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Each of us has a moment in life when we want to lighten our soul and pour it out to someone. Relatives do not want to be burdened with their problems, and strangers do not want to trust their secrets. Who then will open up? Every believer knows what confession is. During it, you can reveal all your secrets to the Lord and they will not be known to anyone.
Everyone who decides to go to confession for the first time thinks about how to behave correctly? What is the correct way to name sins in confession? It happens that people come to confession and tell in detail about all their life ups and downs. This is not considered a confession. Confession includes such a thing as repentance. This is not a story about your life, and even with the desire to justify your sins.
Since some people simply do not know how to confess in a different way, the priest will accept this version of confession. But it will be more correct if you try to understand the situation and admit to all the mistakes.
Many write their sins for confession in a list. In it, they try to list everything in detail and tell about everything. But there is another type of people who list their sins only in separate words. It is necessary to describe your sins not in general terms about the passion that seethes in you, but about its manifestation in your life.
Remember, confession should not be a detailed account of the incident, but should be repentance for certain sins. But you should not be especially dry in describing these sins, unsubscribing with just one word.
Often people try to find an exact name for their sin. Remember that sins must be called those words that exist in modern language. It will be better if you repent with your natural words from a pure heart, and not memorized from books. You must understand what you are talking about.
Everyone knows that there are 8 passions. And if you have violated the commandments in relation to these passions, then it is imperative to repent of this.
Example of sins in confession:
In each of them it is necessary to repent in different ways. There are such sins that you do not need to talk about in detail, but you need to clearly let the priest understand the extent of your sin. But in the case of the sins of vanity, pride, theft, it is necessary to remember such cases and, if necessary, remind yourself of such cases.
A believer needs to know how to correctly write sins for confession. To do this, you can use the following hint:
First, before confession, it is advisable to find out when it is carried out. It happens that there are a lot of people who want it. Then it would be better to contact the priest personally and ask to appoint a separate time for you. It may be that during confession, the priest can appoint you a penance.
It's not a punishment, it's just a method to completely eradicate sin and be forgiven for it. It has its own expiration date. Basically, communion takes place after confession. That is why it is recommended to combine preparation for repentance with preparation for communion.
Especially the list of sins for women is not very different from the list of men, but still there are certain differences. For example: an abortion. This is considered a grave sin, even if it was done for medical reasons.
It is believed that the problems of an unborn child may arise due to diseases that are sexually transmitted. So the relationship may not be clean and not permanent. It is for this sin that it is necessary to ask for forgiveness and repent of it. It is also necessary to repent and the one who could advise or push a woman to take such a step.
The complete list of sins for confession for women consists of 473 items.
1. She violated the rules of good behavior for those who pray in the holy temple.
2. She had dissatisfaction with her life and people.
3. She performed prayers without zeal and a low bow to the icons, she prayed lying down, sitting (without need, out of laziness).
4. She sought fame and praise in virtues and labors.
5. I was not always content with what I had: I wanted to have beautiful, varied clothes, furniture, delicious food.
6. Annoyed and offended when she received a refusal of her desires.
7. She did not abstain from her husband during pregnancy, on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, on fasts, in uncleanness, by agreement, she was with her husband.
8. Sinned with disgust.
9. After committing a sin, she did not repent immediately, but kept it to herself for a long time.
10. She sinned with idle talk, dishonesty. I remembered the words spoken against me by others, I sang shameless worldly songs.
11. She complained about a bad road, about the length and tediousness of the service.
12. I used to save money for a rainy day, as well as for a funeral.
13. She was angry with her loved ones, scolded her children. She did not tolerate remarks from people, fair reproaches, she immediately fought back.
14. She sinned with vanity, asking for praise, saying “you cannot praise yourself, no one will praise you.”
15. The deceased was commemorated with alcohol; on a fast day, the memorial table was modest.
16. Didn't have a firm determination to give up sin.
17. Doubted the honesty of others.
18. Missed chances to do good.
19. She suffered from pride, did not condemn herself, was not always the first to ask for forgiveness.
20. Allowed spoilage of products.
21. She did not always reverently keep the shrine (artos, water, prosphora spoiled).
22. I sinned for the purpose of “repenting.”
23. She objected, justifying herself, became irritated at the dullness, stupidity and ignorance of others, made reprimands and remarks, contradicted, divulged sins and weaknesses.
24. Attributed sins and weaknesses to others.
25. She succumbed to rage: scolded loved ones, insulted her husband and children.
26. Made others angry, irritable, indignant.
27. She sinned by condemning her neighbor, blackened his good name.
28. Sometimes she was despondent, carried her cross with a murmur.
29. Intervened in other people's conversations, interrupted the speaker's speech.
30. She sinned with quarrelsomeness, compared herself with others, complained and became angry at offenders.
31. She thanked people, she did not extend her eyes of gratitude to God.
32. Fell asleep with sinful thoughts and dreams.
33. I noticed bad words and deeds of people.
34. Drank and ate food that was harmful to health.
35. She was embarrassed by the spirit of slander, considered herself better than others.
36. She sinned by indulgence and indulgence in sins, self-complacency, self-indulgence, disrespect for old age, untimely eating, intransigence, inattention to requests.
