This list is designed for people who are beginning their church life and want to repent before God.

When preparing for confession, write down the sins that convict your conscience from the list. If there are many of them, you need to start from the most serious mortals.
You can receive communion only with the blessing of the priest. Repentance TO GOD does not imply an indifferent listing of one’s bad deeds, BUT A SINCERE CONDEMNATION OF ONE’S SINNINESS AND A DECISION TO CORRECT!

List of sins for confession

I (name) sinned before GOD:

• weak faith (doubt about His existence).
• I have neither love nor proper fear for God, so I rarely confess and receive communion (which brought my soul to petrified insensibility towards God).
• I rarely attend Church on Sundays and holidays (work, trade, entertainment on these days).
• I don’t know how to repent, I don’t see any sins.
• I do not remember death and do not prepare to appear at the Judgment of God (Memory of death and future judgment helps to avoid sin).

Sinned :

• I DO NOT thank God for His mercies.
• Not by submission to the will of God (I want everything to be my way). Out of pride I rely on myself and people, and not on God. Attributing success to yourself rather than to God.
• Fear of suffering, impatience of sorrows and illnesses (they are allowed by God to cleanse the soul from sin).
• Murmuring at the cross of life (fate), at people.
• Cowardice, despondency, sadness, accusing God of cruelty, despair of salvation, desire (attempt) to commit suicide.

Sinned :

• Being late and leaving church early.
• Inattention during the service (to reading and singing, talking, laughing, dozing...). Walking around the temple needlessly, pushing and being rude.
• Out of pride, he left the sermon criticizing and condemning the priest.
• In female impurity she dared to touch the shrine.

Sinned :

• Out of laziness, I don’t read the morning and evening prayers (entirely from the prayer book), I shorten them. I pray absentmindedly.
• She prayed with her head uncovered, having enmity towards her neighbor. A careless depiction of the sign of the cross on oneself. Not by wearing a cross.
• With irreverent veneration of St. Church icons and relics.
• To the detriment of prayer, reading the Gospel, the Psalter and spiritual literature, I watched TV (Those who fight God through films teach people to violate God’s commandment about chastity before marriage, adultery, cruelty, sadism, damage the mental health of young people. They are instilled in them through “Harry Potter...” unhealthy interest in magic, sorcery and are quietly drawn into disastrous communication with the devil. In the media, this iniquity before God is presented as something positive, in color and in a romantic way. Christian! Avoid sin and save yourself and your children for Eternity!!! ).
• Cowardly silence when people blasphemed in front of me, shame to be baptized and confess the Lord in front of people (this is one of the types of renunciation of Christ). Blasphemy against God and all sacred things.
• Wearing shoes with crosses on the soles. Using newspapers for everyday needs... where it is written about God...
• Called animals after people: “Vaska”, “Mashka”. He spoke about God without reverence and humility.

Sinned :

• dared to approach Communion without proper preparation (without reading the canons and prayers, concealing and belittling sins in confession, in enmity, without fasting and prayers of gratitude...).
• He did not spend the days of Communion sacredly (in prayer, reading the Gospel..., but indulged in entertainment, overeating, sleeping a lot, idle talk...).

Sinned :

• violation of fasts, as well as Wednesday and Friday (By fasting on these days, we honor the suffering of Christ).
• I don’t (always) pray before eating, working and after (After eating and working, a prayer of gratitude is read).
• Satiety in food and drink, drunkenness.
• Secret eating, delicacy (addiction to sweets).
• Ate the blood of animals (bloodweed...). (Forbidden by God Leviticus 7,2627; 17, 1314, Acts 15, 2021,29). On a fast day, the festive (funeral) table was modest.
• He commemorated the deceased with vodka (this is paganism and does not agree with Christianity).

Sinned :

• idle talk (empty talk about the vanity of life...).
• Telling and listening to vulgar jokes.
• By condemning people, priests and monks (but I don’t see my sins).
• By listening and retelling gossip and blasphemous jokes (about God, the Church and clergy). (By this means temptation was sown through ME, and the name of God was blasphemed among people.)
• Remembering the name of God in vain (unnecessarily, in empty conversations, jokes).
• Lies, deceit, failure to fulfill promises made to God (people).
• Foul language, swearing (this is blasphemy against the Mother of God), swearing with the mention of evil spirits (the evil demons called up in conversations will harm us).
• Slander, spreading bad rumors and gossip, disclosing the sins and weaknesses of others.
• I listened to slander with pleasure and agreement.
• Out of pride, he humiliated his neighbors with ridicule (jigs), stupid jokes... With immoderate laughter, laughter. He laughed at the beggars, the crippled, the misfortune of others... God-fighting, a false oath, false testimony in court, the acquittal of criminals and the condemnation of the innocent.

Sinned :

• laziness, no desire to work (living at the expense of parents), the search for bodily peace, laziness in bed, the desire to enjoy a sinful and luxurious life.
• Smoking (at American Indians, smoking tobacco had the ritual significance of worshiping demonic spirits. A Christian who smokes is a traitor to God, a demon worshiper and a suicide, and is harmful to his health). Drug use.
• Listening to pop and rock music (singing human passions, arouses base feelings).
• Addicted to gambling and shows (cards, dominoes, computer games, TV, cinemas, discos, cafes, bars, restaurants, casinos...). (The godless symbolism of the cards, when playing or telling fortunes, is intended to blasphemously mock the suffering of Christ the Savior. And games destroy the psyche of children. By shooting and killing, they become aggressive, prone to cruelty and sadism, with all the ensuing consequences for parents).

Sinned :

• corrupted his soul by reading and viewing (in books, magazines, films...) erotic shamelessness, sadism, immodest games (a person corrupted by vices reflects the qualities of a demon, not God), dancing, he himself danced ), (They led to the martyrdom of John the Baptist, after which dances for Christians mocked the memory of the Prophet).
• Delight in prodigal dreams and recollection of past sins. Not by removing yourself from sinful encounters and temptation.
• Lustful views and liberties (immodesty, hugs, kisses, unclean touching of the body) with persons of the other sex.
• Fornication (sexual intercourse before marriage). Prodigal perversions (handjob, poses).
• Sins of Sodomy (homosexuality, lesbianism, bestiality, incest (fornication with relatives).

Leading men into temptation, she shamelessly dressed in short skirts and with SLICES, trousers, shorts, tight-fitting and see-through clothes (this violated God’s commandment about a woman’s appearance. She must dress beautifully, but within the framework of Christian shame and conscience.

A Christian woman should be an image of God, and not a god-fighting one, with her hair cut naked and repainted, with a clawed paw instead human hand, the image of Satan) cut her hair, dyed her hair... In this form, without respecting the shrine, she dared to enter the temple of God.

Participation in “beauty” competitions, fashion models, masquerades (malanka, goat driving, Halloween...), as well as in dances with prodigal actions.

He was immodest in his gestures, body movements, and gait.

Swimming, sunbathing and nudity in the presence of persons of the other sex (contrary to Christian chastity).

Temptation to sin. Selling your body, pimping, renting out premises for fornication.

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Sinned :

• adultery (cheating in marriage).
• Not married. Lustful intemperance in marital relations (during fasting, Sundays, holidays, pregnancy, on days of female impurity).
• Perversions in married life (postures, oral, anal fornication).
• Wanting to live for his own pleasure and avoiding life’s difficulties, he protected himself from conceiving children.
• The use of “contraceptives” (coils and pills do not prevent conception, but kill the child at an early stage). Killed his children (abortions).
• Advising (forcing) others to have an abortion (men, with tacit consent, or forcing their wives... to have an abortion are also child killers. Doctors who perform abortions are murderers, and assistants are accomplices).

Sinned :

• ruined the souls of children, preparing them only for earthly life (did not teach them about God and faith, did not instill in them love for the church and home prayer, fasting, humility, obedience.
• Didn’t develop a sense of duty, honor, responsibility...
• I didn’t look at what they do, what they read, who they are friends with, how they behave).
• Punished them too harshly (taking out anger, not to correct them, calling them names, cursing them).
• He seduced children with his sins (intimate relationships in front of them, swearing, foul language, watching immoral television programs).

Sinned :

• joint prayer or transition to a schism (Kiev Patriarchate, UAOC, Old Believers...), union, sect. (Prayer with schismatics and heretics leads to excommunication from the Church: 10, 65, Apostolic Canons).
• Superstition (belief in dreams, omens...).
• Appeal to psychics, “grandmothers” (pouring wax, swinging eggs, draining fear...).
• He desecrated himself with urine therapy (in the rituals of Satanists, the use of urine and feces has a blasphemous meaning. Such “treatment” is a vile desecration and a devilish mockery of Christians), the use of what was “said” by sorcerers... Fortune telling on cards, divination (for what?). I feared sorcerers more than God. Coding (from what?).

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Passion for Eastern religions, occultism, Satanism (specify what). By attending sectarian, occult... meetings.

Yoga, meditation, dousing according to Ivanov (it is not the dousing itself that is condemned, but Ivanov’s teaching, which leads to the worship of him and nature, and not of God). Eastern martial arts (worship of the spirit of evil, teachers, and occult teachings about the disclosure of “inner capabilities” leads to communication with demons, possession...).

Reading and storage of occult literature prohibited by the Church: magic, palmistry, horoscopes, dream books, prophecies of Nostradamus, literature of Eastern religions, the teachings of Blavatsky and the Roerichs, Lazarev’s “Diagnostics of Karma”, Andreev’s “Rose of the World”, Aksenov, Klizovsky, Vladimir Megre, Taranov, Sviyazh , Vereshchagina, Garafina Makoviy, Asaulyak...

(The Orthodox Church warns that the writings of these and other occult authors have nothing in common with the teachings of Christ the Savior. Through occultism, a person, entering into deep communication with demons, falls away from God and destroys his soul, and mental disorders will be due retribution for pride and arrogant flirting with demons).

By forcing (advice) others to contact them and do it.

