How to confess sins in confession. List of sins for confession in Orthodoxy

The desire to confess appears not only among people who bow before the law of God. Even a sinner is not lost to the Lord.

He is given the opportunity to change through a revision of his own views and recognition of the sins he has committed and proper repentance for them. Having been cleansed of sins and taken the path of correction, a person will not be able to fall again.

The need to confess arises in someone who:

committed a grave sin;
terminally ill;
wants to change the sinful past;
decided to get married;
preparing for communion.

Children up to the age of seven and parishioners who were baptized on this day can receive communion for the first time without confession.

Note! You are allowed to go to confession when you reach seven years of age.

It often happens that the need to confess arose for the first time in a mature person. In this case, you need to remember your sins committed since the age of seven.

There is no need to rush, we remember everything, write down the list of sins on a piece of paper. The priest is a witness to the Sacrament; you should not be embarrassed or ashamed of him, just like the all-forgiving God himself.

God, in the person of the holy fathers, forgives grave sins. But in order to receive God's forgiveness, you need to seriously work on yourself.

To atone for sins, a repentant person performs the penance imposed on him by the priest. And only after its completion is the repentant parishioner 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 away obscene thoughts from yourself. No entertainment or frivolous literature, better remember the Holy Scriptures.

Confession takes place in the following order:

wait your turn for confession;
turn to those present with the words: “Forgive me, a sinner,” hearing in response that God will forgive, and we forgive, and only then approach the priest;
in front of the high stand - lectern, bow your head, cross yourself and bow, begin to confess correctly;
after listing the sins, listen to the clergyman;
then, having crossed ourselves and bowed twice, we kiss the Cross and the holy book of the Gospel.

Think in advance about 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 we sinned and exactly what.

We speak without details, we formulate only the sin itself, unless the priest himself asks for details. If you need God's forgiveness, you must sincerely repent of your actions.

It is stupid to hide anything from a priest; he is an assistant to 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.

What is considered a sin?

The well-known biblical commandments will help you determine what sins to call the priest during confession:

Types of sins	Sinful actions	The Essence of Sin
Relationship to the Almighty	Doesn't wear a cross. Confidence that God is in the soul and there is no need to go to church. Celebrating pagan traditions, including Halloween. Attending sectarian meetings, worshiping incorrect spirituality. Appeal to psychics, fortune tellers, horoscopes and signs. He pays little attention to reading the Holy Scriptures, does not teach prayer, and neglects observing Fasts and attending church services.	Unbelief, departure from faith. Feeling of pride. A mockery of the Orthodox faith. Lack of belief in the unity of God. Communication with evil spirits. Violation of the commandment to spend a day off.
Attitude towards loved ones	Disrespect for parents. Inconsiderateness and interference in the personal and intimate lives of adult children. Deprivation of life of living beings and humans, humiliating and violent actions. Engaging in extortion and 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.” Sin associated with the corruption of teenagers and children. Violation of biblical commandments related to theft, envy and lies.
Attitude towards yourself	Cohabitation without marriage, sexual perversion, interest in erotic films. Using obscene words and vulgar jokes in speech. Abuse of smoking, alcoholic beverages, drugs. Passion for gluttony and gluttony. The desire to flatter, chat, brag about good deeds, admire oneself.	Carnal sin - adultery, fornication. The sin of profanity. Neglect of what God has given - health. The sin of arrogance.

Important! The primary sins, on the basis of which others arise, include arrogance, pride and arrogance in communication.

An example of confession in church: what sins should I say?

Let's look at how to confess correctly, what to say to the priest, an example of confession.

A confession written on paper can be used if a 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.

Orthodoxy welcomes the example of confession:

When approaching the priest, do not think about earthly affairs, try to listen to your soul;
turning to the Lord, I must say that I have sinned before You;
list the sins, saying: “I sinned... (by adultery or lying or something else)”;
we tell sins without details, but not very briefly;
Having finished listing our sins, we repent and ask for salvation and alms from the Lord.

