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A believer, an Orthodox person knows that regular attendance at divine services is not enough, it is also necessary to confess and take communion. But for those new to the faith, many rules may seem incomprehensible and difficult to understand. Various questions may arise. What are the canons? How to read prayers correctly, which saints to turn to? How to prepare for the Sacraments of Communion and Confession? For everything to go perfectly, you need to prepare for these sacred procedures in advance.

Both communion and confession help a person cleanse his soul, repent of sins in order to receive forgiveness. You need to go through these Sacraments with a sincere desire to improve, with truthfulness in words and thoughts. To be forgiven, you must be able to recognize your sins. This is not for everyone to do. And for this, a person has to go through a difficult inner work. Tune in a spiritual way and the canons are called. Prayers will help you accept your mistakes, give a desire to change, peace. After condescension to the heart and soul of Grace, you will no longer want to be angry, deceive, envy.

Canons and preparation for the Sacraments

In the Orthodox Church there is a certain set of rules, which are called the canon.

Important! This concept also has another meaning, which refers to a kind of hymn praising a saint or any holiday. Such poems are dedicated to prophets, great martyrs, saints.

Participle

How many times a year to conduct this Sacrament is up to everyone. The main thing is to go through the ritual with sincerity. Before you take Communion, you need to be prepared, which means you need to follow a number of rules.

• All three days before the ritual, do not take quick food, fasting. And after midnight, you can’t eat or drink at all. Refrain from intimate relationships.
• Every evening read the canons, and after them - prayers.
• Three days before the sacred ceremony, keep your thoughts pure. Do not swear, do not swear, do not be spiteful, do not commit unseemly acts. The ceremony must be approached spiritually prepared.
• Go to confession before taking communion to receive absolution.

Important! Women are not allowed to Communion during menstruation, those who did not go to confession, who were excommunicated from the Sacrament, who did not follow the canons and who had sexual intercourse the day before, are crazy. Only children under the age of seven are allowed to Communion without fasting and confession.

Confession

Confession is allowed at any time. The main thing is to sincerely believe and have a sense of remorse. The ritual must be approached already prepared, having gone through several stages in advance:

• Open your soul in front of you in order to understand and accept that the cause of suffering is in your own mistakes.
• Recreate in memory all the negative message directed towards other people.
• Sincerely repent that they have brought pain to others, with their actions, words and even emotions.
• Write it down so you don't forget all your sins for which you want to confess.
• Read special prayers and canons.

How to read canons

When pronouncing prayers and canons, one should have a certain spiritual mood. So that there are no extraneous conversations, thoughts, irritation, discontent and anger. You need to read in solitude, so that nothing distracts from a peaceful mood. The canons that are read before the rituals of confession and communion are a request to the Mother of God and the Lord to help cleanse the soul, keep from temptations, bestow health and faith, protect, and give the opportunity to confess and take communion.

It is best to read before going to bed. After doing all the worldly things, leaving them behind, devote time to fellowship with God. In some prayers to thank, in others to ask for forgiveness. When reading, it is necessary to be able to penetrate into the essence, to be aware of what is at stake. The number of prayers and canons has no clear limits.

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Pray, first of all, follows to our Savior, Jesus Christ. They also turn to the Most Holy Theotokos, for she stands above all the saints and intercedes for us before the Lord. It will not be superfluous to turn to your Guardian Angel.

Before Confession and Communion

God and Lord of all, having power over every breath and every soul, the only one who can heal me, hear my prayer. And in me, the poor nesting serpent, by the influx of Your all-holy Spirit, having killed it, destroy it. Teach and inspire me, poor and naked from all virtue, to fall at the feet of my father, and dispose his holy soul to compassion and mercy towards me.

Grant, O Lord, humility in my heart and thoughts befitting a sinner who has decided to repent to You. Do not leave in the end the soul that once combined with You, confessed You, chose You instead of the whole world and preferred everything to everything. You know, Lord, that I desire to be saved, although my evil custom puts an obstacle to it. But to You, Master, everything is possible that is impossible for people. Amen.