Sinned :

• theft, sacrilege (theft of church property).
• Love of money (addiction to money and wealth).
• Non-payment of debts (wages).
• Greed, stinginess for alms and the purchase of spiritual books... (and I spend generously on whims and entertainment).
• Self-interest (using someone else's property, living at someone else's expense...). Wanting to get rich, he gave money at interest.
• Trade in vodka, cigarettes, drugs, contraceptives, immodest clothing, porn... (this helped the demon to destroy himself and people, an accomplice to their sins). He talked about it, weighed it down, passed off a bad product as a good one...

Sinned :

• pride, envy, flattery, deceit, insincerity, hypocrisy, man-pleasing, suspicion, gloating.
• Forcing others to sin (lie, steal, spy, eavesdrop, snitch, drink alcohol...).

The desire for fame, respect, gratitude, praise, championship... By doing good for show. Boasting and admiring oneself. Showing off in front of people (wit, appearance, abilities, clothes...).

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Sinned :

• disobedience to parents, elders and superiors, insulting them.
• Whims, stubbornness, contradiction, self-will, self-justification.
• Laziness towards studying.
• Negligent care for elderly parents, relatives... (left them without supervision, food, money, medicine..., put them in a nursing home...).

Sinned :

• pride, resentment, rancor, hot temper, anger, vindictiveness, hatred, irreconcilable enmity.
• With arrogance and impudence (climbed out of turn, pushed).
• Cruelty to animals
• He insulted family members and was the cause of family scandals.
• Not by working together to raise children and maintain the household, by parasitism, by drinking money away, by sending children to an orphanage...
• Practicing martial arts and sports (professional sports damage health and develop in the soul pride, vanity, a sense of superiority, contempt, thirst for enrichment...), for the sake of fame, money, robbery (racketeering).
• Rough treatment of neighbors, causing them harm (what?).
• Assault, beating, murder.
• Not protecting the weak, the beaten, women from violence...
• Violating traffic rules, driving while intoxicated... (thus endangering people's lives).

Sinned :

• careless attitude towards work (public position).
• He used his social position (talents...) not for the glory of God and the benefit of people, but for personal gain.
• Harassment of subordinates. Giving and accepting (extorting) bribes (which could lead to harm to public and private tragedies).
• Embezzled state and collective property.
• Having a leadership position, he did not care about suppressing the teaching in schools of immoral subjects and non-Christian customs (corrupting the morality of the people).
• Did not provide assistance in spreading Orthodoxy and suppressing the influence of sects, sorcerers, psychics...
• He was seduced by their money and rented out premises to them (which contributed to the destruction of people’s souls).
• He did not protect church shrines, did not provide assistance in the construction and repair of churches and monasteries...

Laziness towards every good deed (did not visit the lonely, the sick, the prisoners...).

In matters of life, he did not consult with the priest and elders (which led to irreparable mistakes).

Gave advice without knowing whether it pleased God. With a partial love for people, things, activities... He seduced those around him with his sins.

I justify my sins with everyday needs, illness, weakness, and that no one taught us to believe in God (but we ourselves were not interested in this).

Seduced people into disbelief. Visited the mausoleum, atheist events...

A cold and insensitive confession. I sin deliberately, trampling on my convicting conscience. There is no firm determination to correct your sinful life. I repent that I offended the Lord with my sins, I sincerely regret this and will try to improve.

Indicate other sins that (a) committed.

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Note! As for the possible temptation from the sins cited here, it is true that fornication is vile, and we must speak about it carefully.

The Apostle Paul says: “Fornication and all uncleanness and covetousness must not even be mentioned among you” (Eph. 5:3). However, through television, magazines, advertising... he has entered the lives of even the youngest so much that prodigal sins are not considered a sin by many. Therefore, we must talk about this in confession and call everyone to repentance and correction.

Confession is an important event in the life of every believer. An honest and sincere sacrament is a way for a churched layperson to communicate with the Lord through a confessor. The rules of repentance consist not only in what words to start with, when you can undergo the ritual and what you need to do, but also in the obligation of humility and a conscientious approach to the preparation and procedure of confession.

Preparation

A person who decides to go to confession must be baptized. Important condition- sacredly and unquestioningly believe in God and accept His Revelation. You need to know the Bible and understand the Faith, which is where visiting the church library can help.

You should remember and keep in mind, or better yet, write down on a piece of paper all the sins committed by the confessor from the age of seven or from the moment when the person accepted Orthodoxy. You should not hide or remember other people’s misdeeds, or blame other people for your own.

A person needs to give his word to the Lord that with His help he will eradicate sinfulness in himself and make amends for his base deeds.

Afterwards you need to prepare for confession. Before serving, you need to behave like an exemplary Christian:

• the day before, pray diligently and re-read the Bible;
• refuse entertainment and entertainment;
• read Penitential canon.

What not to do before repentance

Before repentance, fasting is optional and is performed only at the request of the person. In any case, it should not be administered to small children, pregnant women and sick people.

Before the sacrament, a Christian abstains from physical and spiritual temptations. There is a ban on watching entertainment programs and reading entertainment literature. It is forbidden to spend time at the computer, play sports or be lazy. It is better not to attend noisy meetings and not to be in crowded companies, to spend the days before confession in humility and prayer.

How does the ceremony take place?

What time confession begins depends on the chosen church; it usually takes place in the morning or evening. The procedure begins before Divine Liturgy, during and immediately after evening service. Provided that he is under the auspices of his own confessor, the believer is allowed to come to an agreement with him in individually when he confesses a person.

Before parishioners line up to see the priest, a general general prayer is read. There is a moment in its text at which the worshipers call their own name. This is followed by waiting for your turn.

There is no need to use the brochures issued in churches listing sins as a model for building your own confession. You should not thoughtlessly rewrite advice from there on what to repent of; it is important to take this as an approximate and generalized plan.

You need to repent honestly and sincerely, talking about a specific situation in which there was a place for sin. When reading out a standard list, the procedure becomes a formality and does not carry any value.

The confession ends with the confessor reading out the closing prayer. At the end of the speech, they bow their heads under the priest’s stole, and then kiss the Gospel and the cross. It is advisable to complete the procedure by asking for a blessing from the priest.

How to confess correctly

When performing the sacrament, it is important to adhere to the following recommendations:

• Mention without concealment and repent of any evil committed. There is no point in attending communion if a person is not ready to humbly get rid of sins. Even if the meanness was committed many years ago, it is worth confessing to the Lord.
• Do not be afraid of condemnation from the priest, since the communicant conducts a dialogue not with the minister of the church, but with God. The clergyman is obliged to keep the secret of the sacrament, so what is said during the service will remain hidden from prying ears. Over the years of church service, priests have forgiven all imaginable sins and they can only be upset by insincerity and the desire to hide evil deeds.
• Keep feelings under control and expose sins with words.“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted” (Matthew 5:4). But tears, behind which there is no clear awareness of one’s accomplishments, are not blissful. Feelings alone are not enough; most often those receiving communion cry out of self-pity and resentment.

  The confession to which a person came to release emotions is useless, because such actions are aimed only at forgetting, but not at correction.

• Do not hide your reluctance to admit your evil behind memory diseases. Confession “I repent that I have sinned in thought, word and deed” is usually not allowed into the procedure. You can receive forgiveness if it was complete and sincere. A passionate desire to undergo the procedure of repentance is required.
• After remission of the most serious sins, do not forget about the rest. Having confessed his most evil deeds, a person goes through the very beginning of the real path to calming the soul. Mortal sins are rarely committed and are often greatly regretted, unlike minor offenses. By paying attention to feelings of envy, pride or condemnation in his soul, a Christian becomes purer and more pleasing to the Lord. The work to eradicate small manifestations of cowardice is more difficult and longer than to atone for great evil. Therefore, you need to carefully prepare for each confession, especially for the one before which you cannot remember your sins.
• To talk at the beginning of confession about what is more difficult to say than the rest. Living with the awareness of an act for which a person torments his soul every day, it can be difficult to admit it out loud. In this case, it is important to remember that the Lord sees and knows about everything and only expects repentance for what he has done. This means that at the very beginning of the dialogue with God, it is important to overcome yourself and state your terrible sin and sincerely ask for forgiveness for it.
• The more meaningful and concise the confession, the better.. You need to state your sins briefly but succinctly. It is advisable to immediately get to the point. It is necessary that the priest immediately understand what the person who comes wants to repent of. You should not mention names, places and dates - this is unnecessary. It is best to prepare your story at home by writing it down, and then cross out everything that is unnecessary and interferes with understanding the essence.
• Never resort to self-justification. Self-pity makes the soul languish and does not help the sinner in any way. Concealing perfect evil in one confession is not the worst thing a Christian can do. It is much worse if a similar situation is repeated. It is important to remember that by attending a sacrament, a person seeks liberation from sins. But he will not achieve this if he leaves them to himself, each time ending the confession with words about the insignificance of some offenses or about their necessity. It is better to state the situation in your own words without excuses.
• Make an effort. Repentance is hard work that requires effort and time. Confession involves daily overcoming your own being on the path to a better personality. The sacrament is not the easy way calm the feelings. This is not a constant opportunity to seek help in a particularly difficult hour, to talk about painful issues, with pure soul go out into the world as a different person. It is important to draw conclusions about own life and actions.

List of sins

All sins committed by a person are conventionally divided into groups, depending on their content.

In relation to God

• Doubt about own faith, the existence of God and truthfulness Holy Scripture.
• Long-term non-attendance to holy churches, confessions and communions.
• Lack of diligence when reading prayers and canons, absent-mindedness and forgetfulness in relation to them.
• Failure to keep promises made to God.
• Blasphemy.
• Suicidal intentions.
• Mention of evil spirits in swearing.
• Consumption of food and liquid before communion.
• Failure to fast.
• Work during church holidays.

