Constructing a confession for women. How to correctly name sins in confession

Confession (the sacrament of Repentance) in our monastery is performed daily during the morning service: from Monday to Saturday - at 7.00, on Sunday - at 6.30 and 9.00.

During Lent confession is being made on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7.00, on Sundays – at 6.30 and 9.00.

Children under 7 years old can receive communion without confession.

About the Sacrament of Repentance

In the sacrament of repentance, a Christian is given cleansing from sins committed after baptism. The repentant confesses his sins to the Lord and His Church, represented by its representative - a bishop or priest, through whose prayers the Lord forgives the confessed sins and reunites the repentant with the Church.

Every sin is a refusal of Divine light. In order to see your evil, you need to see the light or beauty of God's truth, which shone most of all in the face of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His Gospel, as well as in holy people. Therefore, one must repent before the face of the Lord, to whom the Heavenly Father gave all judgment on earth. The judgment consists in the fact that the Lord is light, and those who reject this light bear the punishment within themselves, going into darkness.

Every sin is a sin against love, since God Himself is love. Violating the law of love, every sin leads to separation from God and people, and, therefore, is a sin against the Church. Therefore, the one who sins falls away from the Church and must repent before it. In ancient times, a sinner repented before the entire church assembly; now the priest alone accepts confession on behalf of the Lord and the Church.

Sin lies not only in individual actions of a person, it is a constant illness that does not allow a person to accept the gift of Divine grace, i.e. deprives him of the source of true life. To eradicate sins such as pride or selfishness, constant attention to oneself, the fight against bad thoughts and bitter regret for frequent mistakes are required. This is constant repentance. To inhale grace, you must constantly exhale the fumes of sin. One who constantly checks himself and, at least during evening prayer, remembers his past day, repents more successfully during confession. Those who neglect daily hygiene of the soul easily fall into great sins, sometimes without even noticing them. Repentance, which precedes confession, requires, firstly, awareness of one’s sins; secondly, bitter regret for them and, finally, determination to improve.

A person who repents well also finds the reasons for sinful actions. For example, he will understand that the inability to endure and forgive insults, even the most insignificant ones, is explained by pride, with which he will fight.

The fight against sin must necessarily be expressed in revealing one’s soul to God and other people, since the root of sin is a person’s selfish self-isolation. Confession is, first of all, this way out of painful subjectivity; it also requires self-sacrifice (your pride), without which there is no true love. In addition, the story of sin, often accompanied by burning shame, helps cut off sin from the healthy core of the personality. Other diseases are incurable without a surgeon’s blade or cauterization. Confessed sin becomes alien to a person, and hidden sin produces suppuration of the entire soul. We confess not so much in order to avoid punishment, but in order to be cured of sins, that is, to get rid of their repetition. Receiving the penitent, the priest addresses him: “Be careful, you came to the hospital, do not leave here unwell.”

Sin corrupts our personality, and only Divine love can restore its integrity, that is, heal it. We come for her to the Church, where Christ Himself heals us with His love. And how can grace-filled love not flare up in the heart of a repentant when the Lord says to him: “And I do not condemn you; go and sin no more” (John 8:11), or, what is the same, when the priest says the words of the prayer of permission? The Lord gave the power to resolve sins to His Church, telling the Apostles: “Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven” (Matthew 18:18).

The preparation for confession is, firstly, a person’s spiritual life, with constant exercise of conscience, as mentioned above; and then, special means, such as: solitude to think about your sins, prayer, fasting, reading the Holy Scriptures and spiritual books.

Confession must be complete, accurate, without self-justification. We must first remember the most annoying sins (passions, vices), and we must fight them first, as well as sins against love (condemnation, anger, enmity). If such sins exist, they must be the subject of constant repentance and struggle, since God is love. For the same reason, before confession, one must make peace with everyone, forgiving and asking for forgiveness. The Lord said: “If you do not forgive people their trespasses, then your Father will not forgive you your trespasses” (Matthew 6:15).

The priest keeps everything that is said in confession as an absolute secret. As a spiritual remedy, the priest can impose penance on the penitent, for example, assign him special spiritual exercises, or temporarily prevent him from receiving Holy Communion.

(Compiled from the book of Bishop Alexander (Semyonov-Tien-Shansky) Orthodox Catechism).

Confession example

We present approximate sample confession, which can be used to guide you in order to better understand yourself while preparing for the Sacrament of Repentance. However, this sample is just a guideline that helps to build a personal confession in which those sins that took place in your life will be named.

“I bring to You, merciful Lord, the heavy burden of my countless sins that I have sinned before You, from my early youth to this day.

I have sinned before You, Lord, by ingratitude to You for Your mercies, by forgetting Your commandments and by indifference to You. I sinned by lack of faith, doubt in matters of faith and freethinking. I sinned through superstition, indifference to the truth and interest in non-Orthodox faiths. I sinned with blasphemous and nasty thoughts, suspicion and suspiciousness. I sinned by attachment to money and luxury items, passions, jealousy and envy. Forgive and have mercy on me, Lord.

I sinned by enjoying sinful thoughts, thirsting for pleasure, and spiritual relaxation. I sinned with daydreaming, vanity and false shame. I sinned with pride, contempt for people and arrogance. I sinned with despondency, worldly sadness, despair and murmuring. I sinned with irritability, rancor and gloating. Forgive and have mercy on me, Lord.

I sinned with idle talk, unnecessary laughter and ridicule. I sinned by talking in church, by using the name of God in vain, and by judging my neighbors. I sinned with harshness in words, grumpiness, and sarcastic remarks. He sinned by being picky, insulting his neighbors and exaggerating his abilities. Forgive and have mercy on me, Lord.

I sinned with indecent jokes, stories and sinful conversations. I sinned by murmuring, breaking my promises and lying. I sinned by using swear words, insulting my neighbors and cursing. I sinned by spreading defamatory rumors, slander and denunciations. I sinned by laziness, wasting time and not attending divine services. I sinned by frequent lateness to services, careless and absent-minded prayer and lack of spiritual fervor. He sinned by neglecting the needs of his family, neglecting the upbringing of his children and failure to fulfill his duties. Forgive and have mercy on me, Lord.

He sinned through gluttony, overeating and breaking fasts. I sinned by smoking, drinking alcohol and using stimulants. I sinned by being excessively concerned about my appearance, looking with lust and lust, looking at obscene paintings and photographs. I sinned by listening to violent music, listening to sinful conversations and indecent stories. He sinned through seductive behavior, masturbation, fornication and adultery. Sinned by approving or participating in abortion. Forgive and have mercy on me, Lord.

I sinned with love of money and passion for gambling. I sinned with passion for my career and success, self-interest and extravagance. I sinned by refusing to help those in need, by greed and stinginess. I sinned through cruelty, callousness, dryness and lack of love. He sinned by deception, theft and bribery. He sinned by visiting fortune-tellers, invoking evil spirits and performing superstitious customs. Forgive and have mercy on me, Lord.

