Prayer for daily confession of a person entering the path of salvation
Having found a secluded place and remaining alone, sit down, reflecting on your life, and bring to mind all the sins you have committed from your youth, both confessed and unconfessed. Having remembered everything, sigh from the depths of your heart, beat yourself on the chest, if possible, and cry. Rising, fall on your knees and lift your mind from the earth to the Throne of God, surrounded by Cherubim and Seraphim. There, having seen with your intelligent eyes God, “sitting on the high and exalted Throne” (Is. 6:1), looking at your conversion, foreseeing all your ways and listening to what you want to say, fall at His most merciful feet and begin with fear tell Him this:
“Most Gracious God, source of goodness, abyss of mercy! My Creator, Redeemer and Savior! To You, who knows the hidden secret and searches hearts and wombs, I confess my sins and bring before the all-seeing Eye in the hearing of all Your Angel and Archangel of my iniquity. I have sinned, my Lord and Creator (in this and that).
Behold my ulcers and scabs and my abscesses, O All-Merciful Physician! Behold my heavy burden, O Good Lord! Behold my cold and my nakedness, O Long-suffering Judge! These deeds of mine have saddened, angered and irritated Your goodness; With these you have desecrated Your image, insulted Your Holy Spirit and driven away My Guardian Angel from yourself; This, Your dearest Blood, shed for me, has been trampled underfoot and imputed to nothing; By these we destroyed the beauty of our souls, exposed ourselves to Thy grace and created a den of thieves, a dwelling place of demons and passions; With these I have corrupted the Church, redeemed by Your Blood, desecrating my whole body, creating my harlots’ acts, desecrating my soul with thoughts of foul, blasphemous, proud, vile, prodigal thoughts; deigning and delighting in them, the joy of these was a demon, weeping like an Angel, and my soul died, and lies, like in a tomb, evil in customs, sprinkled with the dust of insensibility and rolled with a stone of bitterness. Behold, Lord, my iniquity, which has exceeded my head, which has multiplied more than the hair of my head and more than the number of the sand of the sea. I have confessed this, I am reproaching myself, I am condemning and I am committing guilt to myself, not exactly this, which I have already remembered, but I don’t remember them, and I don’t understand them, because they are sins, and I don’t know how to confess them, I put all this into Your great mercy, All-Merciful and Gentle God.
Because of so many and so many deeds of my cold, because of so much of my mind, darkness and madness, because of so many fierce falls and insensibility, I barely came within myself and from the depths of my despair, I looked at Your great mercy, not overcome by all human sins, and led away, as if I did not want the death of a sinner, but you mercifully await his conversion, and for the sake of sinners alone you poured out Your Blood mercilessly, so as to call them to repentance.
Having realized, I, the accursed, I, the sinner, surpassed the sins of the whole world, the second of the evil deeds of the devil, the imitator of Judas, a fellow crucifier, I, the accursed and lawless, an indefinable sea of all abominations, a bottomless abyss of all impurities, I, the vile, the doer of all evil coldless, I run and fall to You, the All-Merciful and All-Generous, in the pain of my heart, crying out in repentance: I have sinned, Father, in heaven and before You, I have sinned and been lawless, I have been a transgressor of Your commandments, I have sinned like no one else has; Your son is not worthy to be called; I am not worthy to look up and see the heights of heaven, I am not worthy to open my mouth before You, having hitherto been Your enemy. But I pray to Your goodness and bring a prayer to Your kindness: have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great mercy and according to Your many bounties, cleanse my iniquities.
Have mercy, forgive and cleanse, for there is cleansing from You. Lord, if you want, you can cleanse me. We know that you want to save everyone: save me too, if you can, as much as you want; bow down, O Lord, to mercy, remember Thy ancient mercies and bounties and forgive my sins; do not remember my evil deeds, do not enter into judgment with Your servant, do not reward me for my deeds, neither reprove me with Your wrath, nor punish me with Your wrath. Open for me the doors of Your goodness, open for me the doors of repentance, accept me into repentance and call me to reason, raise up the fallen, seek the lost, find the lost, heal the ulcerated, raise the dead.