In relation to one's neighbor

• Reluctance to believe and help save someone else's soul.
• Disrespect and disrespect for parents and elders.
• Lack of action and motivation to help the poor, the weak, the grieving, the disadvantaged.
• Suspicion of people, jealousy, selfishness or suspiciousness.
• Raising children outside of the Orthodox Christian faith.
• Committing murder, including abortion, or self-mutilation.
• Cruelty or passionate love for animals.
• Inflicting a curse.
• Envy, slander or lies.
• Grudge or insult to someone else's dignity.
• Condemning other people's actions or thoughts.
• Seduction.

In relation to yourself

• Ingratitude and carelessness towards one's own talents and abilities, expressed in wasting time, laziness and empty dreams.
• Shirking or completely ignoring one's own routine obligations.
• Self-interest, stinginess, the desire for the strictest economy in order to accumulate money, or wasteful spending of the budget.
• Theft or begging.
• Fornication or adultery.
• Incest, homosexuality, bestiality and the like.
• Masturbation (it’s better to call the sin of masturbation) and viewing depraved images, recordings and other things.
• All kinds of flirtations and flirtations with the purpose of seduction or seduction, immodesty and disregard for meekness.
• Drug addiction, drinking alcohol and smoking.
• Gluttony or deliberate torture of oneself by hunger.
• Eating animal blood.
• Negligence towards one's health or excessive concern about it.

For women

• Violation of church rules.
• Neglect of reading prayers.
• Eating, smoking, drinking in order to drown out resentment or anger.
• Fear of old age or death.
• Immodest behavior, debauchery.
• Addiction to fortune telling.

Sacrament of repentance and communion

In Russian Orthodox Church the processes of confession and communion are inextricably linked. Although this approach is not canonical, it is nevertheless practiced in all corners of the country. Before a Christian can receive communion, he goes through the procedure of confession. This is required for the priest to understand that communion is served to an adequate believer who has fasted before the sacrament, who has stood the test of will and conscience, and who has not committed serious sins.

When a person is released from his evil deeds, an emptiness appears in his soul that needs to be filled with God, this can be done at communion.

How to Confess to a Child

There are no special rules for confession of children, except when they reach the age of seven. When leading your child to the sacrament for the first time, it is important to remember some nuances of your own behavior:

• Do not tell the child about his main sins or write a list of what must be told to the priest. It is important that he prepares for repentance himself.
• It is forbidden to interfere with church secret. That is, ask the offspring questions: “how do you confess,” “what did the priest say,” and the like.
• You cannot ask your confessor for special treatment of your child, ask about successes or delicate moments church life son or daughter.
• It is necessary to take children to confession less often before they are of conscious age, since there is a high probability that confession will turn from a sacrament into a routine habit. This will result in memorizing a list of your minor sins and reading them to the priest every Sunday.

  Confession for a child should be comparable to a holiday, so that he goes there with an understanding of the sacredness of what is happening. It is important to explain to him that repentance is not a report to an adult, but a voluntary recognition of evil in oneself and a sincere desire to eradicate it.

• You should not deny your offspring the opportunity to independently choose a confessor. In a situation in which he liked another priest, it is important to allow him to confess to this particular minister. Selecting a spiritual mentor is a delicate and intimate matter that should not be interfered with.
• It is better for an adult and a child to attend different parishes. This will give the child the freedom to grow up independent and conscious, not tolerating the oppression of excessive parental care. When the family does not stand in the same line, the temptation to overhear the child’s confession disappears. The moment when the offspring becomes capable of voluntary and sincere confession becomes the beginning of the path of parents moving away from him.

Examples of Confession

Women's

I, the churched Mary, repent of my sins. I was superstitious, which is why I visited fortune tellers and believed in horoscopes. She held resentment and anger towards her loved one. She exposed her body too much when going out in order to get someone else's attention. I hoped to seduce men I didn’t know, I thought about the carnal and obscene.

I felt sorry for myself and thought about stopping living on my own. She was lazy and idly spent her time doing stupid entertainment activities. I couldn't stand the fast. She prayed and attended church less often than expected. Reading the canons, I thought about the worldly, and not about God. Admitted sexual intercourse before marriage. I was thinking about dirty things and spread rumors and gossip. I thought about the uselessness of church services, prayers and repentance in life. Forgive me, Lord, for all the sins of which I am guilty and accept the word of further correction and chastity.

Men's

Servant of God Alexander, I confess to my God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, my evil deeds from youth to this day, committed consciously and unconsciously. I repent of sinful thoughts about someone else’s wife, inducing others to use intoxicating substances and leading an idle lifestyle.

Five years ago, I zealously deviated from military service and participated in the beating of innocent people. He ridiculed church foundations, the laws of holy fasts and divine services. I was cruel and rude, which I regret and ask the Lord to forgive me.

Children's

I, Vanya, sinned and came to ask for forgiveness for it. Sometimes I was rude to my parents, didn’t keep my promises, and got irritated. I played on the computer for a long time and walked with friends instead of reading the Gospel and praying. Recently I drew it on my hand and snapped when Godfather asked me to wash away what I had done.

Once I was late for service on Sunday, and after that I didn’t go to church for a month. Once I tried to smoke, which caused me to quarrel with my parents. I did not attach the necessary importance to the advice of my father and elders, and deliberately acted contrary to their words. I offended people close to me and rejoiced in grief. Forgive me, God, for my sins, I will try not to allow this to happen.

Every believer must understand that in confession he confesses his deeds to the Lord. Each of his sins must be covered by the desire to atone for his guilt before the Lord; this is the only way to achieve his forgiveness.

If a person feels that his soul is heavy, then it is necessary to go to church and undergo the sacrament of confession. After repentance, you will feel much better, and a heavy burden will fall from your shoulders. Your soul will become free and your conscience will no longer torment you.

What is needed for confession

Before you can properly confess in church, you need to understand what to say there. Before confession you need to make the following preparations:

• realize your sins, sincerely repent of them;
• have a sincere desire for sin to be left behind, with faith in the Lord;
• to sincerely believe in the fact that confession will help to cleanse yourself spiritually with the help of prayers and sincere repentance.

Confession will help remove sins from the soul only if the repentance is sincere and the person’s faith is strong. If you said to yourself, “I want to confess,” then your conscience and faith in the Lord should tell you where to start.

How does confession go?

If you are thinking about how to properly confess in church, then you must first understand that all actions must be as sincere as possible. In its process, you need to open your heart and soul, completely repenting of what you have done. And if there are people who do not understand its meaning, who do not feel relief after it, then these are simply unbelieving people who have not really realized their sins and certainly have not repented of them.

It is important to understand that confession is not a simple listing of all your sins. Many people think that the Lord already knows everything about them. But this is not at all what He expects from you. In order for the Lord to forgive you, you should want to get rid of your sins and repent of them. Only then can one expect relief after confession.

What to do during confession

People who have never made the sacrament of confession have no the slightest idea How to properly confess to the priest. All people who are ready to confess are welcome in churches. Even for the greatest sinners, the path there is never closed. Moreover, priests often help their parishioners in the process of confession, pushing them to take the right actions. Therefore, there is no need to be afraid of confession, even if you do not know how to confess correctly for the first time.

During individual confession, one should not forget about those sins that were mentioned during the general sacrament. This can be done in any words, since the form of repentance does not matter. You can express your sin in one word, for example, “stole,” or you can talk about it in more detail. You need to speak from the heart, in the words that your heart tells you. After all, you are pouring out your thoughts before God, and it does not matter to him what the priest may be thinking at this time. Therefore, there is no need to be ashamed of your words at all.

What to do if you forgot to name some sin?

Every person can get agitated. You can then just go up to the priest and tell him everything. There is nothing criminal about this.

Many parishioners write down their sins on a piece of paper and come to confession. This has its advantages. Firstly, this way you won’t forget about the main thing, and secondly, by writing it down, you will think about your actions and understand that you did the wrong thing.

But here, too, you should not overdo it, since this process can make confession a mere formality.

At the first confession, a person must remember all his misdeeds, starting from the age of six. After this, there is no longer any need to remember those sins that have already been named before. Unless, of course, they committed this sin again.

If the above-mentioned offenses are not considered a sin, then the priest should tell the person about this, and together they should think about why this act bothers the parishioner so much.

How to confess correctly

Having decided to confess, you should find out how this procedure occurs. After all, there is a whole Orthodox ritual for this, which takes place in a specially designated place called a lectern. It is a table with four kutas, on which you can see Holy Gospel and cross.

Before you repent of your sins, you need to go up to him and put two fingers on the Gospel. After this, the priest can put the epitrachelion on his head. Appearance it somewhat resembles a scarf.

But the priest can do this even after he has listened to the person’s sins. After this, the clergyman will read a prayer for the remission of sins. A priest baptizes a parishioner.

At the end of the prayer, the epitrachelion is removed from the head. Even then you need to cross yourself and kiss the holy cross. Only after this can you receive a blessing from the priest.

After confession, the priest can assign a person penance. IN Lately this happens quite rarely, but there is no need to be afraid of such a step - these are simply actions whose purpose is to quickly eradicate sins from a person’s life.

But the priest can soften or even cancel the penance if the person asks for it. Of course, there must be a good reason for such a step. Very often, prayers, bows or other actions are prescribed as penance, which should become an act of mercy on the part of the person confessing. But recently, priests most often assign penance only if the person himself asked for it.

How to confess correctly - advice from a priest

It often happens that during confession a person’s tears flow. There is no need to be ashamed of this, but you should not turn tears of repentance into hysterics.

What is better to wear to confession?

Before going to confession, you should review your wardrobe. Men must wear long pants, shirts or T-shirts with long sleeves. It is very important that the clothes do not depict various mythical characters, women without clothes or scenes with elements of smoking or drinking alcohol. In the warm season, men should be in church without hats.

