General confession of sins, pronounced by the penitent before the priest

I confess to the Lord God Almighty, glorified and worshiped in the Holy Trinity, the Father and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, the Most Blessed Ever-Virgin Mother of God Mary and all the saints, and to you, honorable father, in all my sins that I committed in thought, word, deed and all my feelings, for I was conceived in sins, born in sins, brought up in sins and lived in sins after Baptism and even to this hour. I also confess that I have sinned greatly through pride, vanity, exaltation both in my eyes and in my clothes and in all my deeds, envy, hatred, desire for both honor and love of money, anger, sadness, laziness, gluttony, lust of Sodom, sacrilege, unrighteous oaths, adultery, theft, robbery, all kinds of fornication, the most vile uncleanness, drunkenness, gluttony, idle ranting, carnal lust, unclean kissing and touching, my childbearing organs, the mental desire for murder, the constant unworthy perception of the Body and Blood of the Lord, crafty admonitions and caresses, ignorance, negligence, the desire for covetousness, the commission of excess, poor performance of church affairs, insufficient giving of alms, cruelty to the poor, poor reception and treatment of the poor, oppression of the household entrusted to me, failure to visit the sick according to the commandment of the Gospel and those in prison, failure to bury the dead, failure to clothe the poor, not satisfying the hungry and not giving water to the thirsty. I confess that I did not give due honor, celebration and worship to the holidays - both of the Lord and His saints, and did not spend them soberly and cleanly, did something unpleasant to the ruler and did not help him, did not console the petitioners and even harmed them. I have sinned gravely by blaspheming and slandering elders and leaders, by failing to remain faithful to my friends and benefactors, by failing to perform due obedience, by looking with a bad conscience at brutal and bestial copulation, by proudly entering the church of God, by standing, sitting, reclining and leaving it inappropriately, by idle talk in it, by lawless deeds, by bad interviewing others. I confess that with an unclean heart and dirty hands I approached the holy service and touched the sacred vessels, and carelessly performed prayers, psalmody and invocations of God in the church. I have sinned grievously with the most despicable thoughts, depraved thoughts and teachings, false opinions, reckless condemnation, evil consent and unrighteous advice, lust and nasty pleasure, in idle, unnecessary, unclean and annoying words, in lies, in deception, in various oaths, in constant slander, stirring up quarrels and discord and mocking others, in idle mockery, in debate, in flattery, in deceit, in whispering, in vain and vain joy and in all evil. I have sinned by murmuring, blasphemy, buffoonery, ridicule, sleepiness, slander, reproach, foul language, abuse, hypocrisy, vigilance contrary to God, bodily lust, lustful thoughts, unclean pleasures, agreement with the devil, transgression of God’s commandments, negligence in love of God and neighbor, sight, hearing, taste, smell, lustful and unclean touch. I perished in all my thoughts, words, wills and deeds. Since I have sinned in all these and all other iniquities, with which only human weakness can sin against God and its Creator in thought, word, deed, or pleasure, or lust, I consider myself guilty before the Face of God more than all people, I confess both this and all my other countless sins that I committed voluntarily or involuntarily, knowledge or ignorance, by myself or through others, or the seduction of my brother, and which, due to their multitude, I can neither know nor remember, but what I remembered, I said, because for everything that was said and not said, due to my unconsciousness and the multitude of sins, I repent, regret and consider myself guilty before the Lord my God; Therefore, I humbly pray to the Most Holy and Most Blessed Virgin Mary and all the Heavenly Powers, and all the holy saints of God, and you, honest father priest, in whose presence I confessed all this, that on the Day of Judgment everyone will be witnesses against the devil, the enemy and enemy of the human race, that I have confessed all this, and that they will pray for me, a sinner, to the Lord my God. And I ask you, honest father, as one who has such power given to you by Christ God, to release me from all these sins of mine that I told you, cleanse me, forgive me and give me penance for all my sins, for I sincerely regret my sin, voluntarily repent and have a strong desire and intention to avoid them with God’s help, as far as possible. Forgive me, Father, allow me and pray for me, a sinner. Amen. After this, you can read a prayer to Christ, for our sake crucified, to remember His saving suffering, raised for the sake of our sins. Reading it, a person receives considerable tenderness and, as if by a bridle, is kept from sins and is directed towards correction and success in a life pleasing to God.