The text of the prayer before Communion

Master Lord Jesus Christ, Our God, merciful and philanthropic, who alone has the power to forgive the sins of people, despise (forget), forgive all my sins, conscious and unconscious, and vouchsafe me without condemnation to partake of Your divine, glorious, pure and life-giving Mysteries not in punishment, not in the multiplication of sins, but in cleansing, sanctification, as a pledge of the future life and kingdom, in a solid stronghold, in defense, but in the defeat of enemies, in the destruction of many of my sins. For YOU are the God of mercy and generosity, and love of mankind, and we glorify You with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

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How to prepare for confession and communion? Preparing for confession and communion, especially for the first time, raises many, many questions. I remember my first communion. How hard it was for me to figure everything out. In this article you will get answers to the questions: what to say in confession to a priest - an example? how to take communion and confession? communion rules in the church? how to confess for the first time? how to prepare for communion? The answer to these questions is given by the modern Greek preacher Archimandrite Andrew (Konanos) and other priests.

Communion was instituted by Jesus Christ Himself at his last meal with the Apostles. The modern Greek preacher and theologian Archimandrite Andrew (Konanos) says, if people would realize what a Gift of unity with God they receive during communion, because now Christ's blood flows in their veins ... if they fully realized this, their life would change a lot!

But, unfortunately, most people during communion are like children playing with precious stones and do not understand their value.

Communion rules can be found in any Temple. Usually they are set out in a small book called "HOW TO PREPARE FOR HOLY COMMUNICATION". Here are the simple rules:

• Before Communion you need 3 days to fast- there is only vegetable food(avoid meat, dairy and eggs).
• Need be at evening service the day before the day of communion.
• Need confess either at the evening service or on the day of the sacrament at the very beginning of the liturgy (the morning service, during which the sacrament takes place).
• Need a few more days pray hard- for this, read morning and evening prayers and read the canons: Canon of repentance to our Lord Jesus Christ ,
  Canon of Prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos,
  Canon to the Guardian Angel,
  Follow-up to Holy Communion *. * If you have never read the Canons (in Church Slavonic), you can listen to the audio (available on the prayer-book sites at the links indicated).
• You need to take communion on an empty stomach (do not eat or drink anything in the morning). An exception is made for sick people, such as diabetics, for whom food and medicine are vital.

If you begin to take communion at every liturgy, every Sunday, your confessor will be able to allow you to fast less and not read all the indicated prayers. Do not be afraid to ask the priest and consult with him.

How is communion in church?

Suppose you decide to take communion on Sunday. So, the night before (Saturday) you need to come to the evening service. Usually the evening service in the Temples begins at 17:00. Find out what time the liturgy (morning service) begins on Sunday, at which the sacrament itself will take place. Usually, the morning service in the Temples begins at 9:00. If there was no confession at the evening service, then you confess at the beginning of the morning service.

Approximately in the middle of the service, the Priest will take out the Chalice from the altar. Everyone who was preparing for communion gather near the bowl and fold their hands on their right chest over the left. Approach the bowl carefully so as not to turn it over. The priest with a spoon gives the communicants the Holy Gifts - a piece of the body and blood of Christ under the guise of bread and wine.

After that, you need to go to the end of the Temple, where you will be given a drink. This is water diluted with wine. It is necessary to drink it down so that not a single drop or crumb of the Eucharist is wasted. Only then can you cross yourself. At the end of the service, you need to listen to prayers of thanksgiving.

How to prepare for confession? What to say in confession to a priest - an example? List of sins

The main rule at confession, which priests always remind about, is not to retell sins. Because if you start retelling the story of how you committed a sin, then you will involuntarily begin to justify yourself and blame others. Therefore, in confession, sins are simply called. For example: pride, envy, foul language, etc. And in order not to forget anything, use a list of sins against God, against neighbors, against oneself(usually such a list is in the book "HOW TO PREPARE FOR HOLY COMMUNICATION".

Write down your sins on a piece of paper so you don't forget anything. Come to the Temple early in the morning so as not to be late for confession and for the common prayer before confession. Before confession, go to the priest, cross yourself, venerate the Gospel and the cross, and start listing the sins that have been recorded in advance. After confession, the priest will read the permissive prayer and say whether you are allowed to receive communion.

It very rarely happens when a priest for your correction does not allow you to take communion. This is also a test of your pride.