Women should dress very modestly for confession. Outerwear must cover the shoulders and décolleté area. The skirt should not be too short, maximum to the knees. There should also be a scarf on the head. It is very important not to wear makeup and, especially, not to use lipstick , since you need to kiss the cross and the Gospel. You should not wear shoes with long heels, as the service may take a long time and your feet will get tired.

Preparing for confession and communion

Confession and communion can occur on the same day, but this is not necessary. You can confess during any Divine service, but for the second sacrament you need to prepare much more seriously, since receiving the sacrament correctly is very important.

Before the sacrament of communion there must be at least three days of strict fasting. A week before this, it is necessary to read akathists to the Mother of God and the Saints. Worth visiting on the day before communion evening service. Don’t forget about reading the three canons:

• Savior;
• Mother of God;
• Guardian Angel.

You cannot eat or drink anything before communion. Also a must read after sleep morning prayers. At confession, the priest will definitely ask whether the person fasted before communion and whether he read all the prayers.

Preparation for communion also includes renouncing marital obligations, smoking and drinking alcohol. During the period of preparation for this sacrament, you should not use foul language or gossip about other people. This is very important, because preparations are underway to receive the Blood and Body of Christ.

You need to stand in front of the Chalice of Christ with your arms crossed on your chest and say your name before drinking wine and bread.

How to confess correctly for the first time

If a person wants to confess for the first time, then he needs to understand that not simple repentance awaits him. Such a confession is usually called general. It must be approached consciously and very carefully. It is important for a person to concentrate and remember all his sins from the age of six (in subsequent times he will no longer have to do this).

Church ministers recommend fasting during the preparation period and giving up relationships with members of the opposite sex. How long to fast depends on the person himself. You need to listen to the needs of your soul and follow them.

Don't forget to read your prayers and read the Bible these days. In addition, it is necessary to familiarize yourself with the literature that exists on this topic. The priest can recommend some books. But before reading unverified publications, it is better to consult with your priest.

During confession, you should not use any memorized words or phrases. After the person talks about sins, the priest may ask some more questions. They must be answered calmly, even if they confuse the person. The parishioner himself can ask troubling questions, because the first confession exists so that a person takes the right path and never leaves it.

But we should not forget about other people who came to the Liturgy and also want to confess. There is no need to take a lot of time, even if there are still some questions. They can be asked to the priest after the Service.

The sacrament of confession has its purpose - it cleanses human souls from sins. But do not forget that you need to confess constantly. After all, in our Time of Troubles It is impossible to live without sinning. And all sins fall heavily on our soul and our conscience.