Discussion: 3 comments

And if there are still few sins, but it’s as if my conscience is not very clear, and I promised my MC that I would definitely join the church. His first demand is to go to confession and repent of all the serious things. Which, fortunately, I don’t have a lot of. And this is a real problem for me now. What if you confess on the Internet? Who thinks about this topic? Well, as I understand it, you post your website and there the priest prays for you and absolves you of sin. Not?

Answer

Forgive me, in my opinion there is no need to go to church at the request of the MCH. What is this for? This is done for GOD, for the purification of the soul, and not because someone “demands” it. As far as I understand, you do not have this need. You cannot deceive God - neither through the Internet, nor in church.

Answer

I answer Christina. Christina, no, you cannot confess via the Internet. I understand that you are afraid of the priest, but think about it, the priest is only a witness of your repentance (after your death, he will intercede with God for you and say that you repented if this happened, in turn, the demons will talk about what you did not repent of ) do not complicate the future for either your father or yourself. There is no need to hide sins, there is no need to conceal them, otherwise in this way you will increase their number. 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 you confessed. Seek God! Guardian Angel!

Answer

The sacrament of confession is a test for the soul. It consists of a desire to repent, verbal confession, repentance for sins. When a person goes against the laws of God, he gradually destroys his spiritual and physical shell. Repentance helps to cleanse yourself. It reconciles a person with God. The soul is healed and receives strength to fight sin.

Confession allows you to talk about your wrongdoings and receive forgiveness. In excitement and fear, you can forget what you wanted to repent of. The list of sins for confession serves as a reminder, a hint. It can be read in full or used as an outline. The main thing is that the confession is sincere and truthful.

Sacrament

Confession is the main component of repentance. This is an opportunity to ask for forgiveness for your sins and to be cleansed of them. Confession gives spiritual strength to resist evil. Sin is a discrepancy in thoughts, words, and actions with God's permission.

Confession is a sincere awareness of wicked actions, a desire to get rid of them. No matter how difficult and unpleasant it may be to remember them, you should tell the clergyman in detail about your sins.

This sacrament requires a complete relationship between feelings and words, because the everyday listing of one’s sins will not bring true cleansing. Feelings without words are as ineffective as words without feelings.

There is a list of sins for confession. This is a large list of all obscene actions or words. It is based on the 7 deadly sins and 10 commandments. Human life is too diverse to be absolutely righteous. Therefore, confession is an opportunity to repent of sins and try to prevent them in the future.

How to prepare for confession?

Preparation for confession must take place several days in advance. A list of sins can be written on a piece of paper. You should read special literature about the sacraments of confession and communion.

One should not look for excuses for sins, one must recognize their wickedness. It is best to analyze your every day, analyzing what was good and what was bad. This daily habit will help you be more attentive to your thoughts and actions.

Before confession, you should make peace with everyone who was offended. Forgive those who offended. Before confession, it is necessary to strengthen the prayer rule. Add to the nightly reading the Canon of Repentance, the canons of the Theotokos.

One should separate personal repentance (when a person mentally repents of his actions) and the sacrament of confession (when a person talks about his sins in the desire to be cleansed of them).

The presence of a third party requires a moral effort to understand the depth of the offense and, through overcoming shame, will force you to look more deeply at the wrong actions. That is why a list of sins is so necessary for confession in Orthodoxy. It will help to identify what was forgotten or wanted to be hidden.

If you have difficulty compiling a list of sinful actions, you can purchase the book “Full Confession.” It is in every church shop. There is a detailed list of sins for confession and the features of the sacrament. Samples of confession and materials for preparing for it have been published.

Rules

Is there a heaviness in your soul, do you want to speak out, ask for forgiveness? After confession it becomes much easier. This is an open, sincere recognition and repentance of the wrongdoings committed. You can go to confession up to 3 times a week. The desire to be cleansed of sins will help overcome the feeling of stiffness and awkwardness.

The less frequent the confession, the more difficult it is to remember all the events and thoughts. The best option for holding the sacrament is once a month. Help in confession - a list of sins - will prompt you with the necessary words. The main thing is that the priest understands the essence of the offense. Then the punishment for sin will be justified.