It is important during confession, when naming a sin, to give yourself a promise not to repeat it. It is very important on the eve of communion to reconcile with enemies and forgive your offenders.

How to confess for the first time?

The first confession is often called the general confession. As a rule, almost all sins from the list of sins against God, neighbor and oneself fall into the leaflet with the list of sins. The priest will surely understand that you have come to confession for the first time and will help you with advice on how to try not to repeat your sins and mistakes.

I hope the article “How to Prepare for Confession and Communion?” will help you decide and go to confession and communion. This is important for your soul, because confession is the purification of the soul. We wash our body every day, but we don’t care about the purity of the soul!

If you have never confessed or received communion and it seems to you that it is very difficult to prepare, I recommend that you still perform this feat. The reward will be great. I assure you you have never experienced anything like it before. After communion, you will feel an extraordinary and incomparable spiritual joy.

The most difficult thing usually seems to be reading the canons and following Holy Communion. It's really hard to read at first. Use the audio recording and listen to all these prayers for 2-3 evenings.

Listen in this video to the story of priest Andrey Tkachev about how much time (usually several years) separates a person from the desire to go to the first confession until the moment of the first confession.

I wish everyone to enjoy life and thank God for everything!

Alena Kraeva

Confession and Communion belong to the Sacraments Orthodox Church. Every day in evening prayers, Christians ask the Lord forgiveness for sins committed. The culmination of repentance is forgiveness and remission of sins, that is, confession. First you need to understand what confession is. To accomplish it, one must be baptized according to the Sacrament of the Church and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Confession as a Sacrament

Confession - cleansing from sins and second baptism. During the Sacrament of Baptism, original sin is washed away. During confession, washed with tears of repentance, there is a liberation from the sins committed.

Concept of sin

As we get to know God, there is an awareness of sin. At a distance from the Lord, sins do not interfere, they are not visible. When you get closer to God, you feel your sinfulness.

In the understanding of Orthodoxy sins are multifaceted. They can be:

• committed facts;
• thoughts, to be in a state of passions (confession of thoughts is considered a monastic share. People who do not have serious sins and often confess can repent of thoughts).

To begin with, it is better to confess the actual sins, that is, the deeds.

Sin is contrary to the law of God. The Lord gave to Moses, which are the foundation of Christian and human spirituality. You need to know these commandments, understand and fulfill them. We have to admit that humanity is mired in the abyss of sins.

Sins can be:

• against the Lord God;
• against neighbor;
• against himself;
• condemning the Holy Spirit.

Sin is born of passion, which is in the depths of the soul. Passion itself is sin and the potential for committing sin by deed. For example, the passion of love of money (love of wealth), when indulged in it and under external circumstances, is transformed into the sin of theft. Located in the human soul passions are primary sins, as they induce to sinful activity, to fall. Demons become sources of passions. Their extermination is the basis of Orthodox asceticism (the science of "spiritual doing").

The soul must be protected for birth into the future Kingdom. Gradually sin mortifies and poisons her. With a frivolous attitude towards sins, the murder of the soul occurs. It can die in a living body.

Sins committed - a direct insult to God, Heavenly Father. This will be followed by punishment. Every time a person commits sins, a person becomes an accomplice in the crucifixion of Jesus. Living with this understanding is unbearable. Repentance and mercy are two points in the relationship between God and man. Confession absorbs these concepts into a single grace-filled action.

Sin is dirt, and confession - washing the soul that heals her sick and poisoned. In Orthodoxy, this happens in the Holy Church. To receive the forgiveness of sins, one must accept the gift of God: the Sacrament of Confession.

For this you need:

• Trust in God;
• try to keep His commandments;
• lament your sins;
• repent;
• try not to repeat sins.

Only in this case can one count on the mercy of the Lord.

What prayers are read before confession:

• morning and evening prayer rule to be read in full;
• penitential canon;
• the prayer of Simeon the New Theologian.

For confession do not commit special training. It can take place wherever there is an Orthodox clergyman. He is a prayer book, a petitioner for us before God, and a witness that the Sacrament passes in a legal way. Confession does not require special fasting and prayer, but only faith and repentance.

Before preparing for confession, cast an appraising glance. Analyze life in terms of commandments. If necessary, write down sins on a piece of paper so as not to miss anything. I'm talking about the gift of true repentance and come to church for the Sacrament.