He sinned with outbursts of anger, malice and rude treatment of his neighbors. He sinned through intransigence, revenge, arrogance and insolence. I sinned through disobedience, stubbornness, and hypocrisy. I sinned by careless handling of sacred objects, sacrilege, blasphemy. Forgive and have mercy on me, Lord.

I also sinned in words, in thoughts, in actions and with all my feelings, sometimes involuntarily, but most often deliberately due to my stubbornness and sinful custom. Forgive and have mercy on me, Lord. I remember some sins, but most of them, due to my negligence and spiritual inattention, I have completely forgotten.

I sincerely repent of all my conscious and unknown sins, and have the determination to do everything possible not to repeat them. Forgive and have mercy on me, Lord."

For those who wish to deeply and thoroughly prepare for the sacrament of confession, we recommend reading the book by Archimandrite John Krestyankin "The experience of constructing a confession" .

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

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

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

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

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

GENERAL, CONFESSION ON BEHALF OF THE PENENTENT

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I sinned by reading romance novels and watching seductive films.

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

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

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

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

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

I often sinned by omitting services in God's temple and being late for church services. I sinned by visiting churches of other faiths. I sinned by leaving God's temple before the dismissal of the church. Sinned by omission and non-fulfillment prayer rule, unclean confession and constant unworthy acceptance of the Body and Blood of the Lord.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

GENERAL CONFESSION,

COMPILED FROM THE WORKS OF EP. JUSTINA

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

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

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

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

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

I have sinned: blasphemy and blasphemy, false oaths and violation of oaths, defiance, contempt and ridicule of pious people, modesty in appearing pious and generally a Christian among worldly people.

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

I sinned: by not honoring church holidays, by standing irreverently in church, by laziness in prayer, in reading the Word of God and other spiritual books; a careless image on yourself sign of the cross; non-observance of fasts according to the charter of the Church; laziness to work and unscrupulous performance of work and affairs in the position of service; idleness and wasting a lot of time in indecent amusements and feasts. I sinned, Lord, by hiding my sins in confession.

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

I sinned: disrespect for parents and coldness towards relatives, disrespect for superiors and disrespect for elders, ingratitude towards benefactors; obstinate treatment of subordinates and cruel acts towards them.

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

I sinned: by killing (moral or physical) myself or another; oppression of a neighbor and deprivation of his means of life, insulting a neighbor with anger, obstinacy in treatment, slander, hatred, causing harm to a neighbor, enmity, rancor, temptation to sin, stubborn resistance to the truth, bitterness.

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

I sinned with carnal sins: fornication, adultery, voluptuousness in all its forms: passionate kisses, unclean touch, looking at beautiful faces with lust, foul language, shameless body movements, pimping, arbitrary lustful incitement, immoderation in carnal pleasures, intemperance during Lent, on Sundays and holidays, satiety in food and drink, reading books that corrupt the soul and looking at seductive paintings.

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

I have sinned: theft, appropriation of other people's property, deception, false testimony, selling bad goods instead of good ones, measuring, shortchanging, concealing a found thing, hiding a thief and theft, arson, parasitism, extortion, sacrilege, unmercifulness to the poor, failure to give mercy or help to those in need , stinginess, luxury, drunkenness, greed, infidelity, injustice, hardness of heart.

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

I have sinned: false denunciation, false testimony, slander, denigrating the good name and honor of a neighbor, disclosing the sins and weaknesses of a neighbor, suspicion, doubting the honor of a neighbor, interpreting his words and actions for the worse, condemnation, gossip, double-mindedness, gossip, ridicule, obscene jokes, lies, deceit, deceit, hypocrisy, hypocritical treatment of others, laziness, talkativeness, idle talk.

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!

I have sinned: with bad desires and thoughts, envy, lust for power and pride, self-interest and carnality. I have sinned, Lord, in sight and hearing; With unclean desires and criminal deeds I remove myself from Your presence. But I recognize myself guilty before You, Lord, and confess all my sins, which I have committed voluntarily and involuntarily, knowledge and ignorance, words, deeds and thoughts. I am guilty and irresponsible before the Lord my God; I repent of all my spiritual and physical sins, with which I angered my God and Creator, untruthed my neighbor and denigrated myself. I sincerely repent of everything and will make efforts to ensure that I don’t sin like that again. But as I am weak and powerless in myself for deeds pleasing and holy, with tears I pray to You, the Lord God, my Savior: help me to be confirmed in my intention to live the rest of my life pleasing to God and holy, and forgive my past sins by Your mercy and forgive me from all of my sins, for he is Good and Lover of Mankind!

CONFESSION COMPLETED IN THE OPTIA DESERT

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

I confess that I was conceived in sins, born in sins, raised in sins, and from baptism to this day living in sins.

I confess that I have sinned against all the commandments of God through lack of faith and unbelief, doubt and free opinion, superstition, fortune-telling, arrogance, negligence, despair in my salvation, relying on myself and on people more than on God.

Forgetfulness of God's justice and lack of sufficient devotion to the will of God.

Disobedience to the orders of God's Providence.

A persistent desire for everything to be “my way.”

Human-pleasing and partial love for creatures.

Failure to try to reveal in oneself the full knowledge of God and His will, faith in Him, reverence for Him, fear of Him, hope for Him, love for Him and zeal for His glory.

Sinned: by enslaving oneself to the passions: lust, greed, pride, self-love, vanity, servility to the spirit of the times, worldly customs against conscience, in violation of the commandments of God, covetousness, gluttony, delicacy, gluttony, drunkenness.

Sinned: by deity, false oath, violation of an oath, failure to fulfill vows, forcing others to deify, oath, disrespect for sacred things and piety, blasphemy against God, against saints, against every sacred thing, blasphemy, blasphemy, calling the name of God in vain, in evil deeds, desires, jokes and fun.

Sinned by: disrespect for holidays and activities that demean the honor of holidays, irreverent standing in church, talking and laughing, laziness in prayer and reading Holy Scripture, abandonment of morning and evening prayers, concealment of sins in confession, failure to properly prepare for the communion of the Holy Mysteries, disrespect for sacred objects and careless depiction of the sign of the cross. Failure to observe fasts according to the rules of the Church, laziness towards work and unscrupulous performance of assigned work and affairs according to duty, wasting a lot of time in vain in idleness and absent-mindedness.

I sinned: by not honoring parents and superiors, by disrespecting elders, spiritual shepherds and teachers.

Sinned: by vain anger, insulting one's neighbors, hatred, causing harm to one's neighbor, enmity, rancor, temptation, advice to sin, arson, failure to save a person from death, poisoning, murder (of children in the womb) - advice to this.