37. I missed the opportunity to sow the word of God, to bring benefits.
38. She sinned with gluttony, larynx: she loved to eat too much, savor tidbits, and enjoyed drunkenness.
39. She was distracted from prayer, distracted others, emitted bad air in the temple, went out when necessary, without saying it at confession, hastily prepared for confession.
40. She sinned with laziness, idleness, exploited the labor of others, speculated in things, sold icons, did not go to church on Sundays and holidays, was lazy to pray.
41. Hardened towards the poor, did not accept strangers, did not give to the poor, did not clothe the naked.
42. Trusted in man more than in God.
43. Was visiting drunk.
44. I did not send gifts to those who offended me.
45. Was upset at a loss.
46. I fell asleep during the day without need.
47. I was burdened by regrets.
48. I did not protect myself from colds, I was not treated by doctors.
49. Deceived in a word.
50. Exploited someone else's labor.
51. I was despondent in sorrows.
52. She was hypocritical, pleasing to people.
53. Wished evil, was cowardly.
54. Was inventive for evil.
55. Was rude, not condescending to others.
56. I did not force myself to do good deeds, to pray.
57. Angered the authorities at rallies.
58. Reduced prayers, skipped, rearranged words.
59. Envy others, wished for honor.
60. She sinned with pride, vanity, self-love.
61. I watched dances, dances, various games and spectacles.
62. She sinned with idle ranting, secret eating, petrification, insensitivity, neglect, disobedience, intemperance, stinginess, condemnation, greed, reproach.
63. Spent the holidays in booze and earthly amusements.
64. She sinned with sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch, inaccurate observance of fasts, unworthy communion of the Body and Blood of the Lord.
65. She got drunk, laughed at someone else's sin.
66. She sinned with lack of faith, infidelity, treason, deceit, lawlessness, groaning over sin, doubt, freethinking.
67. She was inconstant in good deeds, did not take pleasure in reading the holy Gospel.
68. Made up excuses for my sins.
69. She sinned with disobedience, arbitrariness, unfriendliness, malice, disobedience, insolence, contempt, ingratitude, severity, snitching, oppression.
70. She did not always conscientiously fulfill her official duties, was careless in her affairs and hastily.
71. She believed in signs and various superstitions.
72. Was an instigator of evil.
73. Went to weddings without a church wedding.
74. I sinned with spiritual insensitivity: hope for myself, for magic, for divination.
75. Did not keep these vows.
76. Hiding sins at confession.
77. Tried to learn other people's secrets, read other people's letters, eavesdropped on telephone conversations.
78. In great sorrow she wished for herself death.
79. Wore immodest clothes.
80. Talked during the meal.
81. I drank and ate what was said, “charged” by Chumak water.
82. Worked through strength.
83. I forgot about my Guardian Angel.
84. She sinned with laziness to pray for her neighbors, she did not always pray when asked about it.
85. I was ashamed to cross myself among unbelievers, took off the cross, going to the bathhouse and to the doctor.
86. She did not keep the vows given at Holy Baptism, did not preserve the purity of her soul.
87. She noticed the sins and weaknesses of others, divulged and reinterpreted them for the worse. She swore, swore by her head, by her life. Called people "devil", "Satan", "demon".
88. She called the dumb cattle the names of saints: Vaska, Masha.
89. She did not always pray before eating food, sometimes she had breakfast in the morning before the celebration of the Divine Service.
90. Being previously an unbeliever, she tempted her neighbors into unbelief.
91. She set a bad example with her life.
92. I was lazy to work, shifting my work onto the shoulders of others.
93. She did not always treat the word of God with care: she drank tea and read the Holy Gospel (which is irreverence).
94. Took Epiphany water after eating (without need).
95. I tore lilacs at the cemetery and brought them home.
96. She did not always keep the days of communion, she forgot to read thanksgiving prayers. I ate these days, slept a lot.
97. She sinned with idleness, late arrival to the temple and early departure from it, rare going to the temple.
98. Neglected menial work when it was in dire need.
99. She sinned with indifference, was silent when someone blasphemed.
100. She did not exactly observe fast days, during fasts she was fed up with fast food, tempted others to eat delicious and inaccurate according to the charter: hot loaf, vegetable oil, seasoning.
101. She was fond of negligence, relaxation, carelessness, trying on clothes and jewelry.
102. She reproached the priests, employees, spoke about their shortcomings.
103. Gave advice on abortion.
104. Violated someone else's dream through negligence and insolence.
105. Read love letters, copied, memorized passionate poems, listened to music, songs, watched shameless movies.
106. She sinned with immodest glances, looked at someone else's nakedness, wore immodest clothes.
107. I was tempted in a dream and passionately remembered it.
108. I suspected in vain (slandered in my heart).
109. She recounted empty, superstitious tales and fables, praised herself, did not always tolerate the revealing truth and offenders.