What to say in confession - a list of women's sins

1. She violated the rules of conduct for those praying in the holy temple.
2. I had dissatisfaction with my life and with people.
3. She performed prayers without zeal and bowed low to icons, prayed lying down, sitting (unnecessarily, out of laziness).
4. She sought glory and praise in virtues and works.
5. I was not always content with what I had: I wanted to have beautiful, varied clothes, furniture, and delicious food.
6. I was annoyed and offended when my wishes were refused.
7. I did not abstain with my husband during pregnancy, on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, during fasting, and was in uncleanness by consent with my husband.
8. I 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 and indirectness. I remembered the words others had said against me and sang shameless worldly songs.
11. She grumbled about the bad road, the length and tediousness of the service.
12. I used to save money for a rainy day, as well as for funerals.
13. She was angry with her loved ones and scolded her children. She did not tolerate comments or fair reproaches from people, she immediately fought back.
14. She sinned with vanity, asking for praise, saying “you can’t praise yourself, no one will praise you.”
15. The deceased was remembered with alcohol on a fast day funeral table was modest.
16. Didn’t have a firm determination to give up sin.
17. I doubted the honesty of my neighbors.
18. I missed opportunities to do good.
19. She suffered from pride, did not condemn herself, and was not always the first to ask for forgiveness.
20. Allowed food spoilage.
21. She did not always keep the shrine reverently (artos, water, prosphora spoiled).
22. I sinned with the goal of “repenting.”
23. She objected, justifying herself, was irritated by the lack of understanding, stupidity and ignorance of others, made reprimands and comments, contradicted, divulged sins and weaknesses.
24. Attributed sins and weaknesses to others.
25. She succumbed to rage: she scolded her loved ones, insulted her husband and children.
26. Led others into anger, irritability, and indignation.
27. I sinned by judging my neighbor and tarnishing his good name.
28. Sometimes she became discouraged and carried her cross with a murmur.
29. Interfered in other people's conversations, interrupted the speaker's speech.
30. She sinned with grumpiness, compared herself with others, complained and became embittered at those who offended her.
31. Thanked people, did not look towards God with gratitude.
32. I fell asleep with sinful thoughts and dreams.
33. I noticed bad words and actions of people.
34. Drank and ate food that was harmful to health.
35. She was troubled in spirit by slander and considered herself better than others.
36. She sinned by indulgence and indulgence in sins, self-indulgence, self-indulgence, disrespect for old age, untimely eating, intransigence, inattention to requests.
37. I missed the opportunity to sow the word of God and bring benefit.
38. She sinned with gluttony, guttural rage: she loved to eat excessively, savor tasty morsels, and amused herself with drunkenness.
39. She was distracted from prayer, distracted others, gave off bad air in church, went out when necessary without telling about it in confession, and hastily prepared for confession.
40. She sinned with laziness, idleness, exploited other people’s labor, speculated in things, sold icons, did not go to church on Sundays and holidays, was lazy to pray.
41. She became bitter towards the poor, did not accept strangers, did not give to the poor, did not clothe the naked.
42. I trusted in man more than in God.
43. I was drunk at a party.
44. I did not send gifts to those who offended me.
45. I was upset at a loss.
46. ​​I fell asleep during the day unnecessarily.
47. I was burdened by sorrows.
48. I didn’t protect myself from colds and didn’t get treatment from doctors.
49. She deceived me with her word.
50. Exploited the work of others.
51. She was depressed in sorrows.
52. She was a hypocrite, a people-pleaser.
53. She wished evil, was cowardly.
54. She was resourceful for evil.
55. Was rude and not condescending to others.
56. I didn’t force myself to do good deeds or pray.
57. She angrily reproached the authorities at rallies.
58. I shortened prayers, skipped them, rearranged words.
59. I envied others and wanted honor for myself.
60. I sinned with pride, vanity, self-love.
61. I watched dances, dances, various games and shows.
62. She sinned by idle ranting, secret eating, petrification, insensibility, neglect, disobedience, intemperance, stinginess, condemnation, love of money, reproach.
63. Spent the holidays in drinking and earthly amusements.
64. She sinned by sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch, inaccurate observance of fasts, unworthy communion of the Body and Blood of the Lord.
65. She got drunk and laughed at someone else’s sin.
66. She sinned through lack of faith, infidelity, betrayal, deceit, lawlessness, groaning over sin, doubt, freethinking.
67. Was inconsistent in good deeds, did not care to read the Holy Gospel.
68. I came up with excuses for my sins.
69. She sinned by disobedience, arbitrariness, unfriendliness, malice, disobedience, insolence, contempt, ingratitude, severity, sneaking, oppression.
70. She did not always fulfill her official duties conscientiously; she was careless and hasty in her work.
71. She believed in signs and various superstitions.
72. Was an instigator of evil.
73. I went to weddings without a church wedding.
74. I sinned through spiritual insensibility: relying on myself, on magic, on fortune telling.
75. Did not keep these vows.
76. Concealed sins during confession.
77. I tried to find out other people’s secrets, read other people’s letters, eavesdropped on telephone conversations.
78. In great grief she wished for death.
79. Wore immodest clothes.
80. Talked during the meal.
81. She drank and ate the water “charged” by Chumak.
82. Worked through strength.
83. I forgot about my Guardian Angel.
84. I sinned by being lazy in praying for my neighbors; I did not always pray when asked to do so.
85. I was ashamed to cross myself among unbelievers, and took off the cross when going to the bathhouse and to see a doctor.
86. She did not keep the vows given at Holy Baptism and did not maintain the purity of her soul.
87. She noticed the sins and weaknesses of others, divulged and reinterpreted them for the worse. She swore, swore on her head, on her life. She called people “devil”, “Satan”, “demon”.
88. She called the dumb cattle after the names of holy saints: Vaska, Mashka.
89. I didn’t always pray before eating food; sometimes I had breakfast in the morning before the Divine service.
90. Having previously been an unbeliever, she seduced her neighbors into unbelief.
91. She set a bad example with her life.
92. I was lazy to work, shifting my labor onto the shoulders of others.
93. I did not always handle the word of God with care: I drank tea and read the Holy Gospel (which is lack of reverence).
94. Took Epiphany water after eating (unnecessarily).
95. I picked lilacs from the cemetery and brought them home.
96. I didn’t always keep the sacrament days, I forgot to read the prayers of thanks. I ate a lot these days and slept a lot.
97. I sinned by being idle, coming to church late and leaving it early, and rarely going to church.
98. Neglected menial work when absolutely necessary.
99. She sinned by indifference, remained silent when someone blasphemed.
100. Didn’t follow exactly fast days, during Lent, she was satiated with Lenten food, seducing others with a glut of tasty and inaccurate according to the regulations: a hot loaf, vegetable oil, seasoning.
101. I was carried away by bliss, relaxation, carelessness, trying on clothes and jewelry.
102. She reproached the priests and servants and spoke about their shortcomings.
103. Gave advice on abortion.
104. I disturbed someone else’s sleep through carelessness and impudence.
105. I read love letters, copied, memorized passionate poems, listened to music, songs, watched shameless movies.
106. She sinned with immodest glances, looked at other people’s nudity, wore immodest clothes.
107. I was tempted in a dream and passionately remembered it.
108. She suspected in vain (she slandered in her heart).
109. She retold empty, superstitious tales and fables, praised herself, and did not always tolerate the revealing truth and offenders.
110. Showed curiosity about other people's letters and papers.
111. Idly inquired about weaknesses neighbor.
112. I have not freed myself from the passion to tell or ask about news.
113. I read prayers and akathists rewritten with errors.
114. I considered myself better and more worthy than others.
115. I don’t always light lamps and candles in front of icons.
116. I violated the secret of my own and others’ confession.
117. Participated in bad deeds, persuaded people to do bad things.
118. She was stubborn against goodness and did not listen to good advice. She showed off her beautiful clothes.
119. I wanted everything to be my way, I looked for the culprits of my sorrows.
120. After completing the prayer, I had evil thoughts.
121. She spent money on music, cinema, the circus, sinful books and other amusements, and lent money for a deliberately bad cause.
122. In thoughts inspired by the enemy, she plotted against the Holy Faith and the Holy Church.
123. She disturbed 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. I ate before mass on Sundays and holidays.
127. She spoiled the water when she bathed in the river from which she drank.
128. She talked about her exploits, labors, and boasted about her virtues.
129. I enjoyed using scented soap, cream, powder, and painted my eyebrows, nails and eyelashes.
130. I sinned with the hope that “God will forgive.”
131. I relied on my own strengths and abilities, and not on the help and mercy of God.
132. She worked on holidays and weekends, and from working on these days she did not give money to the poor.
133. I visited a healer, went to a fortune teller, was treated with “biocurrents”, sat in psychic sessions.
134. She sowed enmity and discord between people, she herself offended others.
135. She sold vodka and moonshine, speculated, made moonshine (was present at the same time) and took part.
136. She suffered from gluttony, even getting up to eat and drink at night.
137. Drew a cross on the ground.
138. I read atheistic books, magazines, “treatises on love”, looked at pornographic paintings, maps, half-nude images.
139. Distorted the Holy Scripture (mistakes when reading, singing).
140. She exalted herself with pride, sought primacy and supremacy.
141. Mentioned in anger evil spirits, called on the demon.
142. I danced and played on holidays and Sundays.
143. She entered the temple in uncleanness, ate prosphora, antidor.
144. In anger, I scolded and cursed those who offended me: so that there is no bottom, no tire, etc.
145. Spent money on entertainment (rides, carousels, all kinds of shows).
146. Offended by spiritual father, grumbled at him.
147. She disdained kissing icons and caring for sick and old people.
148. She teased the deaf and dumb, the weak-minded, and minors, angered animals, and paid evil for evil.
149. Tempted people, wore see-through clothes, miniskirts.
150. She swore and was baptized, saying: “I will fail in this place,” etc.
151. She retold ugly stories (sinful in essence) from the lives of her parents and neighbors.
152. Had a spirit of jealousy towards a friend, sister, brother, friend.
153. She sinned by being grumpy, self-willed, and complaining that there was no health, strength, or strength in the body.
154. I envied rich people, their beauty, their intelligence, education, wealth, and goodwill.
155. She did not keep her prayers and good deeds secret, and did not keep church secrets.
156. She justified her sins with illness, infirmity, and bodily weakness.
157. She condemned other people's sins and shortcomings, compared people, gave them characteristics, judged them.
158. She revealed the sins of others, mocked them, ridiculed people.
159. Deliberately deceived, told lies.
160. I hastily read holy books when my mind and heart did not assimilate what I read.
161. I gave up prayer because I was tired, making the excuse of weakness.
162. I rarely cried because I was living unrighteously; I forgot about humility, self-reproach, salvation and the Last Judgment.
163. In my life I have not surrendered myself to the will of God.
164. She 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 in front of the elder.
167. I spent a lot of time on empty letters, and not on spiritual ones.
168. Didn’t have a feeling of fear of God.
169. She was angry, shook her fist, and swore.
170. I read more than I prayed.
171. I succumbed to persuasion, to the temptation to sin.
172. She commanded imperiously.
173. She slandered others, forced others to swear.
174. She turned her face away from those asking.
175. She disturbed the peace of mind of her neighbor and had a sinful mood of spirit.
176. Did good without thinking about God.
177. She was vain about her place, rank, position.
178. On the bus I did not give up my seat to the elderly or passengers with children.
179. When buying, she bargained and fell into argument.
180. I did not always accept the words of the elders and confessors with faith.
181. She looked with curiosity and asked about worldly things.
182. The flesh did not live in the shower, bath, bathhouse.
183. Traveled aimlessly, out 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, pleasure in worldly pleasures.
186. She pleased others to please the flesh and the enemy, and not for the benefit of the spirit and salvation.
187. I sinned with unspiritual attachment to friends.
188. I was proud of myself when doing a good deed. She didn’t humiliate herself or reproach herself.
189. She did not always feel sorry for sinful people, but scolded and reproached them.
190. She was dissatisfied with her life, scolded her and said: “When death takes me.”
191. There were times when she called me annoyingly and knocked loudly to get them to open.
192. While reading, I did not think deeply about the Holy Scriptures.
193. I did not always have cordiality towards visitors and the memory of God.
194. I did things out of passion and worked needlessly.
195. Often fueled by empty dreams.
196. She sinned with malice, did not remain silent in anger, did not move away from the one who aroused anger.
197. When I was sick, I often used food not for satisfaction, but for pleasure and enjoyment.
198. She coldly received mentally helpful visitors.
199. I grieved for the one who offended me. And they grieved at me when I offended.
200. During prayer I did not always have repentant feelings or 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 by fornication: I was with my husband not to conceive children, but out of lust. In the absence of her husband, she desecrated herself with masturbation.
204. At work I 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, fluffy clothes, other people's hair (wigs, hairpieces, braids).
207. She was afraid of suffering and endured it reluctantly.
208. She often opened her mouth to show off her gold teeth, wore glasses with gold frames, and an abundance of rings and gold jewelry.
209. I asked advice from people who do not have spiritual intelligence.
210. Before reading the word of God, she did not always call on the grace of the Holy Spirit, she only cared about reading as much as possible.
211. She passed on the gift of God to the womb, voluptuousness, idleness and sleep. She didn’t work, having talent.
212. I was lazy to write and rewrite spiritual instructions.
213. I dyed my hair and looked younger, visited beauty salons.
214. When giving alms, she did not combine it with the correction of her heart.
215. She did not shy away from flatterers and did not stop them.
216. She had an addiction to clothes: she cared about how not to get dirty, not dusty, not to get wet.
217. She did not always wish salvation for her enemies and did not care about it.
218. At prayer I was “a slave of necessity and duty.”
219. After fasting, I ate light meals, eating until my stomach became heavy and often without time.
220. Rarely prayed night prayer. She sniffed tobacco and indulged in smoking.
221. Didn’t avoid spiritual temptations. Had some bad dates. I lost heart.
222. On the road I forgot about prayer.
223. Intervened with instructions.
224. She did not sympathize with the sick and mourning.
225. She didn’t always lend money.
226. I feared sorcerers more than God.
227. I felt sorry for myself for the benefit of others.
228. She soiled and spoiled sacred books.
229. I talked before morning and after evening prayer.
230. She brought glasses to guests against their will, treated them beyond measure.
231. I did the works of God without love and zeal.
232. Often I did not see my sins, I rarely condemned myself.
233. I played with my face, looking in the mirror, making grimaces.
234. She spoke about God without humility and caution.
235. I was burdened by the service, waiting for the end, hurrying quickly to the exit in order to calm down and take care of everyday affairs.