You can use Orthodox literature to help compose sins. Over time, one must learn to confess “from oneself,” and not from books. Sins are known by the grace of God. If you know sins without faith, you can plunge into, not repent and get sick. It is necessary not to learn sins from a book, but from striving for God.

Confession

It is customary to go to confession in the temple during the divine service or at another time appointed by the priest. If it is impossible to visit the temple, if a person is sick, confession at home is possible. At the beginning, a believing Christian cannot confess all sins, but begins with small and insignificant ones. Then the sinner releases grave sins from himself. Believer himself must be mature for this.

Confession is made at different times:

• at evening worship;
• in the morning before the liturgy;
• during the liturgy, before communion.

Confession takes place in front of the lectern in the aisles, on the salt or in the vestibule. Parishioners line up so as not to interfere with the one who repents.

Approaching the priest gotta bow your head or get on your knees. Kneeling is canceled from Easter to Trinity, on Sundays and great holidays. The priest covers the head of the sinner with epitrachelion, prays, learns the name of the penitent and what he wants to confess before God. The confessor must repent of passions, infirmities and name specific sins. In some cases, for example, due to the illness of a penitent, the priest himself can read his sins from a piece of paper and forgive them.

After the told confession, the priest asks questions, says instruction or imposes (special obedience). He then prays for the forgiveness of sins and recites a "permissive" prayer. It is a seal confirming the fulfillment of the Sacrament.

After that, the forgiven sinner is baptized, kisses the cross and the Gospel, then asks for a blessing for communion.

If you need the advice of a confessor, then you need to come at another time. At confession, they speak only about sins, without justifying themselves, without judging others, and ask for forgiveness for sins. It is not necessary to list all cases of sin specifically, it is better do it generically. Before the Sacrament, you need to reconcile with the offenders, if it is physically impossible to do this, then reconcile in your heart.

Sometimes, for some reason, confession is short. After the priest's question: "Do you repent of your sins?", answer: "I repent." After that, the “permissive” prayer is immediately read. There is no need to be embarrassed by such a confession, because it is complete. You can ask the priest to listen to the whole confession in the case when there is a sin that burdens the soul.

No need to be embarrassed their sinfulness, since there are no unforgiven sins except unconfessed ones. Among the saints there are people who used to be sinners. For ardent faith and sincere repentance, they received forgiveness and holiness. The first person to enter Paradise was a repentant thief.

Do not be ashamed of the priest, he is not a holy man. He, convicted of glory and power in the Sacrament of the Priesthood, that is, strong in Christ. By nature, he is weak and sinful, like any person. Himself, being tempted, tempted can help.

The Lord is tempted in everything except sin. He was beaten, betrayed, humiliated. The apostles experienced the experience of sin. They said: "Christ came into the world to save sinners, but I am the first of them." The priest becomes a witness of human remorse brings the penitent and the Lord together. The sinner confesses to God through a priest. Even vile sins do not cause him bad attitude to the penitent. Purified soul awakens positive emotions, love and joy. The priest keeps the secret of confession.

Unfortunately, sometimes people confess all their lives, but never repent. The believer himself decides how many times and how often to confess. The measure of love for God determines this frequency. There are no generally accepted standards, each case is individual. At the beginning of churching, believers rarely come to confession, but then the soul will want this and burn with the desire to confess.

It is better to come to confession every fast (4 times a year), once a month, and then every Sunday. But all this is determined by the priest, he must understand who is in front of him and not give too much load at once.

General confession only for those who want and need it. To do this, you need to find a priest who will help you pass it. At such a confession, detailed analysis all sins. This is a long procedure and is most often practiced in monasticism.

At a general confession, the priest does not listen to every penitent. Such a confession takes place in parishes where she has justified herself and with a blessing. Usually there are Orthodox-educated parishioners who often go to confession and receive communion. Beginners should not attend such confessions.

There used to be public confessions, but then there were few Christians. There were persecutions against the Church of Christ, and people atoned for their sinfulness with blood, so they did not have many sins, only everyday ones. The church has grown in number and therefore there is a practice of secretly listening to everyone.

