to confess to their parents, consult with friends.

By attending church and trusting God through a priest, a teenager can avoid many difficult situations. Do not spoil your life, do not take the path of sin from such a young age.

What can a father ask?

What does he say if someone has a better phone, for example?
Did he steal? If yes, then how did you do it? Was he ashamed?
How does he behave with children from poor families? Is there envy for the children of rich parents?
Doesn't he laugh at the disabled, sick children?
How does he feel about cards, alcohol, drugs?
Does he help elders, for example, with household chores?
Does he deceive his parents by saying that he is ill?
How does he study? Does he skip school?
Does he have an addiction to TV, computer, phone? And how does he understand it?
How does he treat elders? Does he respect mom and dad?
Does he speak bad words?
What does he think of girls when they are in short skirts? Girls, why do they need clothes that are short or too tight? Do they seduce boys?
Is he doing something that makes you feel ashamed?
Can he tell his parents about all his actions?
Does he watch adult films and related sites?
Did he take someone else's, things, money?
Does he correct his perfect deeds?
Does it repent in what has already been done?

Are all sins forgiven in confession?

There are no sinners whom the Savior could not ask. If a person repents in confession, he can receive forgiveness. The sin that the church cannot forgive is foul language against the Lord, the Church and its laws.

The Lord forgives all sins. Because of his love for us, he suffered and was crucified. He accepts all sinners, gives them a second chance, and believes that they can be reformed.

The question is whether a person who has sinned can forgive himself. And if he caused pain and suffering, even more so.

If you missed or forgot to tell the priest during the service, then when the chrismation is performed, the sins will be forgiven. Such services are held in the evening, on the Sabbath day or on holidays.

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 in 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 kind of sin separately and in no case in general terms 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.

Appeal to the Penitents by Metropolitan Philaret Voznesensky

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 this 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.

SAMPLE CONFESSION FOR THE FIRST TIME ATTENDING THE MYSTERY OF REPENTANCE

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 from 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, lasciviousness 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.

CONFESSION WRITTEN IN THE OPTINA PUSTINA

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, slandering and slandering the good name of a neighbor and his honor, disclosure of other people's sins and weaknesses, suspicion, doubt in the honor of a neighbor, condemnation, duplicity, gossip, ridicule, witticisms, lies, cunning, deceit, hypocritical treatment of others , flattery, groveling before the highest in office and having advantages and power; talkativeness and idle talk.

I do not have: 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 do not have: 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.

SAMPLE CONFESSION FOR THE CHURCHED

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: enslaving 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, rancor, 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: forgetfulness 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 nocturnal 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.

A LIST OF SINS TO HELP THE PENITENT

We sin:

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).

Simple Rules for Confession

Confession, especially if it is associated with fasting, almsgiving, fervent prayer, returns a person to the state in which Adam was before the fall.

Confession can be done in any setting, but confession in a church is generally accepted - during a divine service or at a time specially appointed by the priest. The confessor must be baptized, a member of the Orthodox Church, recognizing all the foundations of the Orthodox dogma and repenting of his sins.

When preparing for confession, the church charter does not require either a special fast or a special prayer rule - faith and repentance are needed. However, it is recommended to read penitential prayers, fasting is also possible.

The penitent must confess his sins. It is necessary to show a general awareness of one's sinfulness, especially highlighting the passions and weaknesses most characteristic of him (for example: lack of faith, love of money, anger, etc.); and also to name those specific sins that he sees behind him, and especially those that are most burdensome to his conscience.

EIGHT MAIN PASSIONS

(think about whether these sins weigh you down)

one . Entrapment: Overeating, drunkenness, non-keeping and permission of fasts, secret eating, delicacy, generally 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, goodness and people.

2. Fornication: Prodigal kindling, prodigal sensations and positions of the soul and heart. Acceptance of impure thoughts, conversation with them, delight in them, permission to them, slowness in them. Prodigal dreams and captivity. Non-keeping of the senses, especially the sense of touch, which is impudence, destroying all virtues. Cursing and reading voluptuous books. Fornication sins are natural: fornication and adultery. Fornication sins are unnatural.