236. I rarely did self-tests; in the evening I did not read the prayer “I confess to you...”
237. I rarely thought about what I heard in the temple and read in the Scriptures.
238. I did not look for traits of kindness in an evil person and did not talk about his good deeds.
239. I often did not see my sins and rarely condemned myself.
240. Took contraceptives. She demanded protection from her husband and interruption of the act.
241. Praying for health and peace, I often went through names without the participation and love of my heart.
242. She spoke out everything when it would have been better to remain silent.
243. In the conversation I used artistic techniques. She spoke in an unnatural voice.
244. She was offended by inattention and neglect of herself, and was inattentive to others.
245. Did not abstain from excesses and pleasures.
246. She wore other people’s clothes without permission and damaged other people’s things. In the room I blew my nose on the floor.
247. She sought benefit and benefit for herself, and not for her neighbor.
248. Forced a person to sin: to lie, steal, spy.
249. Convey and retell.
250. I found pleasure in sinful dates.
251. Visited places of wickedness, debauchery and godlessness.
252. She offered her ear to hear the bad.
253. Attributed success to herself, and not to God’s help.
254. While studying spiritual life, I did not put it into practice.
255. She worried people in vain and did not calm the angry and saddened.
256. I often washed clothes, wasting time unnecessarily.
257. Sometimes she ran into danger: she crossed the road in front of transport, crossed the river along thin ice etc.
258. She rose above others, showing her superiority and wisdom of mind. She allowed herself to humiliate another, mocking the shortcomings of soul and body.
259. I put off the works of God, mercy and prayer for later.
260. I didn’t mourn myself when I did a bad deed. I listened with pleasure to slanderous speeches, blasphemed the life and treatment of others.
261. Did not use excess income for spiritual benefits.
262. I did not save from the days of fasting to give to the sick, the needy and children.
263. She worked reluctantly, with grumbling and annoyance because of the low pay.
264. Was the cause of sin in family discord.
265. She endured sorrows without gratitude and self-reproach.
266. I didn’t always retire to be alone with God.
267. She lay and luxuriated in bed for a long time, and did not immediately get up to pray.
268. Lost self-control when defending the offended, kept hostility and evil in her heart.
269. Didn’t stop the speaker from gossiping. She herself often passed it on to others and with an addition from herself.
270. Before morning prayer and during the prayer rule, I did household chores.
271. She autocratically presented her thoughts as the true rule of life.
272. Ate stolen food.
273. I did not confess the Lord with my mind, heart, word, or deed. She had an alliance with the wicked.
274. At meals I was too lazy to treat and serve my neighbor.
275. She was sad about the deceased, about the fact that she herself was sick.
276. I was glad that the holiday had come and I didn’t have to work.
277. I drank wine on holidays. She loved going to dinner parties. I got fed up there.
278. I listened to the teachers when they said things that were harmful to the soul, against God.
279. Used perfume, burned Indian incense.
280. She was engaged in lesbianism and touched someone else’s body with voluptuousness. With lust and voluptuousness I watched the matings of animals.
281. She cared beyond measure about the nutrition of the body. Accepted gifts or alms at a time when there was no need to accept it.
282. I didn’t try to stay away from a person who likes to chat.
283. Didn’t get baptized, didn’t say a prayer when the church bell rang.
284. Being under the guidance of her spiritual father, she did everything according to her own will.
285. She was naked when swimming, sunbathing, doing physical education, and when she was sick she was shown to a male doctor.
286. She did not always remember and count her violations of the Law of God with repentance.
287. While reading prayers and canons, I was too lazy to bow.
288. Having heard that the person was sick, she did not rush to help.
289. In thought and word she exalted herself in the good she had done.
290. I believed the rumors. She did not punish herself for her sins.
291. During church services, I read my household rule or wrote a memorial.
292. I did not abstain from my favorite foods (albeit lean ones).
293. She punished and lectured children unfairly.
294. Had no daily memory of God's Court, death, Kingdom of God.
295. During times of sadness, I did not occupy my mind and heart with the prayer of Christ.
296. I did not force myself to pray, to read the Word of God, or to cry about my sins.
297. She rarely commemorated the dead and did not pray for the dead.
298. She approached the Chalice with unconfessed sin.
299. In the morning I did gymnastics, and did not devote my first thoughts to God.
300. When praying, I was too lazy to cross myself, sorted out my bad thoughts, and didn’t think about what awaited me beyond the grave.
301. I hurried through prayer, shortened it out of laziness and read it without due attention.
302. I told my neighbors and acquaintances about my grievances. I visited places where bad examples were set.
303. She admonished a person without meekness and love. She became irritated when correcting her neighbor.
304. I didn’t always light the lamp on holidays and Sundays.
305. On Sundays I didn’t go to church, but to pick mushrooms and berries...
306. Had more savings than necessary.
307. I spared my strength and health in order to serve my neighbor.
308. She reproached her neighbor for what 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 anger, wished for her death, and used a witch doctor’s incantation to harass her.
312. I have been demanding and disrespectful towards people. She gained the upper hand in conversations with her neighbors. On the way to the temple, she overtook those older than me, and did not wait for those who lagged behind me.
313. She turned her abilities to earthly goods.
314. Had jealousy towards my spiritual father.
315. I always tried to be right.
316. I asked unnecessary questions.
317. Cried about the temporary.
318. Interpreted dreams and took them seriously.
319. She boasted about her sin, the evil she had done.
320. After communion I did not guard against sin.
321. I kept atheist books and playing cards in the house.
322. She gave advice without knowing whether it was pleasing to God; she was careless in the affairs of God.
323. She accepted prosphora and 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 Lent, I practiced guttural rage and loved to drink. strong tea, coffee, other drinks.
327. I took tickets and groceries from the back door, and rode on a bus without a ticket.
328. She put prayer and the temple above serving her neighbor.
329. Endured sorrows with despondency and murmuring.
330. I was irritated when tired and sick.
331. Had free relations with persons of the other sex.
332. When thinking about worldly affairs, she gave up prayer.
333. I was forced to eat and drink the sick and children.
334. She treated vicious people with contempt and did not strive to convert them.
335. She knew and gave money for an evil deed.
336. She entered the house without an invitation, spied through a crack, through a window, through a keyhole, and listened at the door.
337. Confided secrets to strangers.
338. I ate food without need and hunger.
339. I read prayers with errors, got confused, missed them, put the emphasis incorrectly.
340. She lived lustfully with her husband. She allowed perversion and carnal pleasures.
341. She lent money and asked for debts back.
342. I tried to find out more about divine objects than was revealed by God.
343. She sinned with body movement, gait, gesture.
344. She set herself up as an example, boasted, boasted.
345. She spoke passionately about earthly things and delighted in the memory of sin.
346. I went to the temple and back with empty conversations.
347. I insured my life and property, I wanted to make money from the insurance.
348. She was greedy for pleasure, unchaste.
349. She conveyed 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 and dreamed of travel and entertainment.
353. Made wrong decisions in anger.
354. I was distracted by thoughts while praying.
355. Traveled south for carnal pleasures.
356. I used the time of prayer for everyday matters.
357. She distorted words, distorted the thoughts of others, and expressed her displeasure out loud.
358. I was ashamed to admit to my neighbors that I am a believer and visit the temple of God.
359. She slandered, demanded justice in higher authorities, wrote complaints.
360. She denounced those who do not visit the temple and do not repent.
361. Bought lottery tickets with the hope of enrichment.
362. She gave alms and rudely slandered the beggar.
363. I listened to the advice of egoists who themselves were slaves of the womb and their carnal passions.
364. I was engaged in self-aggrandizement, proudly expecting a greeting from my neighbor.
365. I was burdened by fasting and looked forward to its end.
366. She could not bear the stench of people without disgust.
367. In anger she denounced people, forgetting that we are all sinners.
368. She went to bed, did not remember the affairs of the day and did not shed tears about her sins.
369. She did not keep the Charter of the Church and the traditions of the holy fathers.
370. For help in household She paid with vodka and tempted people with drunkenness.
371. During fasting, I made tricks in food.
372. I was distracted from prayer when bitten by a mosquito, fly or other insect.
373. At the sight of human ingratitude, I refrained from doing good deeds.
374. She shunned dirty work: cleaning the toilet, picking up trash.
375. During the period of breastfeeding, she did not abstain from married life.
376. In the temple she stood with her back to the altar and the holy icons.
377. She prepared sophisticated dishes and tempted her with guttural rage.
378. I read entertaining books with pleasure, and not the Scriptures of the Holy Fathers.
379. I watched TV, spent all day at the “box”, and not in prayers in front of icons.
380. Listened to passionate worldly music.
381. She sought consolation in friendship, yearned for carnal pleasures, loved to kiss men and women on the mouth.
382. Engaged in extortion and deception, judged and discussed people.
383. While fasting, I felt disgusted by monotonous, lean food.
384. She spoke the Word of God to unworthy people (not “throwing pearls before swine”).
385. She neglected the holy icons and did not wipe them from dust in a timely manner.
386. I was too lazy to write congratulations on church holidays.
387. Spent time in worldly games and entertainment: checkers, backgammon, lotto, cards, chess, rolling pins, ruffles, Rubik's cube and others.
388. She charmed illnesses, gave advice to go to sorcerers, gave addresses of sorcerers.
389. She believed omens and slander: she spat over her left shoulder and ran black cat, spoon, fork, etc. fell.
390. She answered the angry man sharply to his anger.
391. Tried to prove the justification and justice of her anger.
392. She was annoying, interrupted people’s sleep, and distracted them from their meals.
393. Relaxed with small talk with young people of the opposite sex.
394. Was engaged in idle talk, curiosity, stuck around fires and was present at accidents.
395. She considered it unnecessary to undergo treatment for illnesses and visit a doctor.
396. I tried to calm myself down by hastily fulfilling the rule.
397. I overworked myself with work.
398. I ate a lot during the meat-eating week.
399. Gave incorrect advice to neighbors.
400. She told shameful jokes.
401. To please the authorities, she covered the holy icons.
402. I neglected a person in his old age and his poverty of mind.
403. She stretched out her hands to her naked body, looked and touched the secret ouds with her hands.
404. She punished children with anger, in a fit of passion, with abuse and cursing.
405. Taught children to spy, eavesdrop, pimp.
406. She spoiled her children and did not pay attention to their bad deeds.
407. I had a satanic fear for my body, I was afraid of wrinkles and gray hair.
408. Burdened others with requests.
409. Drew conclusions about the sinfulness of people based on their misfortunes.
410. Wrote offensive and anonymous letters, spoke rudely, disturbed people on the phone, making jokes under an assumed name.
411. Sat on the bed without the owner’s permission.
412. During prayer I imagined the Lord.
413. Satanic laughter attacked while reading and listening to the Divine.
414. I asked advice from people ignorant in this matter, I believed in crafty people.
415. I strived for championship, competition, won interviews, participated in competitions.
416. Treated the Gospel as a fortune-telling book.
417. I picked berries, flowers, branches in other people's gardens without permission.
418. During fasting, she did not have a good disposition towards people and allowed violations of fasting.
419. I did not always realize and regret the sin.
420. I listened to worldly records, sinned by watching videos and porn movies, and relaxed in other worldly pleasures.
421. I read a prayer, having enmity against my neighbor.
422. She prayed in a hat, with her head uncovered.
423. I believed in omens.
424. She indiscriminately used 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. She appropriated the money she found.
427. In church I put bags and things on the windows.
428. I rode for pleasure in a car, motor boat, or bicycle.
429. I repeated other people’s bad words, listened to people swearing.
430. I read newspapers, books, and worldly magazines with enthusiasm.
431. She abhorred the poor, the wretched, the sick, who smelled bad.
432. She was proud that she had not committed shameful sins, capital murder, abortion, etc.
433. I ate and got drunk before the onset of the fasts.
434. I purchased unnecessary things without having to.
435. After a prodigal sleep, I did not always read prayers against defilement.
436. She celebrated the New Year, wore masks and obscene clothes, got drunk, cursed, overeated and sinned.
437. Caused damage to her neighbor, spoiled and broke other people's things.
438. She believed in nameless “prophets”, in “holy letters”, “the dream of the Virgin Mary”, she herself copied them and passed them on to others.
439. I listened to sermons in church with a spirit of criticism and condemnation.
440. She used her earnings for sinful lusts and amusements.
441. Spread bad rumors about priests and monks.
442. She jostled around in the church, hurrying to kiss the icon, the Gospel, the cross.
443. She was proud, in her lack and poverty she was indignant and grumbled at the Lord.
444. I urinated in public and even joked about it.
445. She did not always repay what she borrowed on time.
446. She minimized her sins in confession.
447. Gloated at the misfortune of her neighbor.
448. She taught others in an instructive, commanding tone.
449. She shared their vices with people and confirmed them in these vices.
450. Quarreled with people for a place in the church, at the icons, near the eve table.
451. Inadvertently caused pain to animals.
452. I left a glass of vodka at the grave of relatives.
453. I did not sufficiently prepare myself for the sacrament of confession.
454. Holiness of Sundays and holidays violated by games, visits to shows, etc.
455. When the crops were being grassed, she swore at the cattle with dirty words.
456. I had dates in cemeteries; as a child we ran and played hide and seek there.
457. Allowed sexual intercourse before marriage.
458. She got drunk on purpose in order to decide to sin; she took medicine along with wine to get more drunk.
459. She begged for alcohol, pawned things and documents for this.
460. To attract attention to herself, to make her worry, she tried to commit suicide.
461. As a child, I didn’t listen to teachers, prepared my lessons poorly, was lazy, and disrupted classes.
462. I visited cafes and restaurants located in churches.
463. She sang in a restaurant, on the stage, and danced in a variety show.
464. In crowded transport, I felt pleasure from touching and did not try to avoid it.
465. She was offended by her parents for punishment, remembered these grievances for a long time and told others about them.
466. She reassured herself with the fact that everyday worries prevented her from engaging in matters of faith, salvation and piety, and justified herself with the fact that in her youth no one taught the Christian faith.
467. Wasted time on useless chores, fuss, and conversations.
468. Was engaged in the interpretation of dreams.
469. She objected with passion, fought, and scolded.
470. She sinned with thefts, as a child she stole eggs, gave them to a store, etc.
471. She was vain, proud, did not respect her parents, and did not obey the authorities.
472. She engaged in heresy, had a wrong opinion about the subject of faith, doubt and even apostasy from the Orthodox faith.
473. Had the sin of Sodom (coitus with animals, with the wicked, entered into an incestuous relationship).