Sinned: carnal sins - fornication, adultery, voluptuousness, passionate kisses, unclean touch, looking at beautiful faces with lust.

Sinned: by foul language, delight in unclean dreams, arbitrary lustful irritation, intemperance during fasting, Sundays and holidays, incest in spiritual and carnal relationships, excessive panache with the desire to please and seduce others.

Sinned: theft, appropriation of someone else's property, deception, concealment of a found item, acceptance of someone else's item, failure to pay a debt for false reasons, obstruction of the benefits of others, parasitism, covetousness, sacrilege, lack of compassion for the unfortunate, unmercifulness towards the poor, stinginess, extravagance, luxury, gambling in cards, in general a disorderly life, greed, infidelity, injustice, hard-heartedness.

Sinned: by false denunciation and testimony in court, by slandering and denigrating the good name of a neighbor and his honor, by disclosing their sins and weaknesses. Suspicion, doubt in the honor of one's neighbor, condemnation, double-mindedness, gossip, ridicule, witticisms, lies, guile, deceit, hypocritical treatment of others, flattery, groveling before those superior in position and those having advantages and power; talkativeness and idle talk.

I do not have: straightforwardness, sincerity, simplicity, fidelity, truthfulness, respect, sedateness, caution in words, prudent silence, guarding and defending the honor of others.

I sinned: with evil desires and thoughts, envy, internal adultery, selfish and proud thoughts and desires, selfishness and carnality.

I do not have: love, abstinence, chastity, modesty in words and deeds, purity of heart, selflessness, non-covetousness, generosity, mercy, humility; in general, I do not diligently care about eradicating sinful dispositions in myself and establishing myself in virtues.

I sinned: by despondency, sadness, sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch, unclean lust and all my feelings, thoughts, words, desires, deeds and in my other sins, which I did not mention due to my unconsciousness.

I repent that I have angered the Lord my God, I sincerely regret it and wish to repent and not sin in the future and refrain from sins in every possible way.

With tears, I pray to You, the Lord my God, help me to be confirmed in my intention to live as a Christian, and forgive my confessed sins, as you are Good and Lover of Mankind.

I also ask you, honorable father, in whose presence I confessed all this, that you will be my witness on the day of judgment against the devil, the enemy and hater of the human race, and that you will pray for me, a sinner, to the Lord my God.

I ask you, honest father, as you who have from Christ God the power to give permission to those who confess and forgive their sins, forgive me, give me permission and pray for me, a sinner.

SINS AGAINST THE LORD GOD

Proud; did not fulfill the holy will of God, violated the Commandments; sinned through unbelief and lack of faith, doubt in faith; had no hope for God’s mercy, despaired; continuing to sin, he relied excessively on the mercy of the Lord; hypocritically worshiped God; did not have the love and fear of God; I did not thank the Lord for all His blessings, for sorrows, illnesses; turned to psychics, astrologers, fortune tellers, fortune tellers; practiced black and white magic, witchcraft, fortune telling, spiritualism; sinned with superstition: he believed in dreams, omens, wore talismans; blasphemed and murmured against the Lord in his soul and in words; did not fulfill his vows to God; called on the name of God in vain (without reverence, in inappropriate conversations), falsely swore by the name of the Lord; ate animal blood;

Treated icons, relics, candles, saints, Holy Scriptures, etc. without due reverence (blasphemously); read heretical books and kept them at home, watched heretical TV shows; was ashamed to be baptized and profess the Orthodox faith; did not wear a cross; carelessly crossed himself;

Did not fulfill or poorly fulfilled the prayer rule: morning and evening prayers, other prayers, bows, etc., did not read Holy Bible, spiritual literature;

I let it through without good reason Sunday and holiday services; I went to church without zeal and diligence; was lazy to pray, prayed absent-mindedly and coldly; talked, dozed, laughed, walked around the temple during church services; inattentively, absent-mindedly listened to readings and chants, was late for services and left the temple before dismissal;

I went to church in uncleanness, touched icons and candles in uncleanness;

He rarely confessed his sins and deliberately concealed them; :

He received communion without contrition and fear of God, without proper preparation (3 days of fasting, reading canons and akathists, prayers for Holy Communion), without reconciling with his neighbors;

Did not abstain from marital cohabitation before communion; received communion without repentance after fornication;

He did not obey his spiritual father, he condemned the clergy and monastics, he grumbled and was offended by them, he was jealous;

He did not honor God’s holidays, he worked on holidays;

He broke fasts and did not observe fast days - Wednesday and Friday;

I listened to Western preachers, sectarians, and became interested in Eastern religions; received heretical baptism;

Thought about suicide and tried to kill himself

SINS AGAINST YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

He had no love for his neighbors, did not love his enemies, hated them, wished them harm;

He did not know how to forgive, he repaid evil for evil;

Not respectful to elders and superiors (superiors), to parents; upset and offended parents;

Didn't fulfill what he promised;

Didn't pay debts; openly or secretly appropriated someone else's property;

Beat, attempted on someone else's life;

She poisoned, killed babies in the womb (abortions, pills, IUDs...), advised her neighbors to do them;

Robbed, extorted, set fires;

He refused to stand up for the weak and innocent, to help those who were drowning, freezing, burning, or in trouble;

I sinned by laziness in my work;

Didn't respect other people's work;

He raised his children poorly: outside the Christian faith, he cursed the children; sinned with unmercifulness: he despised and condemned the poor; I sinned through stinginess and did not give alms;

Did not visit patients in hospitals or at home; sinned with hardness of heart; was cruel to animals, birds, in vain he killed livestock, birds, destroying trees; contradicted, did not yield to his neighbors, argued; slandered, condemned, slandered, gossiped, retold the sins of others; offended, insulted, was at enmity with neighbors; made a scandal, threw hysterics, cursed, was insolent, behaved brazenly and freely towards his neighbor;

He was a hypocrite, he said barbs; was angry; irritated, suspected his neighbors of unseemly actions; deceived, bore false witness;

He behaved seductively, wanting to seduce; was jealous;

Celebrated; told obscene jokes;

I didn’t pray for mentors, relatives, or enemies;

He corrupted his neighbors (adults and minors) with his actions; sinned with selfish friendship and betrayal.

