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BRIEF CONFESSION BEFORE A SPIRITUAL
FATHER
Compiled by the late Archbishop Tikhon of San Francisco.
Based on a longer version by St Dimitry of Rostov.
I confess to the Lord my God before thee, reverend father, all my sins which I have
committed up to the present day and hour, in deed, word and thought. Every day and
every hour I sin through ingratitude to God for His great and numberless blessings to me
and His most gracious providence and care for me, a sinner. I have sinned through:
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idle talk
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saying unseemly things
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condemnation of others
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laughter
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scorn
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self-love
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insubordination
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love of glory
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pride
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love of honor
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envy
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gluttony
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anger
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love of sensual pleasure
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slander
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over-eating
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inattention
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drunkenness
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listlessness
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attachment to things
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negligence
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love of money
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carelessness
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vainglory
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resentment and remembering
wrongs
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laziness
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disobedience
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acceptance of lustful and
grumbling impure thoughts
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self-will
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missing church services
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reproaching others
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dozing and sleeping in church
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evil speech
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neglect of prayer
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lying
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concealing sins at confession
I have sinned with all my senses, both spiritual and physical, wherefore I repent to the
Lord and ask forgiveness. Absolve all my sins, reverend father, and bless me to partake
of the Mysteries of Christ.