How to behave in confession and what is better not to do? How should a priest correctly name his sins? Find out the priest's advice, and also read examples of how to properly confess and name your sins to the priest.

Confession is a Sacrament in which the Lord invisibly forgives sins with the visible will of the priest. The event is preceded by preparation - repentance occurs before going to church. For the first time, many are afraid and do not know what actions to call, how to behave correctly, what needs to be done for this. I will say more, even experienced Christians do not always understand what and how to confess.

God will see a broken heart

The significance of repentance is so great that it transforms a sinner into a righteous person. It's not easy to decide to lead Christian life, change, but this must be done so as not to perish completely. Let the first (second, third) confession be imperfect, that’s not scary. It is much more dangerous to carry a heavy burden within yourself and not repent at all. The Lord sees our intentions, aspirations, attempts to lag behind passions, repentance. This will definitely count.

Others confess as if they were giving a 5-page report on their sins, but there is no contrition in their soul. Another will say three words and leave justified, like a publican who does not dare raise his eyes to heaven, saying: “ God, be merciful to me, a sinner.” It is important to see the abomination of your deeds and actions. Be horrified and hate them. Feel sincere disgust, with determination not to repeat this again.

Lists of sins to help the repentant

If you resort to manuals, of which there are many on the Internet, you are more likely to get confused than to get help. It is not difficult to compile a long list of sins based on a model, but often they indicate completely incomprehensible things related to monastics. They are “idlers”, they are assigned only two duties: work and prayer, everything else is sin. Priests do not advise comparing actions in the world with such improvised means. Sometimes it looks downright stupid.

For example:

• collected stamps;
• washed himself with scented soap;
• did my hair;
• did the laundry on Sunday, etc.

You can borrow the brevity with which sin is called. This will help you create a personal list so as not to fall into verbosity and not tell the story (novel) of your life. Do this: Write down the actions that you understand are bad. You regret it, you are ready not to repeat it (by the way, they don’t happen that often, but they constantly remind you of themselves, popping up in your memory).

For example:

• I was rude to my parents.
• Hit his wife.
• Stole a bicycle (cassette, book, any thing), etc.
• Did not visit a sick relative who needed it.

Continue further: take a look at your character. Seeing yourself as you are is not easy. Some people even consider themselves normal, good, kind, always right. Take and paint an icon from it. But it is precisely in such a person that the sin of pride is already visible, which overthrew the devil from Heaven. This comes from ignorance of the laws of faith.

The more often you confess, comprehend Orthodox teaching, and draw closer to God, the more dirt you will see in yourself that you need to get rid of. Know that if you have not discovered any sins in yourself, then you are far from fulfilling the commandments. There is not a single saint about whom it can be said that he is sinless.

If it’s really hard, nothing comes to mind, ask your loved ones: What bad qualities will they name? It's always clearer from the outside. These traits will most likely be what you are looking for. Think about it, perhaps the list will be replenished with the following sins:

• was angry, irritated, thought badly about someone;
• cursed, responded rudely, condemned, hated;
• did not know moderation in food (gluttony);
• came home drunk and became rowdy;
• cheated on his wife (husband), deceived, slandered, spread rumors;
• did not help others, refused requests, mocked workers;
• gave (persuaded) consent to an abortion;
• was lazy in fulfilling his duties both at work and at home, etc.

Advice: Before turning to any source with a list of sins, try to first write down what you remember well, what weighs on your soul, what you really regret. Such sins will definitely be forgiven. When looking for shortcomings in yourself, resorting to a manual, strive not for quantity (to cover everything at once), but for quality. They read it, remembered it, realized it, were saddened, and promised themselves not to do that again. They asked the Lord to help with this. Now put it on the confession sheet.

You need to be aware of this and not be angry

When a person begins to prepare for the Sacrament, he may endure temptations. Someone is constantly interfering, interrupting, distracting. In the temple, evil old women make comments: “why aren’t you wearing a skirt,” “why did you put on that makeup,” “stood in the wrong place.” Father has no time, he waved it off, answered rudely, etc. Sometimes this is necessary for humility.

Demons will try to piss you off, but pass the test with dignity: in your soul, for every resistance to a good deed, say: “I don’t deserve better.” So disarm the evil spirits: drive them away, and draw closer to God. This shows that you are doing the right thing. Now, if everything is smooth and calm, it’s worth thinking about, perhaps there is no spirit of repentance.

What is the will of God?

In the process of preparation, you will come across the phrase that sin is a violation of the will of God. At the moment of baptism, a person (himself or his godparents) makes a vow: to do His will and keep the commandments. They made a promise, and immediately began to break it. First of all, because we don’t know either one or the other:

1. The will of God is the sanctification of man.
2. Through Moses, the 10 commandments were given to discern sin.

The Law of God (Moses) is the first guide to knowing ourselves, that we have broken almost all the commandments. Not a single one was performed correctly. Many people remember two words from the law: did not kill, did not steal. They consider themselves decent people. This is a primitive approach to the confession of an ignorant sinner. For example, you can kill:

• in a word;
• killing animals for fun rather than for food;
• giving incorrect advice;
• violating safety precautions;
• sending someone else to death in his place;
• having had an abortion, persuading him to do so;
• mocking the weak;
• spreading slander;
• not providing assistance on time, etc.

If a person does not see sins in himself, does not confess, does not lament unseemly actions, does not take communion, does not have a connection with God (prayer) - he violates His will. For it consists in our being sanctified, enlightened, doing good deeds, that is, striving for righteousness and holiness. Everything that does not contribute to this, except for necessary duties and affairs (including rest, holidays, etc.), violates His will.

What is the plan for preparing for confession?

In order not to miss anything, it is customary to prepare according to a specific plan to choose from. You can, if you don’t have time, but really want to receive forgiveness, confess for a particularly painful sin: one or several. No special preparation is required here. They came, poured out their souls, explaining to the priest: next time, prepare properly. What to take as a basis:

1. Ten Commandments.
2. The Nine Beatitudes Given by the Lord.
3. You can build a confession based on 20 points of the ordeal (of Blessed Theodora), which the soul goes through after death.
4. By type of sin (model of Elder George the Recluse), etc.

More often they use the 10 commandments, the so-called Mosaic ones. Please note that each of them includes many sins, so the list will be large. To figure this out, use “The Experience of Constructing a Confession” by Ioann Krestyankin. He is our contemporary, his plan is the best assistant. A good guide “To help the repentant” was compiled by I. Brianchaninov.

Important condition: Before you begin repentance (at home) or confession (in church), forgive everyone with whom you were offended. This must be done with all your heart, without guile. Just as you forgive others, so the Lord will forgive you your sins and vice versa.

It's a shame to name a sin to a priest

It happens that the confessor is embarrassed to name a sin. First, remember, which is embarrassing to admit, requires urgent confession. This is the voice of conscience, practically an instruction from God, His call: repent of this. The Lord is waiting, and the priest, believe me, will forget you and the said offense immediately, especially if there are a lot of people.

Usually they hide things related to:

• with betrayals;
• sexual perversions;
• lustful thoughts and dreams;
• handjob;
• participation in orgies, leading a depraved lifestyle.

Secondly, many people have such sins, but do not name them in confession, which ruins their soul. Father, during the period of his service, heard enough of everyone, you won’t amaze him, you won’t confuse him, you won’t push him away with your confession. Most likely, the priest will be happy for you that you mustered up the courage to voice your grave sin. The Lord will immediately forgive and free the soul. The angels in heaven will rejoice. You will fly home as if on wings.

For your information: The Lord created the conditions so that we could accept the redemptive gifts of His feat, that is, be transformed. All the Sacraments, including Confession, are a tool that connects people and God.

