An Orthodox Priest and Penitent
during Holy Confession
A Prayer of Confession,
by the Blessed Father Nicholas
Pekatoros, for use by his spiritual children:
“I confess to the Lord my God and
before you, Holy Father, all my innumerable sins, which I have committed to the
present day and hour, in deed, word and thought. Daily and hourly I commit the
sin of ingratitude toward the Lord for his great and innumerable blessings and
gracious providence toward me, a sinner. These are my sins: empty, foolish words;
criticizing and verbally abusing others; defiance; pride; lack of mercy; envy;
vengeful anger; slander against others; inattention; neglect where my salvation
is concerned; carelessness; a carefree attitude; rudeness; irritability;
despondency; returning evil for evil; hardness of heart; disobedience;
complaining; self-righteousness; contradictoriness; willfulness; conduct that
is blameworthy or disgraceful; speaking evil; lying; excessive laughter;
yielding to temptation; love of self; ambition; gluttony; drunkenness; vanity;
laziness; thinking impure thoughts; heaping up worldly goods; lusting after
others; missing Divine Liturgy and other church services because of laziness
and carelessness; wandering of mind during prayer in church and at home; sins of
deed; sins of word; sins of thought; and sins of sight, hearing, smell, taste,
touch and my other senses, both physical and spiritual. I repent of all my sins
and I ask forgiveness. (State here other sins that may be on one’s soul.) I
also repent and ask forgiveness for sins I did not confess because of their
multitude or because of my forgetfulness. Forgive and release me, Holy Father,
and give me your blessing to partake of Christ’s Holy and Life-Giving
Mysteries, to the renunciation of sin and the receiving of Life Eternal. Amen.
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