Lord God of Powers! Turn me, show Your Face, and I will be saved; Make Thy face shine upon Thy servant. How long, Lord, will you forget me completely? How long do you turn your face away from me? Turn Your Face away from my sins, do not turn Your Face away from me, as I grieve, hear me soon. We know that I am not worthy of Thy love for mankind and mercy, but I am worthy of torment, except to endure hell, I am worthy of the never-ending worm, the gnashing of teeth, the pitch darkness, the unquenchable fire prepared for the devil and his angel. I am worthy of Tartarus, for whom Satan himself trembles. Moreover, great is Thy majesty, so great is Thy mercy, and there is no sin, conquering Thy love for mankind. For this reason, I do not despair, but I hope in Your inexhaustible and unceasingly pouring out grace and ineffable mercy on everyone; I trust in You, Lord, and I trust, so that I will not be ashamed forever. You are my hope, O God, but hope does not put you to shame. Do not disgrace me, Lord, at Your Last Judgment before the darkness of the Heavenly Powers and all Your saints.
I regret with all my heart that I have angered You, my Creator, who have saddened my eternal and endless goodness with my malice, and who I had to unceasingly love and keep Your commandments, Whom, as if I hated, I breathed into myself countless sins; Even though I longed for it earnestly, I barely thought about it and neglected it, even though I could satiate myself with the sweetness of it. I had to cleave to the Unman, but I broke away from Him; He alone had to live, He died, but I live by sin, passion and lust; Whom I had to fear and revere, I have offended and dishonored him in the lesser brethren and in myself, desecrating myself in deeds, words, and thoughts; Even though we had to thank and glorify Him unceasingly, while remaining with Him, we turned away from Him, ran away in corrupt ways and were too lazy to open our mouths to the glory of His Most Holy Name.
O my desire! Oh my merciful God! Yes, you are not completely angry with me, a sinner. Now I regret everything more painfully and I will not stop regretting it. Oh, so that I never anger You, my Lord! Oh, that perch may be imputed to the dead, so as not to irritate Thee, the Good of my Lord!
I was born for centuries, I was raised for centuries, I live forever and still live, but do I grieve Thee, my Lord? May my heart now be filled with sickness, may my petrification of pity disintegrate and be crushed, may I wear away all, like wax, with internal burning, as if I have lost my God, fallen away from His grace, offended His compassion, alienated His love, despised His glory, abandoned His merciful presence. His. May my eyes be haunted by the source of the water, day and night, because I have not kept Thy law, because I have trespassed many times, and sinned many times before You; about this my heart is troubled, because it trembles with torment, because it faints because of the fall of the blessings of heaven, as if it were melting away, as if You had angered me, all that is good, all that is sweet, all that is dear, all that is desirable, about this I will not cease to regret from now on and forever .
May my belly disappear in illness and my years in sighing, may my soul faint in illness, and may my bones be troubled by this, as my God, my Creator, my Lord, my Redeemer, has grieved the grievance. And what will I do? We know that You are Good, my God, You are Merciful and You, my Creator, You are Merciful and Generous, You, my Redeemer, are so merciful that You did not spare Your soul, but You laid it down for us sinners, and not because of our iniquities. Do unto us our own, and recompense us for our sins.
Behold, I will create, at Your most pure feet I will fall, I will bow and fall and weep before You, the Lord, who created me. I am an abyss of sins, I plunge myself into the abyss of Your mercy, my God, and I pray to You: guide me to true repentance and bring me to my insensible and petrified senses. You received many repentant sinners: David, Manasseh, Josiah, the tax collector, the harlot, the prodigal son, the thief, Peter, Saul, Photinia, Taisia, Pelagia, Mary of Egypt; do not reject me, those who have exceeded their sins; for you have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance. Call me too, above all the most sinful; Even though I have done nothing good before You, let me, by Your grace, make a good beginning; and grant me, O Lord, to love Thee, as I have sometimes loved that same sin, and to work for Thee without laziness, as I previously worked for the flattering Satan; Above all, I will work for You, my Lord Jesus Christ, all the days of my life, if You give me Your grace to help me.
I truly marvel at Your great long-suffering, O All-Merciful One, for at the time when my iniquities were being committed, You did not bring Your righteous judgment upon me, You rebuked me below with Your wrath, You did not execute me with Your wrath, You did not strike me with lightning from on high, below, you commanded the earth to bring me down to hell, alive, and you did not allow any impudent death to kidnap me; and when I was surprised by this, I knew that Your immeasurable mercy had awaited my repentance and long-suffering and merciful correction of my bad life, and leave me without punishment, so that I might come to my senses and recognize my iniquities, and I would leave behind my evil undertakings. But I knew it and came to You with repentance, not of my own accord, but You instructed me and brought me to Yourself. And why did you do this, and why did you move to such mercy, and why do you need to call me? We don’t know; That’s why we know that we are sinful and irresponsible, and have been Your enemy until now, and have not yet been corrected; but before You Yourself called and brought me before You, enlighten my mind, open my mouth, teach me what to say before You, and cleanse my many iniquities, wash away my iniquities and abominations, sprinkle me with the hyssop of Your mercy, make me whiter than ever. snow, so that I may not stand before You as abominable and defiled. There would be no place for me to be hidden in the dark depths of the earth, rather than before the majesty of Your unapproachable glory in so much cold, and naked jelly, and standing with all the filth of sin, scalded and vile, looking at me to all Your upcoming Cherubim and Seraphim. But nowhere is there a place that can hide me before Your brightest eyes more than the sun.