110. Showed curiosity to other people's letters and papers.
111. She idly inquired about the weaknesses of her neighbor.
112. Not freed from the passion to tell or ask about the news.
113. I read prayers and akathists copied with errors.
114. I considered myself better and more worthy than others.
115. I do not always light lamps and candles in front of icons.
116. Violated the secrecy of her own and someone else's confession.
117. Participated in bad deeds, persuaded to a bad deed.
118. Stubborn against good, did not listen to good advice. Boasted beautiful clothes.
119. I wanted everything to be my way, I was looking for the perpetrators of my sorrows.
120. After praying, she had evil thoughts.
121. Spent money on music, cinema, circus, sinful books and other amusements, lent money for obviously bad deeds.
122. Plotted in thoughts, inspired by the enemy, against the holy faith and the Holy Church.
123. Violated the peace of mind of the sick, looked at them as sinners, and not as a test of their faith and virtue.
124. Yielded to untruth.
125. I ate and went to bed without praying.
126. Ate until mass on Sundays and holidays.
127. She spoiled the water when she bathed in the river from which they drink.
128. She talked about her exploits, labors, boasted of her virtues.
129. With pleasure I used fragrant soap, cream, powder, dyed my eyebrows, nails and eyelashes.
130. Sinned with hope “God will forgive”.
131. I hoped for my strength, abilities, and not for the help and mercy of God.
132. She worked on holidays and weekends, from work on these days she did not give money to the poor and the poor.
133. I visited a healer, went to a fortune-teller, was treated with “biocurrents”, sat at sessions of psychics.
134. She sowed enmity and discord among people, she herself offended others.
135. Sold vodka and moonshine, speculated, drove moonshine (was present at the same time) and took part.
136. Suffered from gluttony, even got up to eat and drink at night.
137. She drew a cross on the ground.
138. I read atheistic books, magazines, “tracts about love”, looked at pornographic pictures, maps, half-naked images.
139. Distorted Holy Scripture (mistakes in reading, singing).
140. She was exalted with pride, she sought primacy and supremacy.
141. In anger, she mentioned evil spirits, invoked a demon.
142. Was engaged in dancing and playing on holidays and Sundays.
143. In uncleanness she entered the temple, ate prosphora, antidor.
144. In anger, I scolded and cursed those who offended me: so that no bottom, no tire, etc.
145. Spent money on amusements (attractions, carousels, all sorts of spectacles).
146. She took offense at her spiritual father, grumbled at him.
147. Disdain to kiss icons, take care of the sick, old people.
148. She teased deaf-mutes, weak-minded, minors, angered animals, repaid evil for evil.
149. Tempted people, wore translucent clothes, miniskirts.
150. She swore, was baptized, saying: “I’ll fail in this place,” etc.
151. Retelling ugly stories (sinful in their essence) from the life of her parents and neighbors.
152. Had a spirit of jealousy for a friend, sister, brother, friend.
153. She sinned with quarrelsomeness, self-will, lamenting that there is no health, strength, strength in the body.
154. Envy rich people, the beauty of people, their intelligence, education, prosperity, goodwill.
155. She did not keep her prayers and good deeds secret, she did not keep church secrets.
156. She justified her sins by illness, infirmity, bodily weakness.
157. She condemned other people's sins and shortcomings, compared people, gave them characteristics, judged them.
158. Revealed other people's sins, mocked them, ridiculed people.
159. Deliberately deceived, told a lie.
160. Hastily read the holy books, when the mind and heart did not assimilate what they read.
161. She left prayer because of fatigue, justifying herself with infirmity.
162. She rarely wept that I was living unrighteously, forgot about humility, self-reproach, about salvation, and about the terrible judgment.