SINS AGAINST YOURSELF

He was proud, vain, considered himself better than everyone else; proud;

He wished harm to his neighbor, was vindictive; sinned by lack of humility and obedience, arrogance; lied; envied;

He celebrated, he cursed; was irritated, indignant, remembered evil; obstinate; was offended, upset; was depressed, sad, sad; did good deeds for show; stingy; lazy;

He spent his time in idleness, slept and ate a lot (gluttony, secret eating, delicacy); forgot about Christian humility, virtues, death and hell, lived carelessly and carelessly, did not improve; loved earthly, material things more than heavenly, spiritual things; addicted to money, things, luxury, pleasures; overly attentive to the flesh; strived for earthly honors and glory;

Smoked, used drugs, alcohol (got drunk); played cards, gambling;

He adorned himself to deceive; engaged in pimping and prostitution; sang obscene songs, told jokes, cursed, laughed, danced; watched pornographic films, read pornographic books, magazines; accepted lustful thoughts, became defiled in a dream; sinned by fornication (outside of church marriage) (name, quantity); sinned by adultery (cheated during marriage); allowed liberties to the crown and perversion in marriage; sinned by masturbation, avoided conception by ejaculation of semen (Onan’s sin), allowed fornication in marriage; sodomy (fornication between a man and a man), lesbianism (fornication between a woman and a woman), bestiality (fornication with cattle);

Dejection, sadness, sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch, lust, uncleanness and all my feelings, thoughts, words, desires, deeds (one must name the sins that were not listed and burden the soul), and other sins.

MANUAL FOR GENERAL CONFESSION

(compiled according to the instructions of Archpriest A. Vetelev)

Our repentance must be sincere and sincere; must come from the depths of the soul, fully aware of its guilt before God.

Examples: David and the prophet Nathan (50th Psalm of David). Ap. Peter and Judas.

Brothers and sisters! Confession is God's judgment over us. This judgment is the more merciful for us, the more deeply and sincerely we repent..., experience...

The Lord says to each of us: “I, I myself, blot out your crimes for my own sake... Remember... you speak in order to be justified” (Isaiah 43, 25-26).

You may ask, how can one speak, name sins, when we now have not a private, but a general confession? Yes, we have a common confession. But it is also necessary to turn general confession into a private one. To do this, each confessor, listening to the listed common sins, must recognize his own among them and, naming them, repent of each of them. For example, a confessor talks about the sin of judging others. The confessor, imbued with the consciousness of his personal sin, says: “and I condemned... - forgive me, Lord!” In addition, after a general confession, approaching the prayer of permission, the confessor can name those special, personal sins that torment his conscience.

As we begin confession, let us pray: “Lord! Open my soul to repentance and accept my confession.” - “Lord, I have sinned in heaven and before You!...

- (see Prayers before confession in church).

We, many sinners (state your names), confess to the Lord God Almighty, glorified and worshiped in the Holy Trinity, Father and Son and Holy Spirit, all our sins, voluntary and involuntary, in word, or deed, or thought.

We sinned: by not keeping the vows we made at baptism, but in everything we lied and transgressed and made ourselves obscene before the face of God.

We sinned: by lack of faith, unbelief, doubt, hesitation in faith, everything from the enemy against God and the Holy Church, conceit and free opinion, superstition, fortune telling, arrogance, negligence, despair in one’s salvation, relying on oneself and on people more than on God.

We sinned: by forgetting about the justice of God, by lack of sufficient devotion to the will of God; disobedience to the actions of God's providence, a persistent desire for everything to be my way, people-pleasing and partial love for creatures and things; lack of effort to reveal in oneself full knowledge of His will, faith in Him, goodwill towards Him, fear of Him, hope for Him and zeal for His glory.

We sinned: by ingratitude to the Lord God for all His great and unceasing blessings, poured out in abundance on each of us and in general on the entire human race, and failure to remember them, murmuring against God, cowardice, despondency, hardness of our hearts, lack of love for Him , below fear and failure to fulfill His holy will.

We sinned: by enslaving ourselves to passions: voluptuousness, greed, pride, self-love, vanity, ambition, covetousness, gluttony, delicacy, secret eating, gluttony, drunkenness, addiction to games, shows and amusements.

We have sinned: by deity, failure to fulfill vows, forcing others to deify and swear, disrespect for sacred things, blasphemy against God, against saints, against all sacred things, blasphemy, calling the name of God in vain, in evil deeds and desires.

We sinned: by not honoring the feasts of God, not going to the temple of God out of laziness and negligence, standing irreverently in the temple of God, talking, laughing, not paying attention to reading and singing, absent-mindedness, wandering of thoughts, walking around the temple during worship, leaving the temple prematurely, they came to the temple in uncleanness and touched its shrines.

We sinned: by neglect of prayer, abandonment of morning and evening prayers, failure to pay attention during prayer, abandonment of reading the Holy Gospel, Psalms and other Divine books.

They sinned: by concealing sins during confession, by self-justification for them and belittling their severity, by repentance without heartfelt contrition and by not diligently preparing for the communion of the Holy Mysteries of Christ, without reconciling with their neighbors, they came to confession and in such a sinful state they dared to begin communion.

We sinned: by breaking fasts and not observing fast days - Wednesday and Friday, by intemperance in food and drink, by carelessly and irreverently depicting the sign of the cross.

We sinned: disobedience, arrogance, complacency, self-indulgence, self-justification, laziness to work and dishonest performance of assigned work and duties.

They sinned: by disrespecting their parents and their elders, by impudence, self-righteousness and disobedience.

Sinned: lack of love for one's neighbor, impatience, resentment, irritability, anger, causing harm to one's neighbor, intransigence, enmity, retribution of evil for evil, unforgiveness of insults, resentment, jealousy, envy, malice, vindictiveness, condemnation, slander, extortion, lack of compassion for the unfortunate , unmercifulness towards the poor, stinginess, wastefulness, greed, infidelity, injustice, hardness of heart.

We sinned: by deceit against our neighbors, deceiving them, insincerity in dealing with them, suspicion, double-mindedness, gossip, ridicule, witticisms, lies, hypocritical treatment of others and flattery.

We sinned: forgetting about the future eternal life, failure to remember one’s death and the Last Judgment and an unreasonable partial attachment to earthly life and its pleasures.

They sinned: by intemperance of their tongue, idle talk, idle talk, ridicule, disclosure of the sins and weaknesses of their neighbor, seductive behavior, freedom, insolence.

We sinned: incontinence of our mental and physical feelings, addiction, voluptuousness, immodest views of persons of the other sex, free treatment of them, fornication and adultery and excessive panache with the desire to please and seduce others.

We sinned: lack of straightforwardness, sincerity, simplicity, fidelity, truthfulness, respect, sedateness, caution in words, prudent silence, guarding and defending the honor of others, lack of love, abstinence, chastity, modesty in words and deeds, purity of heart, non-covetousness, mercy and humility.

We sinned: despondency, sadness, sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch, lust, uncleanness and all our feelings, thoughts, words, desires, deeds and our other sins, which due to our unconsciousness we did not remember.

We repent that we have angered the Lord our God with all our sins, we sincerely regret this and wish in every possible way to abstain from our sins.

Lord our God, with tears we pray to You, our Savior, help us to be confirmed in the holy intention to live like a Christian, and forgive us the sins we have confessed, for you are Good and Lover of Mankind.

Serious sins not listed here must be confessed to the confessor separately.

