A certain old man came to the hospital and asked the doctor:

A certain old man came to the hospital and asked the doctor: 
- Do you have a cure for sin? 
- Yes, - the doctor replied, - here is the recipe: 
1. pick up the roots of obedience, 
2. collect the flowers of spiritual purity, 
3. collect leaves of patience, 
4. do not collect the fruits of hypocrisy, 
5. do not get drunk on the wine of adultery, 
6. all this let dry with fasting , 
7. put good deeds into the saucepan, 
8. add water, tears of repentance, 
9. salt with brotherly love, 
10. add bounty of alms, 
11. yes, put all the powder of humility 
12. and kneeling in all . 
13. Take three spoons on the day of the fear of God, 
14. Put on the robe of righteousness.
15. and do not enter into chatter, or else you will catch a cold and become sick with sin again. 

A nun of the Shamordinsky monastery made this up in the 1920s 
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