Participle

The Lord has established this is the Sacrament at the last meal with the apostles, on the night before His crucifixion. The Eucharist (Communion) is a return to the lost paradise, the union of the Creator with creation. The God-man Jesus offered the sacrifice of love to the Creator for us on the cross and restored the lost human essence. Those who have accepted the Body and Blood of the Savior become participants in this restoration. Man departed from God arbitrarily, and only by his own will can he again unite with the Creator.

During Communion, the grace of the Holy Spirit descends on bread and wine, this is Body and Blood of Christ. A person can accept these gifts only by his own free will. The Lord gives Himself to everyone, and only true believers take Him in.

Often believers consider themselves unworthy of Communion. They forget that it exists for the unworthy. Orthodox Christian should strive to receive communion regularly, because it is food for the soul.

Preparing for Communion

The goal is not to carry out formalities, but attaining a state of mind. To participate in the Eucharist, you need to prepare.

What prayers are read before communion:

There are exceptions, for example, due to eye disease or bodily infirmity. They replace the reading of the canons and akathists with the Jesus Prayer and bows, everything is discussed in advance with the confessor.

Sacrament of Communion

Before Communion, you should go to the evening service the day before. If there is a confession on it, then confess. You can make confession in the morning before the Liturgy before Communion. In cathedrals and monasteries, liturgies are served daily, and in parish churches on Sundays and holidays. In some cases, the confessor allows the parishioner to take communion without prior confession.

Sacrament of the Eucharist is done on an empty stomach. In the morning you need to brush your teeth, but you can’t smoke. During the liturgy, it is necessary to prayerfully participate in the service. When the priest comes out of the altar with the cup and proclaims: “Come with the fear of God and faith,” the communicants line up in front of the pulpit one after another on the right side of the temple. First, the servants of the altar, the monks, take communion, then the children, then the weak come up, then the men, and finally the women. You need to bow to the ground in advance and fold your hands crosswise.

Before the cup you can not be baptized so as not to knock it over by accident. When the turn comes, stand in front of the priest, call full name at baptism and open your mouth to receive a liar with a particle of the Body and Blood of Christ. Lick the liar after the lips get wet with a board and kiss the edge of the cup (represents the rib of Christ). Do not touch the bowl with your hands and do not kiss the hand of the clergyman. Then go to the table and wash your mouth. In order not to expel the particles of the Gifts from oneself, drink a “drink” (diluted wine with holy water) and take a particle of prosphora.

Women wash their lipstick before communion. It is impossible to take communion during the period of female "impurity". After childbirth, they are allowed to take Communion only at the special prayer of the priest. The church does not insist on a wedding and recognizes a registered marriage. Therefore, people who live in civil marriage(live in the sin of fornication), are not allowed to take communion.

How often to take the Communion, the person decides, consulting with the confessor. Frequent communion can become a habit. Then the believers again cultivate in themselves a thirst for the Eucharist and abstain from it for a period. According to the clergy, it is necessary to confess and take communion in great post or by committing a serious sin, when peace is lost in the soul. It is obligatory to come to Communion once a year.

The sick, the sick and the dying commune at home with spare holy gifts. They are prepared on Maundy Thursday. They are in the tabernacle in the altar. The patient must be conscious and clear of mind. They discuss in advance with the priest how to prepare the sufferer. At home, you need to prepare a table with a clean tablecloth, an icon, boiled water and a teaspoon. Thanksgiving Prayers the patient is read aloud. Often, after communion, the sick and infirm recover, because communion sanctifies the bodily and spiritual nature.

After Communion

It is imperative to reach the end of the liturgy and kiss the cross at the end. Listen to the Thanksgiving Prayers for Holy Communion in church or read them at home. The whole day is spent in piety. On the day of communion they do not work prostrations, the exception includes Holy Saturday and Trinity.

Child at confession and communion

Childhood is paradise having committed the first sin, the child comes out of it. Children up to seven years of age, who are considered infants in the Orthodox Church, receive communion without confession. Every trip to church should bring joy to the child, and not be a duty.

Child preparation

You need to gradually introduce the child to Orthodoxy. Systematically read prayers with a child, learn a prayer to the Guardian Angel. Before communion, children do not fast. But it is useful to read soul-saving books with the child: the Gospel, the lives of the saints.