After confession, the priest imposes penance in difficult cases. This is punishment, excommunication from the holy sacraments and God's grace. Its duration is determined by the priest. In most cases, the penitent faces moral and correctional work. For example, fasting, reading prayers, canons, akathists.

Sometimes the priest reads out the list of sins for confession. You can independently write a list of what has been done. It is better to come to confession after the evening service or in the morning, before the liturgy.

How does the sacrament work?

In some situations, you should invite the priest to confession at home. This is done if the person is seriously ill or near death.

Upon entering the temple, you must line up for confession. During the entire sacrament, the cross and the Gospel lie on the lectern. This symbolizes the invisible presence of the Savior.

Before confession begins, the priest may start asking questions. For example, about how often prayers are said, whether church rules are followed.

Then the sacrament begins. It is best to prepare your list of sins for confession. A sample of it can always be purchased at the church. If the sins forgiven at the previous confession were repeated, then they should be mentioned again - this is considered a more serious offense. You should not hide anything from the priest or speak in hints. You should clearly explain in simple words the sins you repent of.

If the priest tore up the list of sins for confession, it means that the sacrament is over and absolution has been granted. The priest places an epitrachelion on the head of the penitent. This means the return of God's favor. After this, they kiss the cross and the Gospel, which symbolizes readiness to live according to the commandments.

Preparing for Confession: List of Sins

Confession is intended to comprehend your sin and desire to improve. It is difficult for a person far from the church to understand what actions should be considered wicked. That's why there are 10 commandments. They clearly state what not to do. It is better to prepare a list of sins for confession according to the commandments in advance. On the day of the sacrament, you can get excited and forget everything. Therefore, you should calmly, a few days before confession, re-read the commandments and write down your sins.

If it is the first confession, then it is not easy to figure out the seven deadly sins and the ten commandments on your own. Therefore, you should approach the priest in advance and tell him about your difficulties in a personal conversation.

A list of sins for confession with an explanation of the sins can be purchased at the church or found on the website of your temple. The transcript describes in detail all the alleged sins. From this general list it is necessary to isolate what was done personally. Then write down your list of offenses.

Sins committed against God

Lack of faith in God, doubt, ingratitude.
Lack of a cross on the body, unwillingness to defend the faith in front of detractors.
Swearing in the name of God, pronouncing the name of the Lord in vain (not during prayer or conversations about God).
Visiting sects, casting fortunes, treating with all kinds of magic, reading and spreading false teachings.
Gambling, suicidal thoughts, swearing.
Failure to attend church, lack of a daily prayer rule.
Failure to observe fasts, reluctance to read Orthodox literature.
Condemnation of clergy, thoughts about worldly things during worship.
A waste of time on entertainment, watching TV, inactivity at the computer.
Despair in difficult situations, excessive reliance on oneself or someone else’s help without faith in God’s providence.
Concealing sins in confession.

Sins committed against neighbors

Hot temper, anger, arrogance, pride, vanity.
Lies, non-interference, ridicule, stinginess, extravagance.
Raising children outside of faith.
Non-repayment of debts, non-payment for work, refusal to help those who ask and need.
Unwillingness to help parents, disrespect for them.
Theft, condemnation, envy.
Quarrels, drinking alcohol at funerals.
Murder with words (slander, incitement to suicide or illness).
Killing a child in the womb, inducing others to have an abortion.

Sins committed against oneself

Foul language, pride, idle talk, gossip.
Desire for profit, enrichment.
Displaying good deeds.
Envy, lies, drunkenness, gluttony, drug use.
Fornication, adultery, incest, fornication.

List of sins for a woman to confess

This is a very sensitive list, and many women refuse to confess after reading it. You should not trust any information you read. Even if a brochure with a list of sins for a woman was purchased at a church store, be sure to pay attention to the stamp. There should be an inscription “recommended by the publishing council of the Russian Orthodox Church.”