I am amazed and perplexed about this, how you do not disdain only my vile filth and allow me to stand before You and boldly, moreover, speak the river without cold? Why do you not disdain to look at the uncleanness of my heart and the abomination of my soul? How can Thy representatives, who suddenly forbade us with fiery weapons, not reject and wed me from Thy Face? How can they, who are disgusted with me, not throw me bound into utter darkness?
But Your kindness and extreme compassion do not want this to happen; Much, truly great is Your mercy, higher than the heavens, the deepest abyss of hell, the most extensive of all earth and sea, Your goodness, which does not even want my destruction, but awaits conversion and rejoices at the repentance of the sinner. Thy great mercy, Lord, always bear with me for a long time, who promised to repent in many ways and again in the same way and the most cruelly fell; I promised repentance many times and confirmed this with oaths, but I lied passionately. I repent, trembling, will it really be, Lord, strike me? And every hour I do the same again. You are also merciful towards me, not destroying me with my iniquities.
Glory to Thy long-suffering, glory to Thy mercy, glory to Thy compassion, glory to the multitude of Thy mercies, glory to the multitude of Thy goodness, glory to Thy merciful Face, Who now stand before Him, my Lord, I offer Thee my will and intention, laid in the hope of Thy help from now on, from this day, from this hour, from this point, according to my strength, correct my evil and cursed life, but for past sins I will be painful and regretful to the point of death, but those who come in danger will be guarded by Your help.
Weigh, my Lord, that I hate my vile deeds and for my own sake, and I hate my all-filthy life, and I do not want to irritate You, my Good God, with them; Therefore, You, Lord, give me help, because without Your omnipotent help and grace I can never leave behind my evil deeds and sinful customs and do not a single good deed, without You I can’t do anything. I have the will to repent, if You, God, help me, you can cleanse me. Lord, help me, and I will be saved.
I believe, Lord, in Your compassion, help my unbelief; I believe that You are near to all who call on You in truth. Truly, truly, truly, I want to turn to You, my God, with all my heart in repentance. God, come to my help, Lord, strive for my help!”
After this, rising from the ground, reaffirming your hope in the Lord and meditating on His great goodness and mercy, read Psalm 102 so that your soul may be comforted: “Bless the Lord, my soul, and all that is within me, His holy name,” and so on. .
If it is impossible for you to comprehend all these words in your memory, then put them in your mind in short articles like this:
1) I confess all my sins to my God;
2) I consider myself unworthy of His mercy, but worthy of eternal torment,
3) however, I do not despair;
4) I humbly ask for forgiveness;
5) I set the intention to correct my life;
6) I firmly believe that my sins will be forgiven.
Everyday confession of sins
I confess to You, my Lord God and Creator, in the One Holy Trinity, glorified and worshiped Father and Son and Holy Spirit, all my sins committed in all the days of my life, and at every hour, and at the present time, and in past days and nights - deed, word, thought, overeating, drunkenness, breaking the fast, idle talk, despondency, laziness, bickering, disobedience, slander, indifference, condemnation, pride, greed, theft, lies, desecration, greed, jealousy, envy, anger, rancor, hatred, greed and all my senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch - and my other spiritual and physical sins, with which I angered You, my God and Creator, and offended my neighbor. Repenting of them, I stand guilty before You, my God, and I want to repent. But only, Lord, my God, with tears I humbly ask You: help me. By Your mercy, forgive me my past sins and free me from everything that I expressed before You, for You are Good and Humane.
When you go to bed, say:
Into Your hands, Lord Jesus Christ, my God, I commend my spirit. Bless me, have mercy on me, and grant me eternal life. Amen.
FOLLOWING THE HOLY COMMUNION OF THE DIVINE AND LIFE-GIVING PURE BODY OF CHRIST AND ITS BLOOD
Priest: Blessed be our God always, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Reader: Amen. Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.