For the sacrament of an infant, you need to come directly to the Sacrament and so that the child visits the liturgy. If children are properly accustomed to the church service, then at the age of 7 they can endure it all.

The child may behave restlessly at the Chalice, this is from the rare acceptance of the Sacrament. Infants are brought to the Cup horizontally, the head is held on right hand. The child's hands are held so that he does not push the Cup. Before communion, the child is not densely fed. Babies are communed only with the blood of Christ. When a child behaves calmly and often takes communion, they can give him a small particle.

Due to lack of faith, some parents do not allow their child to receive communion. Explaining that from a spoon, which during communion is one for all, you can get infected. it disbelief in the power of the Eucharist.

From the age of seven, a child begins to take the Chalice, having previously confessed. For the first confession, you need to carefully prepare. You can find a priest with many children who understand better child. It will be easier for the child to make confession with the father-grandfather, who has a lot of life experience.

Parents need to tell their child about the Sacraments of Confession and Communion in advance. Tell about sins and say that after confession you should not sin again. It is not necessary for the child to write sins on a piece of paper or to name the sins themselves. The child must think for himself and sum up the actions.

Family - small church and parents exemplify the Christian life. They and the godparents must church the child.

The desire to confess and take communion is good sign. The main thing is to approach this responsibly and with spiritual trepidation, “but not to court or condemnation.”

One of the most important sacraments in Orthodoxy can be called the Communion of the Body and Blood of Christ. This is the moment when the believer connects with the Son of God. However, you should know how the preparation for the sacrament takes place, especially for those who have decided to take it for the first time (for example, you need to confess, pray, etc.). This is necessary in order to appear the right attitude, awareness of the future unity with Christ.

Preparing for confession and communion is not a one-day procedure, so you need to know exactly what to do and when. This is exactly what will be discussed in the article.

What is the Sacrament of Communion?

Before you figure out how the preparation for the sacrament begins (this is especially important for beginners), you should know what kind of sacrament it is in general. For the first time it was accepted by Christ and commanded to repeat it to his followers. The first communion took place at the Last Supper on the eve of his crucifixion.

Before the sacrament, a divine service is necessarily performed, which is called the Divine Liturgy, or the Eucharist, which is translated from Greek as "thanksgiving". It was this action that Christ performed in the distant past before giving communion to his disciples.

Thus, the preparation for communion must also include remembrance of these distant ancient events. All this allows you to tune in the right way, which will undoubtedly lead to a deeper acceptance of the Sacrament.

How often do you need to take communion?

Preparation for the sacrament (especially for those who do it infrequently or even for the first time) should include the concept of how many times you can participate in this sacrament. Here you should know that this action is voluntary, therefore, in no way should you force yourself to do this. The main thing is to come to communion with a pure and light heart, when you want to partake of the Mystery of Christ. For those who are in any doubt, it is better to consult a priest.

It is recommended that you start communion if you are ready for it internally. That Christian who lives with faith in God can perform this sacrament at every liturgy. If there are still doubts in your heart, but you believe in God and are on this path, then you can take communion once a week or a month. As a last resort, during each big post. However, all this should be regular.

It should also be noted that, according to ancient sources, communion was desirable to be performed daily, but well and four times a week (Sunday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday). Those who are just embarking on the path of the Christian faith should know that there is one day in the year - Maundy Thursday (before Easter), when communion is simply necessary, this is a tribute to the ancient tradition that started it all. About it is written in the article above.

Some clergy believe that frequent communion is unacceptable. However, it should immediately be said that, according to canonical laws, they are not right. Here you need to look into a person very deeply and see how much he really needs this action. In addition, the sacrament should not be mechanical. Therefore, if it is performed often, then the layman must constantly keep himself in good shape, be ready to accept the Gifts. Not everyone can do this, so what is described in this preparation article should happen regularly. Constant prayers, confession and observance of all fasts. The priest should know about all this, since you really cannot hide such a life.

Prayer rule before communion

So, now let's take a closer look at all the points that need to be considered before preparing for the sacrament. First of all, it should be noted that home prayer before the Sacrament is very important. In the Orthodox Prayer Book there is a special sequence that is read before communion. This is preparation for communion. The prayers that are read before this, not only at home, but also church ones, are also included in the preparation for the Sacrament. It is imperative to attend the service immediately before the Sacrament, but in general it is advisable to do this every day.