The first commandment of God's law commands:

We sinned: by lack of faith, unbelief, doubt, despair in our salvation, by relying on ourselves and on people more than on God (excessive hope in God’s mercy), forgetting about God’s justice, i.e. unrepentance.

Disobedience to the will of God, disobedience to the orders of God's Providence. A persistent desire for everything to be “my way.”

Impatience and grumbling when something is not done according to my wishes.

People-pleasing and partial love for people, creatures, things, activities.

Unwillingness and negligence to reveal in oneself the memory of God and His will, faith and reverence for Him and fear of Him, hope in Him and devotion to His will, and obedience to Him, love for Him, striving for Him with all one’s being and zeal for glory His. Apostasy. Not having love for God.

2. “DO NOT MAKE YOURSELF AN IDOLM”, i.e. fictional god - idol.

We sinned: Pride, vanity, self-love, voluptuousness, greed, hypocrisy, gluttony, gluttony, voluptuousness, servility to the spirit of the time and worldly customs, against conscience with violation of God's commandments, drunkenness, secret eating.

3. “YOU SHALL NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD THY GOD IN VAIN.”

They sinned: blasphemy, blasphemy, blasphemy, swearing, breaking an oath, cursed themselves and others. Violation of vows, disrespect for goodness and pious people. Contempt, ridicule of them. Shyness to appear to be a devout Christian, idle talk, were used to pronounce the name of God in proverbs. “The Lord will not leave without punishment the one who takes His name in vain” (Ex. 20:7).

We sinned: By not honoring holidays, by not going to church out of laziness. Laziness towards prayer and reading the Word of God and holy books.

By standing irreverently in church and not paying attention to reading and singing, by wandering thoughts, by talking and laughing in church.

Leaving morning, evening and other prayers.

Concealing sins during confession and neglecting proper preparation for communion of the Holy Mysteries.

Disrespect for sacred places, careless depiction of the sign of the cross.

Failure to observe fasts according to the church charter.

Laziness towards work and dishonest performance of assigned work and duties. Losing a lot of time in vain in idleness, absent-mindedness, amusements, feasts.

Visiting parties, theater, cinema on great holidays.

5. “HONOR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER, SO THAT YOUR DAYS ON EARTH MAY BE LEGENDED.”

Sinned: By disrespecting parents and relatives. Disrespect for elders. Ingratitude to benefactors.

Carelessness about raising children, indulgence or obstinate treatment of them, negligence about their welfare and cruel acts towards them.

6. “Thou shalt not kill.”

Sinned: By morally or physically killing yourself or another.

Oppression and deprivation of the means of living of one's neighbor.

Non-giving of help to save the life of a neighbor from premature death.

Anger, insult, slander, hatred, sabotage, enmity, rancor. Temptation to sin. Inactivity, satiety, stubborn resistance to the truth. Bitterness in sins.

They took revenge for evil. Completely unrepentant. Animals were tortured and killed.

By not training yourself not only not to offend anyone, but also to treat everyone meekly, politely, friendly, edifyingly, to reconcile with those who are angry, to endure insults and forgive. Benefit everyone, even your enemies.

7. “Thou shalt not commit adultery”

Sinned: By foul language, reading immoral books, looking at pictures and actions, lust, pandering, coquetry, fornication, adultery (this type of sin is told to confessors specifically and only in private).

8. “DO NOT STEAL”

Sinned: Theft, deception, parasitism, covetousness, unmercifulness towards the poor, stinginess, drunkenness, wastefulness, playing cards and other games of chance, luxury, dishonesty, injustice, hard-heartedness, greed, love of money.

9. “YOU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS AGAINST YOUR NEIGHBOR.”

Sinned by: False testimony, slander, disclosure of the sins of others, suspicion, condemnation and praise, gossip, doubting the honor of neighbors, double-mindedness, gossip, ridicule, obscene jokes, lies, deceit, flattery, indirectness, insincerity.

10. “YOU SHOULD NOT COVE YOUR NEIGHBOR’S WIFE...NOTHING THAT YOUR NEIGHBOR HAS”

Sinned: With bad desires, thoughts, envy.

Let's check our life according to the Beatitudes.

They did not have poverty of spirit and humility.

They had no consciousness of their sinfulness, no contrition and crying about their sins.

They did not live according to the truth of God and did not seek it.

They were not merciful.

They were not pure in heart.

BRIEF CONFESSION

What is required of the repentant is: awareness of his sins. Condemning yourself in them. Contrition and tears. Self-accusation before the confessor. Repentance not only in word, but also in deed, i.e. correction - new life. Belief in the forgiveness of sins. Hatred of past sins.

I confess that I am a great sinner (name) to the Lord God and our Savior Jesus Christ and to you, honorable father, all my sins and all my evil deeds, which I have done all the days of my life and which I have thought even to this day.

He sinned: He did not keep the vows of Holy Baptism, he did not keep his monastic (or his) promise, but he lied about everything and created indecent things for himself before the Face of God.

Forgive us, Merciful Lord (for general confession). Forgive me, honest father (for private confession).

I sinned: before the Lord by lack of faith and sluggishness in thoughts, all from the enemy against the faith and the Holy Church; ingratitude for all His great and unceasing benefits, calling on the name of God without need - in vain.

Forgive me, honest father.

Sinned: lack of love for the Lord, lower than fear; failure to fulfill His holy will and holy commandments, careless depiction of the sign of the cross, irreverent veneration of St. icons; did not wear a cross, was ashamed to be baptized and confess the Lord.

Forgive me, honest father.

I sinned: I did not preserve love for my neighbor, did not feed the hungry and thirsty, did not clothe the naked, did not visit the sick and prisoners in prison; I did not study the law of God and the traditions of the holy fathers out of laziness and negligence.

Forgive me, honest father.

I sinned: by not fulfilling church and cell rules, by going to the temple of God without diligence, with laziness and negligence; leaving morning, evening and other prayers; During the service, I sinned by idle talk, laughter, dozing, inattention to reading and singing, absent-mindedness, leaving the temple during the service and not going to the temple of God due to laziness and negligence.

Forgive me, honest father.

I sinned: by daring in impurity (spiritual and physical) to enter the temple of God and touch holy things.

Forgive me, honest father.

Sinned: by not honoring the feasts of God; violation of St. fasting and non-keeping of fast days - Wednesday and Friday; intemperance in food and drink, polyeating, secret eating, disordered eating, drunkenness, dissatisfaction with food and drink, clothing, parasitism (tune - for nothing, illegally; poison - eating; parasitism - eating bread for nothing); one’s own will and reason through fulfillment, self-righteousness, self-indulgence and self-justification; not properly honoring parents, not raising children in the Orthodox faith, cursing their children and their neighbors.

Forgive me, honest father.