The clergy do not divulge the secret of confession. Therefore, it is best to undergo the sacrament with a permanent confessor. The Church does not intrude into the sphere of intimate marital relationships. Issues of contraception, which is sometimes equated to abortion, are best discussed with a priest. There are drugs that do not have an abortifacient effect, but only prevent the birth of life. In any case, all controversial issues should be discussed with your spouse, doctor, or confessor.

Here is a list of sins for confession (brief):

She rarely prayed and did not attend church.
I thought more about worldly things during prayer.
Allowed sexual activity before marriage.
Abortion, inducing others to it.
Had unclean thoughts and desires.
I watched films, read books with pornographic content.
Gossip, lies, envy, laziness, resentment.
Excessive exposure of the body to attract attention.
Fear of old age, wrinkles, thoughts of suicide.
Addiction to sweets, alcohol, drugs.
Avoiding helping other people.
Seeking help from fortune tellers and fortune tellers.
Superstition.

List of sins for a man

There is debate about whether a list of sins should be prepared for confession. Some believe that such a list harms the sacrament and promotes the formal reading of offenses. The main thing in confession is to realize your sins, repent and prevent their repetition. Therefore, the list of sins may be a short reminder or absent altogether.

Formal confession is not considered valid, since there is no repentance in it. Returning after the sacrament to your former life will add hypocrisy. The balance of spiritual life lies in understanding the essence of repentance, where confession is only the beginning of awareness of one’s sinfulness. This is a long process consisting of several stages of internal work. The creation of spiritual resources is a systematic adjustment of conscience, responsibility for one’s relationship with God.

Here is a list of sins for confession (brief) for a man:

Sacrilege, conversations in the temple.
Doubt about faith, the afterlife.
Blasphemy, mockery of the poor.
Cruelty, laziness, pride, vanity, greed.
Evasion from military service.
Avoiding unwanted work, shirking responsibilities.
Insults, hatred, fights.
Slander, disclosure of other people's weaknesses.
Temptation to sin (fornication, drunkenness, drugs, gambling).
Refusal to help parents and other people.
Theft, aimless collecting.
Tendency to boast, argue, and humiliate others.
Impudence, rudeness, contempt, familiarity, cowardice.

Confession for a child

For a child, the sacrament of confession can begin at the age of seven. Until this age, children are allowed to receive Communion without this. Parents must prepare the child for confession: explain the essence of the sacrament, tell why it is being performed, and remember with him possible sins.

The child must be made to understand that sincere repentance is preparation for confession. It is better for a child to write a list of sins himself. He must realize what actions were wrong and try not to repeat them in the future.

Older children make their own decisions about whether to confess or not. You should not limit the free will of a child or teenager. The personal example of parents is much more important than all conversations.

The child must remember his sins before confession. A list of them can be compiled after the child answers the questions:

How often does he read prayers (in the morning, in the evening, before meals), which ones does he know by heart?
Does he go to church, how does he behave during the service?
Does he wear a cross on his body, and is he distracted or not during prayers and services?
Have you ever deceived your parents or priest during confession?
Weren't you proud of your successes and victories, weren't you arrogant?
Does it fight or not with other children, does it offend children or animals?
Does he snitch on other children to protect himself?
Have you ever committed theft or been jealous of anyone?
Have you laughed at other people's physical disabilities?
Did you play cards (smoked, drank alcohol, tried drugs, used foul language)?
Is he lazy or helps his parents around the house?
Did you pretend to be sick to avoid your responsibilities?

A person himself determines whether to confess or not, how many times to attend the sacrament.
You should prepare a list of sins for confession. It is better to take a sample in the church where the sacrament will take place, or find it yourself in church literature.
It is optimal to go to confession with the same clergyman, who will become a mentor and will contribute to spiritual growth.
Confession is free of charge.

First you need to ask on what days confessions are held in the church. You should dress appropriately. For men - a shirt or T-shirt with sleeves, trousers or jeans (not shorts). For women - a scarf on the head, no makeup (at least lipstick), a skirt no higher than the knees.