3. Love of money: Loving money, generally loving property, movable and immovable. Desire to get rich. Reflection on the means to enrichment. Dream of wealth. Fear of old age, unexpected poverty, sickness, exile. Avarice. Greed. Unbelief in God, distrust of His Providence. Addictions or painful, excessive love for various perishable objects, depriving the soul of freedom. Passion for vain cares. Loving gifts. Appropriation of someone else's. Likhva. Hardness of heart to the poor brethren and to all those in need. Theft. Robbery.

4. Anger: Hot temper, acceptance of angry thoughts: dreaming of anger and vengeance, indignation of the heart with rage, clouding the mind with it; obscene shouting, argument, swearing, cruel and caustic words, stress, pushing, murder. Remembrance, hatred, enmity, revenge, slander, condemnation, indignation and resentment of one's neighbor.

5. Sadness: Grieving, longing, cutting off hope in God, doubt in the promises of God, ungratefulness to God for everything that happens, cowardice, impatience, non-self-reproach, sorrow for one’s neighbor, grumbling, renunciation of the cross, an attempt to get off it.

6. Despondency: Sloth for everyone good deed especially for prayer. Abandonment of church and private rules. Leaving unceasing prayer and soulful reading. Inattention and haste in prayer. Neglect. Irreverence. Idleness. Excessive comfort with sleep, lying down and all kinds of languor. Transition from place to place. Frequent exits from the cell, walks and visits to friends. Idle talk. Jokes. Blasphemers. Leaving bows and other bodily feats. Forgetting your sins. Forgetfulness of the commandments of Christ. Negligence. Captivity. Deprivation of the fear of God. Bitterness. Insensibility. Despair.

7. Vanity: The search for human glory. Boasting. Desire and search for earthly and vain honors. Love of beautiful clothes, carriages, servants and private things. Attention to the beauty of your face, the pleasantness of your voice and other qualities of the body. Disposition to the perishing sciences and arts of this age, the search to succeed in them in order to acquire temporary, earthly glory. Shame to confess your sins. Hiding them before people and the spiritual father. Craftiness. Self-justification. Contradiction. Compiling your mind. Hypocrisy. Lie. Flattery. Humanity. Envy. Humiliation of the neighbor. Change of temper. Indulgence. Unscrupulousness. The temper and life are demonic.

8. Pride: Neighbor contempt. Preferring yourself to everyone. Insolence. Omra-chenie, corpulence of the mind and heart. Nailing them to the earth. Hula. Disbelief. False mind. Disobedience to the Law of God and the Church. Follow your carnal will. Reading books heretical, depraved and vain. Disobedience to authorities. A biting mockery. Abandoning Christ-like humility and silence. Loss of simplicity. Loss of love for God and neighbor. False philosophy. Heresy. Irreligion. Ignorance. Death of the soul.St. Ignatius (Bryanchaninov)

Brief list of sins.

It is necessary to repent of sins committed by deed, word, and thought.

Remember sins since the previous confession or, if you have never confessed, since the time of baptism.

If you were baptized in infancy, try to remember from the age of six.

"per minute" and there is no need to remember and tell in details. Suffice it to say that such and such a sin, one way or another, happened in life. In deed, in word, in thought.

In confession, do not make excuses, but only repent.

When confessing, try to speak to the point, without being distracted by extraneous topics.

Don't hide sins. This makes confession invalid and redoubles the burden of sin on the soul.
Do not try to "quickly get off" by saying: "Sinful in everything!". It is necessary to figure out exactly what, in order to identify your spiritual illnesses - the causes of life problems, and consciously begin to heal them.
Fasting, in the sense of eating, is not obligatory before confession.

If you have already confessed some sin and have not committed it again, you do not need to repeat it.

It is a sin to continue to torment yourself about what you have already repented of in confession. This is an expression of disbelief.
Unbelief, lack of faith, doubts about the existence of God, about the truth of the Orthodox faith.
Not keeping the law of God.
Resentment against God.
An insult to God, the Most Holy Theotokos, saints, the holy Church. The mention of the Name of God is in vain, without reverence.
Condemnation of the clergy.
Caring only for earthly life.
Non-observance of the prayer rule, fasting and other church regulations.
Non-attendance or rare visit to the temple.
Unbaptized children. Raising children outside the Orthodox faith.
Failure to keep promises made to God.
Work on Sundays and major church holidays.
Failure to provide prayer assistance to neighbors. Alive and dead.
Non-communion or rare communion to the sacraments of repentance, communion, unction.
Lack of Christian love.
Lack of good deeds. Failure to provide all possible assistance to the Church.
Committing criminal offences.
Homicide, abortion. Attempted murder or suicide.
Pride. Condemnation. Resentment, not a desire to reconcile, forgive. rancor.
Envy . Malice, hatred.
Lies, deceit.
Backbiting, gossip. Swearing, swearing. Causing harm, damage. Insult, insult.
Failure to fulfill parental obligations. Failure to owe parents
Any dishonesty.