Sinned by: unbelief, superstition, doubt, despair, despondency, blasphemy, false worship, dancing, smoking, playing cards, fortune telling, witchcraft, sorcery, gossip, remembering the living for their repose, eating the blood of animals (VI Ecumenical Council, canon 67. Acts Holy Apostles, ch. 15.).

Forgive me, honest father.

I sinned: with pride, conceit, arrogance, pride, ambition, envy, conceit, suspicion, irritability.

Forgive me, honest father.

I sinned: by condemning all people - living and dead, by slander and anger, by malicious malice, by hatred, by retribution of evil for evil, slander, reproach, deceit, laziness, deception, hypocrisy, gossip, disputes, stubbornness, unwillingness to give in and serve one's neighbor; I sinned with gloating, ill-wishing, malice, insult, ridicule, reproach and man-pleasing.

Forgive me, honest father.

Sinned: incontinence of mental and physical feelings; spiritual and physical impurity, pleasure and procrastination in unclean thoughts, addiction, voluptuousness, immodest views of wives and young men; in a dream, prodigal night defilement, intemperance in married life.

Forgive me, honest father.

I sinned: by impatience with illnesses and sorrows, by loving the comforts of this life, by captivity of the mind and hardening of the heart, by not forcing myself to do any good deed.

Forgive me, honest father.

I sinned: by inattention to the promptings of my conscience, negligence, laziness in reading the Word of God and negligence in acquiring the Jesus Prayer. I sinned through covetousness, love of money, unrighteous acquisition, embezzlement, theft, stinginess, attachment to various kinds of things and people.

Forgive me, honest father.

I sinned: by condemning and disobeying my spiritual fathers, by murmuring and resenting them and by not confessing my sins to them through oblivion, negligence and false shame.

Forgive me, honest father.

Sinned: by unmercifulness, contempt and condemnation of the poor; going to the temple of God without fear and reverence, deviating into heresy and sectarian teaching.

Forgive me, honest father.

Sinned: by laziness, relaxation, love of bodily rest, excessive sleeping, voluptuous dreams, biased views, shameless body movements, touching, fornication, adultery, corruption, masturbation, unmarried marriages, those who performed abortions on themselves or others, or persuaded someone, gravely sinned. something to this great sin - infanticide. He spent his time in empty and idle pursuits, in empty conversations, jokes, laughter and other shameful sins.

Forgive me, honest father.

I sinned: despondency, cowardice, impatience, murmuring, despair of salvation, lack of hope in God’s mercy, insensibility, ignorance, arrogance, shamelessness.

Forgive me, honest father.

I sinned: slandering my neighbor, anger, insult, irritation and ridicule, intransigence, enmity and hatred, discord,
spying on other people's sins and eavesdropping on other people's conversations.

Forgive me, honest father.

I sinned: by coldness and insensitivity in confession, by belittling sins, by blaming others rather than by condemning myself.

Forgive me, honest father..

Sinned: against the Life-giving and Holy Mysteries of Christ, approaching them without proper preparation, without contrition and fear of God.

Forgive me, honest father.

I sinned: in word, in thought and with all my senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, voluntarily or involuntarily, knowledge or ignorance, in reason and foolishness, and it is not possible to list all my sins according to their multitude. But in all of these, as well as in those unspeakable through oblivion, I repent and regret, and henceforth, with the help of God, I promise to take care.

You, honest father, forgive me and release me from all of this and pray for me, a sinner, and on that day of judgment testify before God about the sins I have confessed. Amen.

When a person wants to open up to God about his wrongdoings, he does not always understand how to do this. Sins during confession cause particular difficulty. Not everyone can briefly formulate a list in their own words. Which ones are important and which ones can be missed? What exactly is considered a sin?

Rite of repentance

Confession in Christian faith- confession of your sins to the priest, who is a witness of your repentance on behalf of Christ. With special prayers and words of permission, the priest forgives the sins of everyone who sincerely regrets them. According to the rules of the Christian Church:

1. Anyone over 7 years old can undergo the ceremony.
2. A church representative cannot force confession. This decision is voluntary.

During the procedure, the layperson must list everything that he considers necessary. If he is at a loss, the Holy Father can push him with leading questions. It is better when every Orthodox Christian has his own spiritual mentor, who knows a person from childhood and can help him grow spiritually, act not only as a priest, but also as a teacher.

Today, according to all laws, confession is a secret matter, and a priest cannot be convicted if he refused to disclose the facts known to him from confession. This is done so that anyone can cleanse their soul, since everyone has the right to do so. To feel confident with a priest, you need to think everything through in advance and prepare.

How to prepare for confession in church?

Here are some tips that spiritual guides give:

1. You need to figure it out and understand what you were doing wrong. Realize your misdeeds committed before God and people.
2. Get ready for a simple conversation. Do not think that now I will require you to know some special church language. Everything is like people in the world.
3. Don’t be afraid to admit even the most terrible sins, in your opinion. God knows everything and you will not surprise him. However, like the priest. Over the years of his ministry, he heard all sorts of things. Besides, we are all the same for the most part, so you can’t tell him anything particularly new. Don't worry, he won't judge. This is not why the Holy Father came to the service.
4. Don't talk about small things. Think about serious things. Remember how you treated God and your neighbors. By close people, the church understands everyone you have met and even managed to offend.
5. Ask for forgiveness from those who are close in person, and those who are far away - mentally.
6. Read special prayers the day before.

Confession should become regular for a person who wants to grow spiritually over himself. This will help you be more responsible about your life and the people around you.

This video will give all the answers to your questions about this ritual:

How to write sins correctly for confession?

It is believed that when listing your misdeeds, it is wrong to use a list of them. It must be pronounced like this. But some people get worried and can't gather their thoughts, so you can make a draft for yourself. This will help you put your thoughts in order and not forget anything.

Divide a sheet of paper into the following columns:

1. Sins against God.

Here you write:

• Blasphemy.
• Failure to fulfill your vows.
• Thoughts about suicide.
• Dissatisfaction with fate.

1. Sins against loved ones.

Namely:

• Disrespect for parents.
• Resentment.
• Envy, gloating, hatred.
• Slander.
• Condemnation.

1. Crimes against your soul:

• Laziness.
• Narcissism.
• Foul language.
• Self-justification.
• Fornication.
• Disbelief.
• Impatience.

What sins should be listed in confession?

So, let’s try to highlight in more detail the most common ones that require attention in the list:

• I allowed myself to be dissatisfied with the life given to me by God and the people around me.
• She had the courage to scold her children and be angry with her loved ones.
• I doubted my honesty.
• She condemned others for their sins and weaknesses.
• I ate unhealthy food and drank unhealthy drinks.
• I did not forgive those who offended me.
• I was upset about the losses.
• Used other people's work.
• She didn’t protect herself from illnesses and didn’t go to doctors.
• She deceived herself.
• She celebrated the holidays with drinking and earthly hobbies.
• Laughed at someone else's misdeeds.
• She believed the signs and followed them.
• I wished myself death.
• She set a bad example with her life.
• I was interested in trying on outfits and jewelry.
• She slandered people.
• I was looking for the culprits of my problems.
• I visited fortune tellers and psychics.
• It was the cause of discord between people.
• I was jealous.
• I used food for pleasure, not to satisfy hunger.
• I was lazy.
• I was afraid of suffering.