163. In life, she did not betray herself to the will of God.
164. Ruined her spiritual home, mocked people, discussed the fall of others.
165. She herself was an instrument of the devil.
166. She did not always cut off her will before the elder.
167. I spent a lot of time on empty letters, and not on spiritual ones.
168. Didn't have a sense of the fear of God.
169. Was angry, shook her fist, cursed.
170. Read more than pray.
171. Yielded to persuasion, temptation to sin.
172. Powerfully ordered.
173. She slandered others, forced others to swear.
174. Turned her face away from those who asked.
175. She violated the peace of mind of her neighbor, had a sinful mood of spirit.
176. She did good without thinking about God.
177. Was conceited with a place, title, position.
178. The bus did not give way to the elderly, passengers with children.
179. When buying, she bargained, fell into curiosity.
180. She did not always accept the words of the elders and confessors with faith.
181. Watched with curiosity, asked about worldly things.
182. Unlived flesh with a shower, bath, bath.
183. Traveled aimlessly, for the sake of boredom.
184. When the visitors left, she did not try to free herself from sinfulness by prayer, but remained in it.
185. She allowed herself privileges in prayer, pleasures in worldly pleasures.
186. She pleased others for the sake of the flesh and the enemy, and not for the benefit of the spirit and salvation.
187. She sinned with a non-soul-beneficial attachment to friends.
188. Was proud of herself when doing a good deed. I did not humiliate myself, I did not reproach myself.
189. She did not always feel sorry for sinful people, but scolded and reproached them.
190. Was dissatisfied with her life, scolded her and said: "When only death will take me."
191. There were times when she called annoyingly, knocked loudly to open.
192. While reading, I didn't think about the Holy Scripture.
193. She did not always have cordiality towards visitors and the memory of God.
194. She did things out of passion and worked without need.
195. Often kindled by empty dreams.
196. She sinned with malice, did not remain silent in anger, did not move away from the one who provoked anger.
197. In illness, she often used food not for satisfaction, but for pleasure and enjoyment.
198. Coldly received mentally useful visitors.
199. I grieved for the one who offended me. And grieved at me when I offended.
200. At prayer, she did not always have repentant feelings, humble thoughts.
201. Insulted her husband, who avoided intimacy on the wrong day.
202. In anger she encroached on the life of her neighbor.
203. I have sinned and am sinning fornication: I was with my husband not to conceive children, but out of lust. In the absence of her husband, she defiled herself with masturbation.
204. At work, she experienced persecution for the truth and grieved about it.
205. Laughed at the mistakes of others and made comments out loud.
206. She wore women's whims: beautiful umbrellas, magnificent clothes, other people's hair (wigs, hairpieces, braids).
207. She was afraid of sufferings, endured them reluctantly.
208. She often opened her mouth to show off her gold teeth, wore gold-rimmed glasses, an abundance of rings and gold jewelry.
209. Asked for advice from people who do not have a spiritual mind.
210. Before reading the word of God, she did not always call on the grace of the Holy Spirit, she took care to only read more.
211. Transferred the gift of God to the womb, voluptuousness, idleness and sleep. Did not work, having talent.
212. I was too lazy to write and rewrite spiritual instructions.
213. Dyed her hair and rejuvenated, visited beauty salons.
214. When giving alms, she did not combine it with the correction of her heart.
215. She did not evade flatterers, and did not stop them.
216. She had a predilection for clothes: care, as it were, not to get dirty, not to get dusty, not to get wet.
217. She did not always wish her enemies salvation and did not care about it.
218. At prayer she was a "slave of necessity and duty."
219. After fasting, she leaned on fast food, ate to the point of heaviness in the stomach and often without time.
220. She rarely prayed at night. She sniffed tobacco and dabbled in smoking.
221. She did not avoid spiritual temptations. Had a soulful date. Fell in spirit.
222. On the road, she forgot about prayer.
223. Intervened with instructions.
224. Didn't sympathize with the sick and mourners.
225. Didn't always lend.
226. Feared sorcerers more than God.
227. She spared herself for the good of others.
228. Dirty and spoiled sacred books.
229. She spoke before the morning and after the evening prayer.
230. She brought glasses to the guests against their will, treated them beyond measure.
231. She did the works of God without love and diligence.
232. Often did not see her sins, rarely condemned herself.
233. She amused herself with her face, looking in the mirror, making grimaces.
234. She spoke about God without humility and caution.
235. Weary of service, waiting for the end, hurrying to the exit as soon as possible in order to calm down and take care of worldly affairs.
236. Rarely did self-tests, in the evening I didn’t read the prayer “I confess to you ...”
237. Rarely thought about what she heard in the temple and read in Scripture.
238. She did not look for traits of kindness in an evil person and did not talk about his good deeds.
239. Often did not see her sins and rarely condemned herself.
240. I took contraceptives. She demanded protection from her husband, interruption of the act.
241. Praying for health and repose, she often went over names without the participation and love of her heart.
242. She uttered everything when it would be better to remain silent.
243. In a conversation, she used artistic techniques. She spoke in an unnatural voice.
244. She was offended by inattention and neglect of herself, was inattentive to others.
245. She did not abstain from excesses and pleasures.
246. She wore other people's clothes without permission, spoiled other people's things. In the room she blew her nose on the floor.
247. I was looking for benefits and benefits for myself, and not for my neighbor.
248. Forced a person to sin: to lie, steal, peep.
249. To inform and retell.
250. I found pleasure in sinful dates.
251. Visited places of wickedness, debauchery and godlessness.
252. She turned her ear to hear evil.
253. She attributed her successes to herself, and not to God's help.
254. While studying the spiritual life, she did not fulfill it in deeds.
255. In vain she disturbed people, did not calm the angry and sad.
256. Often washed clothes, wasted time without need.
257. Sometimes she fell into danger: she ran across the road in front of transport, crossed the river on thin ice, etc.
258. She towered over others, showing her superiority and wisdom of mind. She allowed herself to humiliate another, mocking the shortcomings of the soul and body.
259. Postponed the deeds of God, mercy and prayer for later.
260. She did not mourn herself when she did a bad deed. With pleasure she listened to slanderous speeches, blasphemed life and the treatment of others.