• prayer canon of the Mother of God;
• penitential canon to Jesus Christ;
• canon to the Guardian Angel.

Thus, conscious preparation for communion and confession, prayers from a pure heart can help the believer to feel the importance of the Sacrament and spiritually prepare for this miracle.

Fasting before Communion

It is equally important to fast before communion. This is a prerequisite. After all, Holy Communion, preparation for which must take place consciously, is a very important rite, and it should not be mechanical, otherwise there will be no benefit from it.

So, those believers who regularly observe multi-day and one-day fasts are entitled to only the so-called liturgical fast. Its meaning is not to eat and drink from twelve o'clock at night before receiving the Sacrament. This fast continues in the morning (that is, communion takes place on an empty stomach).

For those parishioners who do not observe any fasts, as well as those who have just joined Orthodoxy, the priest can establish a seven-day or three-day fast before communion. All such nuances should be coordinated additionally in the church and not be afraid to ask about them.

How to behave, what thoughts to avoid before the Sacrament

When the preparation for communion begins, one should realize one's sins in full. But besides this, so that there are no more of them, you need to refrain from various amusements, for example, visiting the theater, watching TV. Spouses must renounce physical contact the day before communion and on the day it is received.

Pay special attention to your mood, behavior and thoughts. See to it that you do not condemn anyone, discard obscene and malicious thoughts. Don't give in bad mood, irritation. Free time should be spent in seclusion, indulging in the reading of spiritual books or prayer (as far as possible).

It should be noted that the most important thing for receiving the Holy Gifts of Christ is repentance. A person should sincerely repent of his deeds. This is what you need to focus on. Fasting, prayer, reading Holy Scriptures are just means to achieve that state. And this must be remembered.

How to Prepare for Confession

Confession before communion is very important. Apply for this request to the priest of the church where you are going to receive the Sacrament. Preparation for communion and confession is a special attitude aimed at correcting one's sins, one's bad behavior and impure thoughts, as well as keeping track of everything that contradicts and violates the Commandments of the Lord. Everything that was found and consciously, and should be confessed. But remember about sincerity, do not turn a conversation with a priest into just a formal enumeration of sins on a list.

So, why is such a serious preparation for confession and communion necessary? One should recognize one's sins in advance in order to know what to tell the priest about. It often happens that a believer comes, but does not know what to say, where to start. You also need to tune in to the fact that the priest is just a guide, the Sacrament of Repentance remains with him and the Lord. Therefore, there is no need to be embarrassed when talking about your sins. This is necessary to cleanse and continue life freely.

Confession before Communion: confession of sins

So, the preparation for confession and communion is over. But the hardest part is yet to come. When you come to confession, open your heart without waiting for the priest's questions. Tell everything that lies like a stone on your soul. It is better to perform this action in the evening, on the eve of the liturgy, although it will not be a mistake to do this in the morning before it.

If you are going to receive communion for the first time, then it is better to confess the day before. This is necessary so that the priest has time to listen to you. If you want to confess in the morning, then choose a day when there are few people. For example, on Sunday there are a lot of parishioners in the temple, so the priest will not be able to listen to you in detail. After confessing sins, one should adhere to the right path and strive with all his might not to commit them in the future, otherwise what was the point in this spiritual conversation?

Communion day. What to do?

On the day of communion, certain rules must be observed. As mentioned above, you need to go to the temple on an empty stomach. If you smoke, then you need to refrain from cigarettes until you accept the Gifts of Christ. In the church, when the moment comes for their removal, you need to approach the altar, but let the children go ahead if they come, since they are the first to receive communion.

You don’t need to be baptized near the Chalice, you just need to bow in advance, crossing your arms over your chest. Before accepting gifts, you need to pronounce your Christian name, and then immediately eat them.

What should be done after a person has received communion?

The rules for preparing for communion also include knowing what to do after the Sacrament has taken place. Kiss the edge of the Bowl and go to the prosphora table to eat a piece. Do not leave the church until you kiss the altar cross, which will be held by the priest.