Lack of mercy, failure to help those in need.

Greed, covetousness, money-grubbing, bribery.

Extravagance.

Erroneous judgments about life, the spread of their delusions.
Seduction to any sin. Initiation, in any form, to delusions and false teachings:

different philosophical systems; schisms, heresies and sects in Christianity;

other beliefs - Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and their offshoots;

about. sects - Satanism, Dianetics (Scientology), Marmons, Jehovah's Witnesses, yoga, meditation, etc., "health" systems, false trends in psychology and

- Superstition. Belief in omens, interpretation of dreams, observance of pagan rites and holidays.

Entering into direct communication with evil spirits. Divination, witchcraft, conspiracies, love spells, magic.

Any games and actions with cards.

Drinking, drug addiction, smoking.
Fornication. (Sexual satisfaction is illegal, that is, outside of marriage or in a perverted form.)
Failure to save marriage. Divorce.
Despondency, sadness. Gluttony. Laziness. Self-justification.
Unwillingness to work for one's own salvation.

At the end of the confession, one can say this: I have sinned (a) in deed, in word, in thoughts, with all the feelings of the soul and body. Do not list all my sins, according to their multitude. But in all my sins, both expressed and forgotten, I repent.

God! Be merciful to me a sinner (sinner)

Those who, for the first time in their lives, will participate in one of the most important Christian sacraments, are wondering with what words to begin confession before the priest. A person who wants to repent and may not know how to talk about their sins.

A well-known church figure of our time, Archimandrite John (Krestyankin), identified two options for constructing a confession:

according to the ten commandments;
according to the commandments of happiness.

In his book on confession, the hierarch gives an example of how one can pronounce confession and repent of one's sins. The archimandrite analyzes each of the commandments and describes what duties Christians should have before God according to these commandments. John points out to readers the mistakes in everyday life that lead to forgetfulness of faith.

He analyzes the beatitudes and points out what people neglect. Considering the second beatitude ("blessed are those who mourn"), he asks the reader if he has mourned the desecration of God's image in himself, his non-Christian life, surges of pride and anger. He shows readers how far they stand from the steps of moral perfection.

This book is recognized as a good manual explaining what should be considered sin in human life. But it cannot be an instruction on what to say. The penitent must himself choose the words that will come from his heart, and sincerely desire to repent.

Preparing for confession and conducting it

A person who wants to confess for the first time must carefully remember all the sins that have been committed. For convenience, he can draw up a summary that will allow him not to forget anything during the sacrament. He can speak in advance with the clergyman, who will appoint a time for him during the general confession or especially.

People confess to the clergy in turn. The visitor must wait his turn. After that, he, turning to the audience, asks them for forgiveness for their sins. They say God will forgive and forgive him. After that, the confessor goes to the clergyman.

A person approaches the lectern, crosses himself, makes a bow, and then begins to confess. Approaching the priest, he must turn to God and say that he has sinned before Him. At the beginning, he may introduce himself to the confessing priest, but this can also be done at the end, when the priest will have to call his name in prayer. Then comes the time of listing sins, the story of each of which should begin with the word: "sinned / sinned."

Also, approaching the lectern, the believer can say “The servant of God (the servant of God) is confessing” and give the name. Then say "I repent of my sins" and start listing them.

When the penitent finishes listing his sins, he must listen to the word of the priest, who can absolve him of his sins or impose a punishment on the layman (penance). After that, the person is baptized again, bows, and venerates the Gospel and the Cross.

Confession is one of the most important sacraments in the life of a Christian. For new converts and those who came to the faith late, the question often arises with what words to begin confession before the priest. . A person must show that he has realized his sinful life and wants to change.