Sincerity of Confession

A priest as a psychologist can recognize how sincere a person is in his repentance. There are confessions that offend the sacrament and the Lord. If a person mechanically talks about sins, has several confessors, hides the truth - such actions do not lead to repentance.

Behavior, tone of speech, words with which confession is pronounced - it all matters. This is the only way the priest understands how sincere the penitent is. Pangs of conscience, embarrassment, worries, shame contribute to spiritual cleansing.

Sometimes the personality of the priest is important for the parishioner. This is not a reason to condemn and comment on the actions of clergy. You can go to another church or turn to another holy father for confession.

It can be difficult to voice your sins. The emotional experiences are so strong that it is more convenient to make a list of unrighteous actions. Father is attentive to every parishioner. If, due to shame, it is impossible to tell about everything and the repentance is deep, then the priest has the right to forgive the sins, a list of which was compiled before confession, without even reading them.

The meaning of confession

Having to talk about your sins in front of a stranger is embarrassing. Therefore, people refuse to go to confession, believing that God will forgive them anyway. This is the wrong approach. The priest acts only as an intermediary between man and God. His task is to determine the measure of repentance. The priest has no right to condemn anyone; he will not expel a repentant person from the church. During confession, people are very vulnerable, and clergy try not to cause unnecessary suffering.

It is important to see your sin, recognize and condemn it in your soul, and voice it before the priest. Have a desire not to repeat your misdeeds again, try to atone for the harm done through acts of mercy. Confession brings revival of the soul, re-education and access to a new spiritual level.

Sins (list), Orthodoxy, confession imply self-knowledge and the search for grace. All good deeds are done through strength. Only by overcoming yourself, doing works of mercy, and cultivating virtues in yourself, can you receive God's grace.

The meaning of confession lies in understanding the typology of sinners, the typology of sin. At the same time, an individual approach to each repentant is akin to pastoral psychoanalysis. The sacrament of confession is the pain of awareness of sin, recognition of it, the determination to voice and ask for forgiveness for it, cleansing of the soul, joy and peace.

A person must feel the need to repent. Love for God, love for oneself, love for one's neighbor cannot exist separately. The symbolism of the Christian cross - horizontal (love for God) and vertical (love for oneself and one's neighbor) - lies in the awareness of the integrity of spiritual life, its essence.

I confess to the Lord God Almighty, glorified and worshiped in the Holy Trinity, Father and Son, and Holy Spirit, for all my sins, the evil I have committed in thought, word, deed, and with all my feelings.

I sinned before my Lord and Savior by self-love, carnality, lust, gluttony, gluttony, laziness, self-pity, pride, conceit, humiliation of others, envy, hostility, hatred, malice, lust, fornication, uncleanness, waywardness, disobedience, insubordination, rudeness, insolence , severity, obstinacy of character, unbelief, lack of faith, ingratitude, greed, cruelty, stinginess, greed, greed, sneaking, deceit, deceit, slander, perjury, theology, perjury, hypocrisy, pickiness, oppression, kidnapping, appropriation of someone else's property, abuse, indulgence sins, indulgence, vain spending of time, idle talk, idle talk, foul language, vanity, luxury, ill will, malice, malevolence, rancor, coldness, negligence, negligence in prayer and good deeds.

Disrespect for old age, lack of respect for parents, infidelity, inconsistency in virtue, frivolity, vanity, timidity, murmuring, despondency, cowardice, despair, anger, passion for reading empty books, negligence in reading the Holy Gospel and other spiritual books, inventing excuses for oneself sins and self-justification instead of condemnation and self-accusation, dishonest performance of official duties, ill will, negligence, incitement to evil, cursing one's neighbor, swearing, superstition, fortune telling.

I have sinned in all these iniquities and with them I have offended my All-Holy Lord and Benefactor immensely, for which I admit myself guilty, repent and regret.

I bitterly regret my sins and in the future, with God’s help, I will avoid them.