261. Didn't use surplus income for spiritually useful things.
262. She did not save from the days of fasting in order to give to the sick, the needy, and children.
263. Worked reluctantly, grumbling and vexed because of the small pay.
264. She was the cause of sin in family discord.
265. Without gratitude and self-reproach she endured sorrows.
266. She didn't always go into seclusion in order to be alone with God.
267. She lay and basked in bed for a long time, did not immediately get up to pray.
268. She lost self-control while defending the offended, kept hostility and evil in her heart.
269. Didn't stop talking gossip. She herself often passed on to others and with an increase from herself.
270. Before the morning prayer and during the prayer rule, she did household chores.
271. She autocratically presented her thoughts as the true rule of life.
272. Ate stolen food.
273. She did not confess the Lord with her mind, heart, word, deed. Had an alliance with the wicked.
274. At the meal she was too lazy to treat and serve her neighbor.
275. She was sad about the deceased, that she herself was ill.
276. I was glad that the holiday had come and I didn’t have to work.
277. I drank wine on holidays. Loved going to dinner parties. I got fed up there.
278. She listened to teachers when they said something harmful to the soul, against God.
279. Used perfumes, smoked Indian incense.
280. Engaged in lesbianism, with lust touched someone else's body. With lust and voluptuousness she watched the mating of animals.
281. Cared beyond measure for the nourishment of the body. Accepted gifts or alms at a time when it was not necessary to accept it.
282. Didn't try to be away from a person who likes to chat.
283. Didn't get baptized, didn't read prayers at church bell ringing.
284. Under the guidance of her spiritual father, she did everything according to her own will.
285. She was naked when bathing, sunbathing, exercising, in case of illness she was shown to a male doctor.
286. She did not always recall and count her violations of the Law of God with repentance.
287. While reading prayers and canons, she was too lazy to bow.
288. When she heard that a person was ill, she did not rush to help.
289. With thought and word she exalted herself in the good done.
290. Believed in slander. She didn't punish herself for her sins.
291. During the service in the church she read her house rule or wrote a commemorative book.
292. She did not abstain from her favorite foods (although fasting ones).
293. Unfairly punished and lectured children.
294. Didn't have a daily memory of God's Judgment, death, the Kingdom of God.
295. In times of sorrow, she did not occupy her mind and heart with the prayer of Christ.
296. She did not force herself to pray, to read the Word of God, to weep over her sins.
297. Rarely performed commemoration of the dead, did not pray for the departed.
298. With unconfessed sin she approached the Chalice.
299. In the morning I did gymnastics, and did not dedicate my first thought to God.
300. When praying, I was too lazy to cross myself, sorted out my bad thoughts, did not think about what awaits me beyond the grave.
301. She was in a hurry to pray, out of laziness she shortened it and read without proper attention.
302. She told her neighbors and acquaintances about her grievances. I visited places where bad examples were set.
303. Admonished a man without meekness and love. Irritated when correcting my neighbor.
304. She did not always light a lamp on holidays and Sundays.
305. On Sundays, I didn’t go to the temple, but for mushrooms, berries ...
306. Had more savings than necessary.
307. She spared her strength and health in order to serve her neighbor.
308. She reproached her neighbor for what had happened.
309. Walking on the way to the temple, I did not always read prayers.
310. Assented when condemning a person.
311. She was jealous of her husband, remembered her rival with malice, wished for her death, used a healer's slander to torment her.
312. I used to be demanding and disrespectful to people. Gained the upper hand in conversations with neighbors. On the way to the temple, she overtook older than me, did not wait for those who lagged behind me.
313. She turned her abilities to earthly goods.
314. Had jealousy for the spiritual father.
315. I tried to be always right.
316. Asked unnecessary things.
317. Wept for the temporary.
318. Interpreted dreams and took them seriously.
319. Boasted of sin, committed evil.
320. After communion, she was not guarded from sin.
321. Kept atheistic books and playing cards in the house.
322. She gave advice, not knowing whether they were pleasing to God, she was negligent in the affairs of God.
323. She accepted prosphora, holy water without reverence (she spilled holy water, spilled crumbs of prosphora).
324. I went to bed and got up without prayer.
325. She spoiled her children, not paying attention to their bad deeds.
326. During fasting she was engaged in larynx, she liked to drink strong tea, coffee, and other drinks.
327. I took tickets, food from the back door, went on the bus without a ticket.
328. She placed prayer and the temple above serving her neighbor.
329. Endured sorrows with despondency and grumbling.
330. Irritated in fatigue and illness.
331. Had free treatment of persons of the opposite sex.
332. At the recollection of worldly affairs, she gave up prayer.
333. Forced to eat and drink the sick and children.
334. Contemptuously treated vicious people, did not seek their conversion.
335. She knew and gave money for a bad deed.
336. She entered the house without invitation, peeped through the crack, through the window, through the keyhole, eavesdropped at the door.