What not to do in confession

Confession can be turned against yourself if you treat it superficially with slyness. All sins, even those that will definitely be repeated, for example, smoking, must be called in the past tense, with the intention of getting rid of them. Sooner or later, said passion will lose power over a person. No need:

• Talk about others and complain about life.
• Naming sins in general phrases: I’m a sinner in everything.
• List minor sins for which repentance is offered in evening prayer at home every day.
• To remain silent about serious sins due to shame, indecision, and unwillingness to seriously understand oneself.
• There is no need to be afraid to call a spade a spade: fornication, adultery, theft, murder, etc.

Frank confession heals not only the soul, but also physical illness, eradicates passions, restores peace and tranquility. Don't be ashamed to reveal your abominations. And harlots become righteous if they do not return to their former ways. Let us not expose ourselves here - on Last Judgment sins will expose us.

Conclusion: How do you know that a sin has been forgiven? If, when remembering him, the conscience is silent, peace and tranquility remain in the soul, it means that you have been forgiven. Of course, provided that you do not have a stony and insensitive heart, which is in the complete power of the enemy of man and God, i.e., the devil.

Example, contrition for sins

God! Sometimes I go to Your House, wanting to cleanse my soul from the burden of sin. I’m trying to unwind the snake coil that lies on my heart, but I’m afraid to reveal my uncleanness to the priest. I'm trying to disguise in general terms the essence of sins, I clothe them in harmless clothes: just as everyone sins, so do I, no worse. I wish you forgiveness and release, but with lies I am aggravating my fallen situation, trying to deceive You.

• Laziness and indifference have bound the soul: I don’t pray to You either in the morning or in the evening. I stand in the church like a soulless mannequin: there is no repentance in me, I’m only waiting for the service to end faster. I don’t understand the prayers said in the Temple. I do not strive to find out the meaning of the days to which service is dedicated. I rarely go to church, and if I stood there, absentmindedly crossing myself, repeating the movements of true Christians, I consider that I have accomplished a feat, done a favor to You, Lord. Forgive this stony insensitivity to your salvation.
• I have no love for either the living or the dead. Remembering them, I will not shed a single tear, my prayer for them is cold, as if their heavenly fate is known to me. I think that the priest’s prayer is enough. I have neither sympathy for my loved ones (including my parents), nor the desire to take even a tiny vow for their sake. I believe that the good Lord will save everyone without any effort or sacrifice on my part. Lord, forgive me.
• The Heinous Sin of Adultery. I am already old and sick, so the depraved past has moved away from me, but I cannot go through this ordeal. All the dirt of this sin has stuck to me, but I don’t have the strength to admit everything. I think that Mary of Egypt, before leaving for the desert, was purer than me. I repent and hate myself for these vile deeds. Lord, forgive me, don’t destroy me, the vile one.
• Prideand vanity my constant companions. The Lord instructed me constantly. He admonished me, gave me the opportunity to experience humiliation and insults in order to reduce the arrogance of my nature. But I am so slow to correct that I cannot humble myself even under the hand of the Lord. I see my fall, but pride does not leave me. Lord, have mercy and give me strength to become a humble Christian, forgive me for my donkey stubbornness.
• Lie. She accompanies me everywhere. Previously, I didn’t even notice that I was lying for any reason or without reason. I lied out of fear of discovering the truth; to obtain any benefit; just out of habit; for the sake of vanity, to embellish the mask that is my real essence. Lies, the seed of the devil, grew in me like a huge tree and took root. Harmful words roll off my tongue before I can even comprehend them. Lord, forgive me, give me some reason, get rid of this habit. Learn to tell the truth always and everywhere.
• Condemnation. Lord, from childhood I remember the phrase: Judge not, lest ye be judged. But I never adhered to this instruction. I condemn everyone: acquaintances, relatives, neighbors, colleagues, authorities. From the height of my pride I will always find flaws in others, but not in myself. Forgive me, Lord. Help me get rid of this so that I can see only my own sins and not judge others. Teach humble repentance and prayer, etc., etc.

In order not to work in vain, think about your sins like this. This repentance, brought to the Lord, adjusts the soul, leads to purification, so as to hate one’s deeds and not repeat them every now and then. Having contrition, you will notice how after confession not only does it become easier, but from many “amusements” of the flesh the heart begins to turn away, affairs and relationships improve, illnesses go away.

Confession is considered a Christian rite in which the person confessing 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 written in the Gospel of Matthew, ch. 18, verse 18. This is also spoken of in the Gospel of John, ch. 20, verses 22 – 23.

Sacrament of Confession

According to the holy fathers, repentance is also considered a second baptism. Man during baptism cleansed from sin the firstborn, who was passed on to everyone from the first ancestors Adam and Eve. And after the rite of baptism, during repentance, personal thoughts are washed away. 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 occurs.

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 understand 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.

List of sins against Jesus Christ

List of sins against loved ones

List of sins against yourself

All listed sins are divided into three categories, in the final analysis, all this is against the Lord God. After all, a violation of the commandments He created is carried out, therefore, a direct insult to God occurs. All these sins do not produce positive fruits, but on the contrary, the soul will not be saved from this.

Proper preparation for confession

It is necessary to prepare for the sacrament of confession with all seriousness; for this purpose, one should engage in early preparation. Enough remember and write down on a piece of paper all the sins you have committed, and also 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 out loud. 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 of the main sin - condemnation of neighbors and loved ones.

In this ritual, the confessor and God are not interested in numerous sins, the meaning itself is important - sincere repentance for sins committed, a sincere feeling of a person, a contrite heart. Confession is not just awareness of one’s sinful past deeds, but also desire to wash them away. Justifying oneself for sins is not cleansing, it is unacceptable. Elder Silouan of Athos said that if a person hates sin, then God also asks for these sins.

It will be great if a person draws conclusions from each passing day, and each time truly repents of his 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. IN Orthodox prayer book there is a rule - the Canon of Penitence, which must be read intensively in the evenings before the sacrament of confession itself.

It is important to find out the church schedule and what day you can go to confession. There are many churches in which daily services are held, and the daily sacrament of confession also takes place there. And in the rest you should inquire about the schedule church services .

How to Confess to Children

Children under seven years of age are considered infants and can receive communion without prior confession. But it is important to accustom them from childhood to a sense of reverence. Without the necessary preparation, frequent communion causes reluctance to engage in this matter. Preferably prepare children for the sacrament in a few days, an example is reading the Holy Scriptures and children's Orthodox literature. Reduce TV viewing time. Monitor the implementation of morning and evening prayers. If a child has done bad things over the past few days, then you should talk to him and instill in him a feeling of shame for what he has done. But you always need to know: the child follows the example of his parents.

After the age of seven, you can begin confession on the same basis as adults, but without the preliminary sacrament. The sins listed above are fulfilled in large quantities and 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 wrote down all his sins without the participation of his parents- you shouldn’t write him down. He must understand that it is necessary to sincerely admit and repent of bad deeds.

How to confess in church

Confession falls on morning and evening time days. It is considered unacceptable to be late for such an event. A group of repentants begins the process by reading the rites. When the priest begins to ask the names of the participants who came to confession, you need to answer neither loudly nor quietly. Latecomers are not accepted for confession. At the end of confession, the priest reads the rite again, receiving the sacrament. Women during natural monthly cleansing are not allowed to participate in such an event.

You need to behave with dignity in church and not disturb other confessors and the priest. It is not allowed to embarrass the people who came to this event. There is no need to confess one category of sins and leave another later. Those sins that were named last time are not re-read. It is advisable to perform the sacrament from the same confessor. In the sacrament, a person repents not before his confessor, but before the Lord God.

In large churches many penitents gather and in this case it is used "general confession". The point is that the priest pronounces common sins, and those confessing repent. Next, everyone must come to the prayer of permission. When confession takes place for the first time, you should not come to such general procedure.

First time visit private confession, if there is none, then general confession you need to take the last place in line and listen to what they say to the priest in confession. It is advisable to explain the whole situation to the priest; he will tell you how to confess for the first time. Next comes true repentance. If during the process of repentance a person kept silent about a serious sin, then he will not be forgiven. At the end of the sacrament, a person is obliged, after reading the prayer of permission, to kiss the Gospel and the cross, which lie on the lectern.

Proper preparation for communion

On the days of fasting, which last seven days, fasting is established. The diet should not include fish, dairy, meat and egg products. On such days, sexual intercourse should not be performed. It is necessary to attend church frequently. Read the Penitential Canon and follow the prayer rules. On the eve of the sacrament, you must arrive for 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 by several days during the fast.

Children have a hard time remembering and perceiving prayer rules, so you should choose the number that is within your power, but you need to discuss this with your confessor. To prepare gradually you need increase the quantity prayer rules . Most people confuse the rules of confession and communion. Here you need to prepare step by step. To do this, you should ask for advice from a priest, who will advise you on more precise preparation.

Sacrament of Communion carried out on an empty stomach, you should not consume food and water after 12 o’clock, and 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 morning confession you must arrive at right time no delays.

Participle

The Lord God established the sacrament during the hours of the Last Supper, when Christ broke bread with his disciples and drank wine with them. Participle helps you enter the Kingdom of Heaven, therefore incomprehensible to the human mind. Women are not allowed to attend communion wearing makeup, and on ordinary Sundays they should wipe off anything from their lips. On menstrual days, women are not allowed to participate in the Sacrament., as well as those who have recently given birth, for the latter you need to read the prayer for the fortieth day.

When the priest comes out with the Holy Gifts, participants are required to bow. Next, you need to listen carefully to the prayers, repeating to yourself. Then you should cross your arms across your chest and approach the bowl. Children should go first, then men, and then women. Near the cup one’s name is pronounced and thereby the communicant receives the Gifts of the Lord. After communion, the deacon treats his lips with a plate, then you need to kiss the edge of the cup and approach the table. Here the person takes a drink and consumes the prosphora portion.

At the end, participants listen to prayers and pray until the end of the service. Then you should go to the cross and listen carefully prayer of thanksgiving. At the end, everyone goes home, but in church you cannot speak empty words and disturb each other. On this day you need to behave with dignity and not defile your purity with sinful deeds.