GENERAL, CONFESSION ON BEHALF OF THE PENENTENT

Innumerable, Merciful God, are my sins, voluntary and involuntary, obvious and secret, great and small, committed in word, deed, mind and thought, day and night, and in all the hours and minutes of my life until this day and hour.

I sinned before the Lord God by ingratitude for His great and countless benefits and His good providence.

I sinned, Lord, before You by not keeping the vows of Baptism. I sinned with lies and self-will.

I sinned by violating the Lord's Commandments and the traditions of the Holy Fathers.

He sinned with rudeness, insolence, disobedience, conceit, severity, fearfulness, arrogance, humiliation of others, carnality, obstinacy of character, disorderly shouting, irritability, beating, quarrels, swearing.

I sinned by slander, negligence, haste, malice, enmity, hatred, incitement, jealousy beyond reason.

I sinned through vengeance, resentment, voluptuousness, hostility, impurity, daydreaming, self-will, self-indulgence, intemperance, drunkenness, whim, gluttony.

I sinned by absent-mindedness, jokes, witticisms, laughter, ridicule, crazy fun, covetousness, sleeping too much, doing nothing, abandoning prayer, service, fasting and good deeds.

I sinned through bewilderment, coldness, stinginess, greed, and contempt for the beggar and the needy.

I sinned through greed, snitching, negligence, idleness, self-pity, deceit, deceit, carelessness, disrespect for old age, disobedience to superiors, spiritual father and older brothers.

I sinned by unbelief, blasphemy, doubt, inconstancy, frivolity, indifference, insensibility, unbelief, indifference to the Holy Orthodox Faith and the Holy Sacraments, infidelity, inattention to prayer and worship, to fasting and good deeds.

I sinned with immeasurable sorrow, sadness, despondency, conceit, despair, all sorts of nasty, evil and evil thoughts.

I sinned by calling on the name of God falsely and in vain.

I sinned through lack of faith, cowardice, hopelessness, abuse, hypocrisy, bribery, partiality, pickiness, oppression, theft, extortion, appropriation of someone else's property.

I sinned by abusing the gifts of God, indulgence in sins, idle talk, extravagance, coldness towards God and neighbors, incitement to evil, secret eating, secret drinking.

I sinned by spending my time in a vain way, spreading my false and blasphemous opinions, and deliberately and thoughtlessly pronouncing various kinds of curses on people, livestock, animals and birds.

I have sinned by consenting to every thought that is unrighteous, unclean, nasty and ungodly.

I sinned by daydreaming, ambition, charm, pretense, deceit, the creeping of my tongue in words contrary to God, spending time in inappropriate things, mockery, temptation, dancing, playing cards, laughing.

I sinned by omitting prayer before going to bed and upon rising from sleep. I sinned by forgetting to make the sign of the cross before eating food. He sinned by eating food after sunset, by using foul language and idle talk without a twinge of conscience.

I sinned through jealousy, wrong advice, affection, lust, voluptuousness and pickiness in food.

I sinned by reading romance novels and watching seductive films.

I sinned by negligence in reading the Gospel, the Psalter and other books of spiritual and religious content.

I sinned by inventing excuses for my sins and self-justification instead of self-condemnation and self-accusation.

I sinned by unscrupulously fulfilling the assignments and obediences assigned to me, and by bearing false witness against my neighbor.

I sinned with pride, vanity, arrogance, conceit, increased interest in clothing and fashion, desire for honor, petrification of the heart, evil thoughts and people-pleasing.

I sinned with various impurities, through the action of the enemy, in a sleepy dream. I sinned through lustful and prodigal deeds by nature and through nature.

I often sinned by omitting services in God's temple and being late for church services. I sinned by visiting churches of other faiths. I sinned by leaving God’s temple before the church’s dismissal. I sinned by omitting and not fulfilling the prayer rule, by impure confession and by always unworthyly accepting the Body and Blood of the Lord.

I sinned by giving alms with a cold, crafty heart, with bitterness towards the poor. I sinned by not fulfilling the Lord’s commandments about visiting the sick and those in prison.