We tried to remember and select the most vital situations. As you can see, some of the sins are truly feminine. But there are those that are committed only by the strong half of humanity. We also sorted them out and listed them below.

Repentance for a man

Here is a preparation for men who cannot formulate some of their misdeeds, or perhaps have not noticed them at all:

• I doubted God, faith, life after death.
• He mocked the unfortunate, wretched one.
• He was lazy, vain, proud.
• He avoided military service.
• Didn't fulfill his duties.
• He fought, he was rowdy.
• Insulted.
• Seduced married women.
• He drank and took drugs.
• He refused to help those who asked.
• Stole.
• He humiliated and boasted.
• He entered into selfish disputes.
• He was rude and behaved impudently.
• I was afraid.
• Played gambling.
• Thought about suicide.
• He told dirty jokes.
• Didn't repay the debt.
• Made noise in the temple.

Of course, it is impossible to list all the sins. Everyone also has ones that are hard to guess. But now you will understand how to think. It turns out that basic things that we seem to be accustomed to are a sin.

So, we tried to help you figure out what sins can be named in confession. The list in our own words is briefly summarized in this article for convenience.

Video: what to say in confession to a priest

In this video, Archpriest Andrei Tkachev will tell you how to properly prepare for confession and what words to say to the Holy Father:

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Each of us has a moment in life when we want to relieve our soul and pour it out to someone. You don’t want to burden your relatives with your problems, and you don’t want to trust strangers with your secrets. Who then should I open up to? Every believer knows what confession is. During it, you can reveal all your secrets to the Lord and they will not be known to anyone.

Everyone who decides to go to confession for the first time thinks about how to behave correctly? How to correctly name sins in confession? It happens that people come to confession and talk in great detail about all their life’s ups and downs. This is not considered a confession. Confession includes the concept of repentance. This is not at all a story about your life, and even with the desire to justify your sins.

Since some people simply do not know how to confess differently, the priest will accept this version of confession. But it will be more correct if you try to understand the situation and admit to all your mistakes.

Many people list their sins for confession. In it they try to list everything in detail and talk about everything. But there is another type of people who list their sins only in separate words. It is necessary to describe your sins not in general terms about the passion that is seething in you, but about its manifestation in your life.

Remember, confession should not be a detailed account of the incident, but should be repentance for certain sins. But you shouldn’t be particularly dry in describing these sins, writing off with only one word.

How to name sins in confession?

Often people try to find the exact name for their sin. Remember that sins must be called by the words that exist in modern language. It will be better if you repent in your natural words from pure heart, and not memorized from books. You must understand what you are talking about.

Everyone knows that there are 8 passions. And if you have violated the commandments in relation to these passions, then it is imperative to repent of this.

Example of sins in confession:

1. fornication
2. love of money
3. gluttony
4. sadness
5. pride
6. vanity
7. despondency

Each of them needs to be repented differently. There are sins that you don’t need to talk about in detail, but you need to clearly let the priest understand the extent of your sin. But in the case of the sins of vanity, pride, theft, it is necessary to remember such cases and, if necessary, remind yourself of such cases.

What to do before coming to confession

1. Realize your sins. First of all, you must realize your own sins. What is sin? This is an act that is contrary to God's will. More often summary The will of the Lord regarding people can be found in the famous Ten Commandments.
2. Do not use the “sin list”. Many churchgoers say that the use of such lists during confession turns it into a formal listing of their misdeeds. But if you are still afraid of missing something during the sacrament, then it is better to make yourself a small reminder.

A believer needs to know how to correctly write sins for confession. To do this, you can use the following hint:

• Sins that were committed against the Lord God (nominal faith, disbelief in God, superstition, turning to various fortune telling, creating “idols”).
• Sins against oneself and one’s neighbor (judgment and discussion of the shortcomings of loved ones, neglect of people, abortion, various kinds of prodigal sins, cowardice, neglect of raising children, lies of various kinds, appropriation of other people’s property, drunkenness and other addictions, laziness, envy, neglect own health, greed, unwillingness to change your life, desire " beautiful life", indifference to other people)
• Talk only about sins, and your own too.
• Do not invent a special church language
• Talk about serious things, not trifles
• Try to change your life even before confession
• Try to live peacefully with everyone

First, before confession, it is advisable to find out when it is being held. It happens that there are a lot of people willing. Then it would be better to contact the priest personally and ask to schedule a separate time for you. It may be that during confession the priest may assign you penance.

This is not a punishment, it is simply a method to completely eradicate sin and receive forgiveness for it. It has its own expiration date. Basically, after confession, communion occurs. That is why it is recommended to combine preparation for repentance with preparation for communion.

List of sins for confession for women

The list of sins for women is not particularly different from the list of men, but there are still certain differences. For example: performing an abortion. This counts grave sin, even if it was done for medical reasons.

It is believed that problems of an unborn child may arise due to diseases that are sexually transmitted. This means the relationship may not be pure and permanent. It is for this sin that one must ask for forgiveness and repent of it. It is also necessary for the one who could advise or push the woman to take such a step to repent.

The complete list of sins for confession for women consists of 473 items.

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 denied.
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 the 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. She was fickle in good deeds and did not care about reading 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. Didn’t always fulfill her duties conscientiously job responsibilities, was careless in business and hasty.
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 at the cemetery and brought them home.
96. I didn’t always keep the sacrament days, I forgot to read them thanksgiving prayers. I ate a lot these days and slept a lot.
97. I sinned by being idle, coming to church late and early care from there, rarely going to church.
98. Neglected menial work when absolutely necessary.
99. She sinned with indifference and remained silent when someone blasphemed.
100. She did not strictly observe fasting days, during fasts she was satiated with fasting food, she tempted others with the indulgence of something tasty and inaccurate according to the rules: 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. Was engaged in dancing and playing holiday 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. She was offended by her spiritual father and 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, 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 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. I rarely prayed the 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 contraception. 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 ill 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 extolled herself in the good she had done.
290. Believed the slander. She did not punish herself for her sins.
291. During the church service I read my house 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. I did not have daily memory of God’s Judgment, death, or the Kingdom of God.
295. During times of sadness, I did not occupy my mind and heart with the prayer of Christ.
296. She did not force herself to pray, to read the Word of God, or to cry about her 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. Gained the upper hand in conversations with 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, she practiced guttural diarrhea and loved to drink strong tea, coffee, and 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. Lent 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. I bought lottery tickets with the hope of getting rich.
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, a black cat ran by, a 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 had no 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, she imagined and 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, 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 rewrote 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).