337. Entrusted secrets to strangers.
338. Used food without need and hunger.
339. I read prayers with errors, got lost, skipped, put stress incorrectly.
340. Lived lustfully with her husband. She allowed perversions and carnal pleasures.
341. She gave loans and asked for debts back.
342. She tried to learn more about divine things than was revealed by God.
343. Sinned with body movement, gait, gesture.
344. She set herself as an example, boasted, boasted.
345. She spoke passionately about earthly things, delighted in the remembrance of sin.
346. Went to the temple and back with empty talk.
347. I insured my life and property, I wanted to cash in on insurance.
348. Was greedy for pleasure, unchaste.
349. She passed on her conversations with the elder and her temptations to others.
350. She was a donor not out of love for her neighbor, but for the sake of drinking, free days, for money.
351. Boldly and willfully plunged herself into sorrows and temptations.
352. I was bored, I dreamed about traveling and entertainment.
353. Made wrong decisions in anger.
354. Was distracted by thoughts during prayer.
355. Traveled south for carnal pleasures.
356. Used the time of prayer for worldly affairs.
357. She distorted words, distorted the thoughts of others, expressed her displeasure aloud.
358. I was ashamed to confess before my neighbors that I was a believer, and I visit the temple of God.
359. She slandered, demanded justice in higher instances, wrote complaints.
360. She denounced those who do not attend the temple and do not repent.
361. I bought lottery tickets with the hope of getting rich.
362. She gave alms and rudely slandered the one who asked.
363. She listened to the advice of egoists who were themselves slaves of their womb and carnal passions.
364. Engaged in self-aggrandizement, proudly expected a greeting from her neighbor.
365. I was weary of fasting and looked forward to its end.
366. She could not bear the stench from people without disgust.
367. She denounced people in anger, forgetting that we are all sinners.
368. She lay down to sleep, did not remember the affairs of the day and did not shed tears about her sins.
369. She did not keep the Rule of the Church and the traditions of the holy fathers.
370. She paid for help with household chores with vodka, tempted people with drunkenness.
371. In fasting she made tricks in food.
372. Distracted from prayer when bitten by mosquitoes, flies and other insects.
373. At the sight of human ingratitude, she refrained from doing good deeds.
374. She shied away from dirty work: clean the toilet, pick up the trash.
375. During the period of breastfeeding, she did not abstain from married life.
376. In church she stood with her back to the altar and the holy icons.
377. Cooked sophisticated dishes, tempted with guttural insanity.
378. I read entertaining books with pleasure, but not the Scriptures of the Holy Fathers.
379. I watched TV, spent whole days at the “box”, and not in prayers in front of the icons.
380. Listened to passionate secular music.
381. She sought consolation in friendship, yearned for carnal pleasures, loved kissing men and women on the lips.
382. Engaged in extortion and deceit, judged and discussed people.
383. While fasting, she felt disgusted with monotonous, lenten food.
384. The Word of God spoke to unworthy people (not “cast pearls before swine”).
385. She neglected the holy icons, did not wipe them from dust in time.
386. I was too lazy to write congratulations on church holidays.
387. Spent time in mundane games and entertainments: checkers, backgammon, loto, cards, chess, rolling pins, ruffles, Rubik's cube and others.
388. Spoke illnesses, gave advice to go to fortune-tellers, gave addresses of sorcerers.
389. She believed in signs and slander: she spat over her left shoulder, a black cat ran, a spoon, fork, etc. fell.
390. She responded sharply to an angry person to his anger.
391. Tried to prove the justification and justice of her anger.
392. Was annoying, interrupted people's sleep, distracted them from the meal.
393. Relaxed by social conversations with young people of the opposite sex.
394. Engaged in idle talk, curiosity, hung out on fires and was present at accidents.
395. She considered it unnecessary to be treated for illnesses and visit a doctor.
396. I tried to calm myself by hasty execution of the rule.
397. Excessively troubled herself with work.
398. I ate a lot in the meat-fare week.
399. Gave wrong advice to neighbors.
400. She told shameful anecdotes.
401. To please the authorities, she closed the holy icons.
402. She neglected a man in his old age and poverty of his mind.
403. She stretched out her hands to her naked body, looked and touched secret uds with her hands.
404. She punished children with anger, in a fit of passion, with scolding and cursing.
405. Taught children to peep, eavesdrop, pimp.
406. She spoiled her children, did not pay attention to their bad deeds.
407. Had a satanic fear for the body, was afraid of wrinkles, gray hair.
408. Burdened others with requests.
409. She drew conclusions about the sinfulness of people according to their misfortunes.
410. Wrote insulting and anonymous letters, spoke rudely, interfered with people on the phone, making jokes under an assumed name.