He sinned by not doing the works commanded by the Lord: he did not satisfy the hungry, he did not give drink to the thirsty, he did not clothe the naked, he did not bury the dead.

I sinned by not giving due honor to holidays and Sundays.

I sinned by not praying as I should on the Lord’s and Theotokos’ feasts.

I sinned by forgetting the memory of the holy saints of God and by drunkenly celebrating holidays in general.

I sinned by slandering and condemning those superior in position and age, by slandering friends and benefactors, by failing to maintain fidelity and love.

I sinned by going to God’s church without a humble disposition of heart; I sinned by standing irreverently in the temple: walking, sitting, reclining and leaving untimely, idle conversations during the service.

I took the name of the Lord my God in vain, it even happened that I swore by His holy, terrible name; often lied and boldly and shamelessly reproached my neighbor. I often hesitated to come out of a state of anger and insulted and irritated my neighbor. He was proud of his good deeds, which he did not have at all. He often resorted to cunning and flattery and was two-faced and crafty in his relationships with people.

Every day I sinned with impatience and cowardice, many times I mocked the sin of my neighbor, saddening him secretly and openly, I gloated over his actions and misfortune, many times I carried enmity, malice, hatred and envy in my heart.

I sinned with crazy laughter, witticisms, obscene jokes, disorderly noisy conversation; often spoke thoughtlessly.

He committed fornication in a dream vision, was wounded by the beauty of the human body, fed his imagination and heart with voluptuous feelings. I sinned by passionately looking at beautiful faces.

I sinned with my tongue, uttering outrages, blasphemy, vulgarities about objects of voluptuousness, fornicating myself, being inflamed by passionate kisses and doing inappropriate things.

He sinned with voluptuousness and gluttony, enjoyed delicacies, desired variety in food, enjoyed drinks and wines. Hastily gave in to his desires and fulfilled his whims.

Often he spared no expense in order to satisfy the demands and decency of the world, and for the poor he spared pennies.

He often mercilessly condemned and condemned others, despised poverty and abhorred it. I sinned by having a hostile attitude towards a person because of his face and appearance. He was selfish and covetous. He often went to God's temple in uncleanness and in this form kissed holy objects, took holy prosphora and drank holy water, stood irreverently in the temple, thereby tempting others.

In home prayer he was cold, absent-minded, often prayed briefly and hastily, without diligence and reverence, did not overcome his laziness, indulged in bliss and inaction, spent time in idle pursuits and pleasures, cheerful conversations, games. I wasted precious time on chatter, gossip, gossip, and blaming my neighbor. I sinned through despondency, despair in my salvation and God’s mercy.

He uttered blasphemous words, sang shameless, riotous songs, resorted to witchcraft and fortune telling, without realizing the gravity of this sin. I sinned through ignorance and petrification of the heart. He often sinned willingly, in full understanding and consciousness, of his own free will, and inclined others to sin intentionally, trampling on all the covenants and Commandments of God.

I sinned with all my feelings, voluntarily and involuntarily, knowledge and ignorance, myself and through others I was tempted in all these and other iniquities.

I consider myself guilty before the face of God more than all other people, therefore I humbly pray to you, honest father, on the Day of Judgment be my witness. I truly regret these falls and have the will in the future, as much as possible, hoping for God’s mercy and help, to guard myself from all defilement of the flesh and spirit.

Forgive me, honest father, forgive me from all my sins and iniquities and pray for me, a sinful and unworthy servant (you can ask for penance).

GENERAL CONFESSION,

COMPILED FROM THE WORKS OF EP. JUSTINA

I confess to the Lord God Almighty, glorified and worshiped in the Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit... in all my sins.

I confess that I have sinned against all the commandments of God.

I sinned: by lack of faith and unbelief, by doubt in faith; superstition and arrogance, negligence in one’s salvation, forgetfulness of God’s justice and lack of devotion to the will of God; a persistent desire for everything to be my way; impatience and murmuring.

I sinned: through selfishness, pride, servility to the spirit of the times and worldly customs; sinned against conscience, hypocrisy.