When a person is going on in the life of the first confession, he has a lot of questions.Our ancestors first confession after 7 years and because a child know how to behave correctly.Nowadays, many baptized but had not been to confession once.We are often afraid of not only the first confession, but later.In fact, we must not be afraid of confession and sin.How to confession and communion?
Remember that next to you and the priest in the confessional is the Lord Jesus Christ, receiving your confession.So what you're telling a priest, you are talking to God.If your sincere repentance, confession of sins after considered to be fully forgiven.It is known that Orthodox Christians believe that after death the soul must pass through the test, known as ordeals, which provides an answer to demons for all the sins committed in life.Transgressions written specially the oversight of the human devil.So, if sins were confessed, then the demons they no longer see in their rolls, according to the authoritative Orthodox sources.If you forget any sin, it is also cleared in the confessional.However, if the sin was deliberately kept a mystery, it increases the degree of sin - and the whole confession will be void.Therefore morally prepare in advance for what would have to say all the aggravating conscience, no matter how difficult it may seem to you.If you forgot to say in confession about something serious, tell me about it at the next confession.
How to prepare for confession?If the first confession, it is necessary to agree in advance with the priest about it, because it is usually a long and better to schedule a confession.If you are afraid, you try to choose the most handsome priest for your first confession.Other priests in different ways to communicate with members, to a better understanding of a priest, you must be like Sunday services and listen to a sermon.
confession as a sacrament is only available for the baptized.There are special books for preparing for confession.They listed the sins for those who want to know how to confess.The names of many sins, for you may be unfamiliar and confusing.Finding your way around and learn a lot of information quickly is not capable of everything, so do not try to completely specify all the sins from the book in his confession.Better to just take a separate piece of paper and write on it everything that you accusing conscience.At this stage you do not need the definition of all sins, but over time, you need to master the vocabulary of the church.Leaf take with you to confession, so people did long ago.Then you will not be afraid to confession nedogovorit and leave with a sense of things undone.After the confession, many priests tear sheet with sin, and it is a relief.So do not always, but in some churches this practice occurs.
If you wish to receive communion, one must know how to confess because Confession - a kind of admission to communion.During the confession should ask at the priest's blessing on the sacrament.If you observe the provisions of the post before communion, the necessary read prayers were in the service before and father deems sufficient repentance, it allow you to communion.Communed usually in the morning on an empty stomach, after midnight, eat and drink before communion impossible.If you remember in the morning even one sin, you have the ability to completely make the confession of repentance in the morning.Although the decision on the need to further confession takes each individual priest, so the question is to speak directly to the priest who professes the morning.
Some rules of conduct.Before confession the priest reads a special prayer to those who wish to confess, they should at least listen to while you still do not know them.Often in line for confession is a few people, when you become the next "on the way" to the priest, it is necessary to lay down his arms and said softly, "Forgive me brothers and sisters" and bow to the people.When you come to the priest, it is necessary to cross, kiss the cross and the Gospel lying in a low voice and say that to repent before God that did so-and-so.Do not argue, answer questions and listen to his father's instruction.Then he will cover you stole and a prayer, after which sins will be forgiven.
Do not be embarrassed, even the most experienced people in the life of the Church once did not know how to confess.Remember, in the eyes of God is not morally neutral actions.And the person who feels the closeness with God, always find to reproach ourselves for.This is quite normal and is common to all believers.After the first confession you want to confess again and again to approach the "purity, seer of God."