King of Heaven: Trisagion. Glory, and now: Most Holy Trinity: Lord, have mercy. (3) Glory, and now: Our Father:
Priest: For Thine is the kingdom: Reader: Amen. Lord have mercy. (12) Glory, and now: Come, let us worship: (3)
Psalm 22
The Lord shepherds me and will not let me need anything in the green pasture - He settled me there, raised me by calm waters, converted my soul, directed me on the path of righteousness for the sake of His name. After all, even if I walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will not fear evil, for You are with me: Your rod and Your staff - they have encouraged me. Thou hast prepared a table before my face in front of those who oppress me; Thou hast anointed my head with oil, and Thy cup intoxicates me like the strongest. And Your mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for many days!
Psalm 23
The earth and what fills it, the universe and all who live in it, are the Lord’s. He founded it on the seas and built it on the rivers. Who will ascend to the mountain of the Lord, and who will stand in His holy place? Innocent in hands and pure in heart, who did not bind his soul with vanity and did not swear with deceit to his neighbor. He will receive a blessing from the Lord and mercy from God, his Savior. This is the race of those who seek the Lord, who seek the face of the God of Jacob. Lift up your gates, O princes, and lift up, O eternal gates, and the King of Glory will enter. Who is this King of Glory? The Lord is mighty and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your gates, O princes, and lift up, O eternal gates, and the King of Glory will enter. Who is this King of Glory? The Lord of Hosts is the King of Glory!
Psalm 115
I believed, therefore I began to speak; but I was greatly humiliated. And I said in my darkness: “Every man is a liar.” What shall I repay the Lord for all that He has given me? I will take the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord; I will pay my vows to the Lord before all His people. The road before the Lord is the death of His saints. O Lord, I am Your servant, I am Your servant and the son of Your handmaid. You have broken my bonds, I will offer you a sacrifice of praise and will cry in the name of the Lord, I will pay my vows to the Lord before all His people, in the courts of the house of the Lord, in the midst of you, Jerusalem.
Glory, and now:
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, glory to You, O God.
(3) And three bows.
Troparion, tone 8
Despise my iniquities, O Lord, born of a Virgin, and cleanse my heart, making it a temple of Your most pure Body and Blood; do not cast me away from Your face, You who have immeasurably great mercy.
Glory:
How dare I, unworthy, to partake of Thy holy things?
After all, if I dare to approach You with those worthy, my clothes convict me, for this is not how they go to
supper, and I will bring condemnation on my sinful soul. Cleanse, Lord, the filth of my soul and save me, as a Lover of mankind.
And now:
Countless are my many sins, Mother of God, - I have resorted to You, Pure One, in need of salvation.
Look mercifully at my weak soul and intercede before Your Son and our God, that forgiveness of the sins
, O Blessed One.
On Maundy Thursday:[8]
When the glorious disciples, when they washed ,
in the evening they were enlightened, then the wicked Judas, sick with the love of money, became darkened and betrayed You, the Righteous Judge, to the lawless judges. Look, lover of acquisitions, at the strangulation of the one who acquired them because of them! Flee from the insatiable soul that dared to do such a thing against the Teacher! Lord, good to all, glory to You!
Psalm 50
Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great mercy and according to the multitude of Your mercies, blot out my iniquity; completely wash me from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my iniquity, and my sin is always before me. I have sinned against You, the One, and done evil before You, so that you may be justified in Your words and win if they enter into court with You. For behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and my mother gave birth to me in sins. For behold, You have loved the truth; You have revealed to me the hidden and secret things of Your wisdom. You will sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed; wash me, and I will become whiter than snow; let me hear joy and gladness, and my humiliated bones will rejoice. Turn Your face away from my sins and blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew the Right Spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and strengthen me with the Sovereign Spirit. I will teach the wicked Your ways, and the wicked will turn to You. Deliver me from bloodshed, O God, God of my salvation; my tongue will rejoice in Your righteousness. Lord, You will open my mouth, and my mouth will declare Your praise. For if You had desired sacrifice, I would have given it; you will not be pleased with burnt offerings. A sacrifice to God is a contrite spirit; God will not despise a contrite and humble heart. Bless Zion, O Lord, with Your favor, and may the walls of Jerusalem be erected; then You will graciously accept the sacrifice of righteousness, the offering and burnt offerings, and then they will lay bulls on Your altar.
Canon, voice 2
Song 1
Irmos: Come, people, let us sing a song to Christ God, who divided the sea and led the people, whom He brought out of slavery in Egypt, for He was glorified.
Chorus 1: Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
May Your holy Body, merciful Lord, and precious Blood be the bread of eternal life for me, and protection from various diseases.
Chorus 2: Do not cast me away from Your presence and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
Desecrated by obscene deeds, unfortunate, I am unworthy, O Christ, of the communion of Your most pure Body and Divine Blood, which You have honored me with.
return 8
glorified: on the Great Pentecost