411. Sit on the bed without the permission of the owner.
412. In prayer, she imagined the Lord.
413. Satanic laughter attacked when reading and listening to the Divine.
414. She asked advice from people who were ignorant of the matter, she believed crafty people.
415. Strived for superiority, rivalry, won interviews, participated in competitions.
416. She treated the Gospel as a divinatory book.
417. Picked berries, flowers, branches in other people's gardens without permission.
418. During the fast, she did not have a good disposition towards people, she allowed violations of the fast.
419. She did not always realize and regret the sin.
420. Listened to worldly records, sinned by watching video and porn movies, relaxed in other worldly pleasures.
421. She read a prayer, having enmity against her neighbor.
422. She prayed in a hat, with her head uncovered.
423. Believed in omens.
424. Used indiscriminately the papers on which the name of God was written.
425. She was proud of her literacy and erudition, imagined, singled out people with higher education.
426. Assigned found money.
427. In the church, I put bags and things on the windows.
428. Ride for pleasure in a car, motorboat, bicycle.
429. Repeated other people's bad words, listened to people cursing obscenities.
430. I read newspapers, books, secular magazines with enthusiasm.
431. She abhorred the poor, the poor, the sick, who smelled bad.
432. Was proud that she did not commit shameful sins, grievous murder, abortions, etc.
433. She ate and drank before the onset of the fasts.
434. Acquired unnecessary things without having to do so.
435. After a prodigal dream, she did not always read prayers for defilement.
436. Celebrated the New Year, wore masks and obscene clothes, got drunk, swearing, overeating and sinning.
437. She caused damage to her neighbor, spoiled and broke other people's things.
438. She believed the nameless "prophets", in "holy letters", "the dream of the Mother of God", she copied them herself and passed them on to others.
439. She listened to sermons in church with a spirit of criticism and condemnation.
440. She used her earnings for sinful lusts and amusements.
441. She spread bad rumors about priests and monks.
442. Huddled in the temple, hurrying to kiss the icon, the Gospel, the cross.
443. She was proud, in want and poverty she was indignant and murmured against the Lord.
444. Pee in public and even joke about it.
445. She did not always repay what she borrowed on time.
446. Belittled her sins at confession.
447. She gloated at the misfortune of her neighbor.
448. Instructed others in an instructive, imperative tone.
449. She shared their vices with people and affirmed them in these vices.
450. Quarreled with people for a place in the temple, at the icons, near the eve table.
451. Inadvertently caused pain to animals.
452. Left a glass of vodka on the grave of relatives.
453. She did not sufficiently prepare herself for the sacrament of confession.
454. She violated the holiness of Sundays and holidays with games, visits to spectacles, etc.
455. When crops were damaged, she swore at the cattle with dirty words.
456. Arranged dates in cemeteries, in childhood they ran and played hide and seek there.
457. Allowed sexual intercourse before marriage.
458. She deliberately got drunk in order to decide on a sin, along with wine she used medicines in order to get more drunk.
459. Begged for alcohol, pawned things and documents for this.
460. To draw attention to herself, to make her worry, she tried to commit suicide.
461. In childhood, she did not listen to teachers, prepared lessons poorly, was lazy, disrupted classes.
462. Visited cafes, restaurants arranged in temples.
463. She sang in a restaurant, on the stage, danced in a variety show.
464. In crowded transport, she felt pleasure from touches, did not try to avoid them.
465. She was offended by her parents for punishment, remembered these insults for a long time and told others about them.
466. She consoled herself with the fact that worldly cares prevent her from doing things of faith, salvation and piety, she justified herself by the fact that in her youth no one taught the Christian faith.
467. Wasted time on useless chores, fuss, talk.
468. Engaged in the interpretation of dreams.
469. With impatience she objected, fought, scolded.
470. She sinned with thefts, in childhood she stole eggs, handed them over to the store, etc.
471. She was vain, proud, did not honor her parents, did not obey the authorities.
472. Engaged in heresy, had an incorrect opinion about the subject of faith, doubt and even apostasy from the Orthodox faith.
473. She had the sin of Sodom (copulation with animals, with the wicked, entered into an incestuous relationship).
The desire to confess appears not only in people who bow before the law of God. Even the sinner is not lost to the Lord.
He is given the opportunity to change through the revision of his own views and the recognition of the sins committed, the correct repentance of them. Having cleansed himself of sins and embarked on the path of correction, a person will not be able to fall again.
The need to confess arises in someone who:
Babies up to the age of seven, and parishioners who were baptized that day, can receive Communion for the first time without confession.
Note! It is allowed to come to confession at the age of seven.
It often happens that a person of mature age needs to confess for the first time. In this case, you need to remember your sins committed from the age of seven.
No need to rush, remember everything, write down the list of sins on a piece of paper. The priest is a witness to the Sacrament, he should not be embarrassed and ashamed, as well as the all-forgiving God himself.
God, in the person of the holy fathers, forgives even grave sins. But in order to receive God's forgiveness, you need to seriously work on yourself.
To atone for sins, a penitent person performs the penance imposed on him by a priest. And only after its fulfillment, the repentant parishioner is forgiven with the help of the "permissive prayer" of the clergyman.
Important! When preparing yourself for confession, forgive those who offended you and ask for forgiveness from the one you offended.