Confession is a sacrament where a believer confesses their sins to a priest. The representative of the church has the right to forgive sins in the name of the Lord and Jesus Christ.

According to biblical legends, Christ endowed the apostles with such an opportunity, which was later passed on to the clergy. During repentance, a person not only talks about his sins, but also gives his word not to commit them again.

What is confession?

Confession is not only cleansing, but also a test for the soul. It helps to remove the burden and cleanse yourself before the face of the Lord, reconcile with him and overcome internal doubts. You need to go to confession once a month, but if you want to do it more often, you should follow the urges of your soul and repent any time you want.

For especially serious sins, a church representative can impose a special punishment called penance. This can be long prayer, fasting or abstinence, which are ways to purify oneself. When a person violates God's laws, it negatively affects his mental and physical well-being. Repentance helps to gain strength and fight the temptations that push people to sin. The believer gets the opportunity to talk about his misdeeds and remove the burden from his soul. Before confession, it is necessary to make a list of sins, with the help of which you can correctly describe the sin and prepare the correct speech for repentance.

How to start a confession to the priest with what words?

The seven deadly sins, which are the main vices, look like this:

• gluttony (gluttony, excessive food abuse)
• fornication (dissolute life, infidelity)
• anger (hot temper, vindictiveness, irritability)
• love of money (greed, desire for material values)
• despondency (laziness, depression, despair)
• vanity (selfishness, sense of narcissism)
• envy

It is believed that when committing these sins, the human soul can perish. By committing them, a person moves further and further away from God, but all of them can be released during sincere repentance. It is believed that it was mother nature who laid them in every person, and only the strongest in spirit can resist temptations and fight evil. But it is worth remembering that every person can commit a sin while going through a difficult period in life. People are not immune from misfortunes and difficulties that can drive everyone to despair. You need to learn to fight passions and emotions, and then no sin will be able to overcome you and ruin your life.

Preparing for Confession

It is necessary to prepare for repentance in advance. First you need to find a temple where the sacraments are held and choose the appropriate day. Most often they are held on holidays and weekends. At this time, there are always a lot of people in the temple, and not everyone will be able to open up when strangers are nearby. In this case, you need to contact the priest and ask him to make an appointment on another day when you can be alone. Before repentance, it is recommended to read the Canon of Repentance, which will allow you to tune in and put your thoughts in order.

You need to know that there are three groups of sins that can be written down and taken with you to confession.

1. Vices against God:

These include blasphemy and insulting the Lord, blasphemy, interest in occult sciences, superstition, thoughts of suicide, excitement, and so on.

1. Vices against the soul:

Laziness, deceit, use obscene words, impatience, disbelief, self-delusion, despair.

1. Vices against neighbors:

Disrespect for parents, slander, condemnation, rancor, hatred, theft, and so on.

How to confess correctly, what should you say to the priest at the beginning?

Before approaching a church representative, get rid of bad thoughts from your head and prepare to bare your soul. You can start confession in the following way: how to confess correctly, what to say to the priest, for example: “Lord, I have sinned before you,” and after that you can list your sins. There is no need to tell the priest about the sin in great detail; it is enough to just say “Committed adultery” or confess to another vice.

But to the list of sins you can add “I sinned with envy, I constantly envy my neighbor...” and so on. After listening to you, the priest will be able to give valuable advice and help you act correctly in a given situation. Such clarifications will help identify your greatest weaknesses and combat them. The confession ends with the words “I repent, Lord! Save and have mercy on me, a sinner!”

Many confessors are very ashamed to talk about anything; this is an absolutely normal feeling. But at the moment of repentance, you need to overcome yourself and understand that it is not the priest who condemns you, but God, and that it is God who you tell about your sins. The priest is just a conductor between you and the Lord, do not forget about this.

List of sins for a woman

Many representatives of the fair sex, having become familiar with it, decide to refuse confession. It looks like this:

• Rarely prayed and came to church
• During prayer I thought about pressing problems
• Had sex before marriage
• Had unclean thoughts
• I turned to fortune tellers and magicians for help
• Believed in superstitions
• I was afraid of old age
• Abused alcohol, drugs, sweets
• Refused to help other people
• Committed abortions
• Wearing revealing clothes

List of sins for a man

• Blasphemy against the Lord
• Disbelief
• Ridicule of those who are weaker
• Cruelty, pride, laziness, greed
• Evasion of military service
• Insults and use of physical force against others
• Slander
• Inability to resist temptations
• Refusal to help relatives and other people
• Theft
• Rudeness, contempt, greed

A man needs to take a more responsible approach to this issue, since he is the head of the family. It is from him that children will take their role model.

There is also a list of sins for a child, which can be compiled after he answers a series of specific questions. He must understand how important it is to speak sincerely and honestly, but this already depends on the approach of the parents and their preparation of their child for confession.

The importance of confession in the life of a believer

Many holy fathers call confession the second baptism. This helps to establish unity with God and cleanse oneself of filth. As the Gospel says, repentance is necessary condition to cleanse the soul. Throughout his life's journey, a person must strive to overcome temptations and prevent vice. During this sacrament, a person receives liberation from the shackles of sin, and all his sins are forgiven by the Lord God. For many, repentance is a victory over oneself, because only a true believer can admit what people prefer to remain silent about.

If you have confessed before, then you should not talk about old sins again. They have already been released and there is no point in repenting for them anymore. When you finish confessing, the priest will give his speech, give advice and instructions, and also say a prayer of permission. After this, the person must cross himself twice, bow, venerate the crucifix and the Gospel, then cross himself again and receive a blessing.

How to confess for the first time - an example?

The first confession may seem mysterious and unpredictable. People are frightened by the expectation that they might be judged by a priest and experience a feeling of shame and embarrassment. It is worth remembering that representatives of the church are people who live according to the laws of the Lord. They do not judge, do not wish harm to anyone and love their neighbors, trying to help them with wise advice.

They will never express a personal point of view, so you should not be afraid that the priest’s words may somehow hurt, offend or shame you. He never shows emotion, speaks in a low voice and speaks very little. Before repentance, you can approach him and ask for advice on how to properly prepare for this sacrament.

There is a lot of literature in church shops that can also help and give a lot important information. During repentance, you should not complain about others and your life; you need to talk only about yourself, listing the vices to which you have succumbed. If you adhere to fasting, then this is the best moment for confession, because by limiting themselves, people become more restrained and improve, contributing to the purification of the soul.

Many parishioners end their fast with confession, which is the logical conclusion of long abstinence. This sacrament leaves in a person’s soul the most vivid emotions and impressions that are never forgotten. By relieving the soul of sins and receiving their forgiveness, a person gets a chance to start life anew, resist temptations and live in harmony with the Lord and his laws.