You can go to confession, if only you are able to drive obscene thoughts away from yourself. No entertainment and frivolous literature, it is better to remember the Holy Scriptures.
Confession proceeds in the following order:
Think in advance how to confess correctly, what to say to the priest. An example, the definition of sins, can be taken from the Biblical Commandments. We begin each phrase with the words that she sinned and in what exactly.
We speak without details, we formulate only the sin itself, unless the priest himself asks about the details. If you need God's forgiveness, you must sincerely repent of your actions.
It is foolish to hide anything from the priest, he is the helper of the all-seeing God.
The goal of a spiritual healer is to help you repent of your sins. And if you have tears, the priest has achieved his goal.
The well-known biblical commandments will help you determine which sins to name the priest during confession:
| Types of sins | Sinful actions | Essence of sin |
| Attitude towards God | Doesn't wear a cross. Confidence that God is in the soul and there is no need to go to the temple. Celebration of pagan traditions, including Halloween. Attending sectarian meetings, bowing to wrong spirituality. Appeal to psychics, fortune tellers, horoscopes and signs. Pays little attention to the reading of Holy Scripture, does not teach prayer, neglects the observance of the Fasts and attendance at church services. | Unbelief, apostasy. Feeling of pride. A mockery of the Orthodox faith. Disbelief in the unity of God. Communication with evil spirits. Violation of the commandment to spend a day off. |
| Relationship with loved ones | Parent disrespect. Arrogance and interference in the personal and intimate life of adult children. Deprivation of life of living beings and a person, mocking and violent actions. Extortion, illegal activities. | Violation of the commandment to honor parents. Violation of the commandment to respect loved ones. Violation of the commandment "Thou shalt not kill." The sin associated with the corruption of adolescents and children. Violation of the biblical commandments associated with theft, envy and lies. |
| Attitude towards yourself | Cohabitation without marriage, sexual perversions, interest in erotic films. The use of obscene words and vulgar anecdotes in speech. Abuse of smoking, alcohol, drugs. Passion for gluttony and gluttony. Desire to flatter, talk, brag about good deeds, admire oneself. | Carnal sin - adultery, fornication. The sin of foul language. Disregard for what the Lord has given - to health. The sin of arrogance. |
Important! The primary sins, on the basis of which others appear, include arrogance, pride and arrogance in communication.
Consider how to confess correctly, what to say to the priest, an example of confession.
A confession written on paper can be used if the parishioner is very shy. Even the priests allow this, but you don’t need to give the sample to the priest, we list it in our own words.
In Orthodoxy, an example of confession is welcomed:
Discussion: 3 comments
And if there are still few sins, but it’s not very clean on my conscience, and I promised my MCH that I would definitely go to church. His first requirement is to go to confession and repent of all grave things. Luckily, I don't have many. And now I have a real problem. What if you confess online? Who thinks about this topic? Well, as I understand it, you post your site and there the priest prays for you and forgives sin. Not?
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Excuse me, in my opinion it is not necessary to go to the temple at the request of the MCH. What is it for? This is done for GOD, for the purification of the soul, and not because someone "demands". As far as I understand, you do not have this need. God cannot be deceived - neither through the Internet, nor in the temple.
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Reply to Christina. Christina, no, you can't confess over the Internet. I understand you are afraid of the priest, but think about it, the priest is only a witness to your repentance (after your death he will intercede for you before God and say that you repented if it was, in turn, the demons will talk about what you did not repent of ) do not complicate the future either for the father or for yourself. You don't need to hide sins, you don't need to hide them otherwise in this way you will increase them in number for yourself. We must honestly tell the whole truth about our evil deeds, not justifying ourselves, but condemning ourselves for them. Repentance is the correction of thoughts and life. After confession, you kiss the cross and the Gospel as a promise to God to fight the sins that you have confessed. Look for God! Guardian Angel!
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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 in our hearts against anyone, 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 observe 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 to even list 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, to open our eyes to ourselves, to come to our senses, to deeply understand what a destructive state our soul is in, how it is necessary to seek salvation from God, to 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 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, failure to fulfill vows, forcing others to worship and swearing, lack of reverence for the shrine, blasphemy against God, the saints, every shrine, blasphemy, invoking 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 prayers for them, by not raising children in the Orthodox faith, by not honoring his elders, by impudence, willfulness 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, by seductive behavior, liberty, insolence, immoderate TV watching, 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, degree, 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 like a Christian, and forgive the sins I have confessed, for I am Good and Lover of mankind. 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 before the 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, and 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.
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 mercy 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 must 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 as well, but coming to confession when the Divine Liturgy has already begun is utter 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 ground 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 sanctity of the great Mystery, 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 the prohibition in 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 Kiev 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:
Saint Ignatius Bryanchaninov lists the sins generated by the passion of fornication: “Fornication, fornication, 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 due to laziness and negligence, impious 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 fasts and fast 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.
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 from each past day draws conclusions, 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.