Also in the temple, prayers of thanksgiving are read, which must be listened to. In extreme cases, you can read them at home on your own. Keep the purity you have received inside your soul. Each time it will happen easier and easier.

What you need to know about the communion of children and the sick

It should be said that small children (up to the age of seven) receive communion without confession. Also, they do not need to prepare the way an adult does (fasting, prayer, repentance). Those babies who have received baptism receive communion on the same day or during the next liturgy that follows their baptism.

Exceptions are also made for patients. They don't have to prepare the way they do. healthy people However, if possible, you should at least confess. But if the patient cannot do this, then the priest reads "I believe, Lord, and I confess." Then he immediately takes communion.

In church practice, those parishioners who have been excommunicated for a while from communion, but are on their deathbed or in danger, are not denied acceptance of the Holy Gifts. However, upon recovery (if so) the ban continues to apply.

Who can't take communion

Preparing for the sacrament for beginners includes knowing and who cannot receive it. This will be discussed below:

• those who have not confessed cannot take communion (the exception is children who are under seven years old);
• parishioners who have been excommunicated from receiving the Holy Mysteries also cannot receive communion;
• those who are insensible;
• parishioners who are insane and demon-possessed if they blaspheme in their fits (if this does not happen, then you can take communion, but this should not happen every day);
• spouses who, on the eve of receiving the Sacraments, had an intimate life;
• women who are menstruating should not receive communion.

A Brief Reminder for Communioners and Confessors

So, now let's summarize all the moments that arise when preparation for confession and communion takes place. The memo will help you not to forget all the steps.

1. Consciousness of sin.
2. Repentance for the perfect special condition when you have forgiven everyone and do not feel evil.
3. Preparation for confession. Here it is necessary to reconsider what sins can be: in relation to God, relatives, to oneself (smoking, for example), carnal sins, those that relate to the family (infidelity and the like).
4. Correct and sincere, without concealment, confession.
5. Post if needed.
6. Prayers.
7. Communion directly.
8. Further retention of purity and Christ in the body.

Separately, it is necessary to say about how to behave in the temple during communion.

1. Don't be late for Liturgy.
2. You need to cross yourself when opening the royal doors, then fold your hands crosswise. To approach and depart from the Chalice in the same way.
3. Approach from the right side, and the left should be free. Don't push.
4. Communion should take place in turn: bishop, presbyters, deacons, subdeacons, readers, children, adults.
5. Women are required to come to the temple without lipstick.
6. Before accepting the Gifts of Christ, do not forget to give your name.
7. They are not baptized directly in front of the Chalice.
8. It happens that the Holy Gifts are given from two or more Chalices. In this case, one should be chosen, since communion more than once a day is considered a sin.
9. At home, after communion, you need to read thanksgiving prayers if you did not listen to them in the temple.

Now, perhaps, you know all the stages that include communion in the church, preparation for it. It is very important to approach this consciously, with deep faith in the heart. The most important thing is repentance for one's sins, which must be true, and not just in words. But you shouldn't stop there either. It is necessary to reject sin from life as something alien, to understand that it is impossible to live like this, to realize that lightness can only come with purity.

Finally

So, as we see, preparation for communion is a serious stage before the Sacrament itself. All recommendations should be followed in order to come ready to receive the Gifts of Christ. It is necessary to recognize in advance the importance of this moment, and therefore more fervent prayer is required. And the observance of fasting will help to purify the body of the believer, confession to the priest will purify the soul. Conscious preparation for communion and confession will help the parishioner understand that this Sacrament is not at all one of the many rites, but something deeper. This is a special communion with the Lord, as a result of which the life of a Christian changes dramatically.

However, it should be taken into account (this is important primarily for those parishioners who have just set foot on the path of repentance) that it is impossible to fix everything at once. If you have been building up a sinful burden for decades, then you need to get rid of it gradually. And taking the sacrament is the first step on that path.

Prayers /

PRAYERS BEFORE HOLY COMMUNICATION

PREPARATION

Those who wish to receive Communion must adequately prepare for the Holy Mystery. Cooking (fasting) lasts several days. The body is prescribed abstinence, that is, bodily cleanliness and restriction in food (fasting). On fasting days, food of animal origin is excluded - meat, milk, eggs and, with strict post, fish. Bread vegetables fruits are consumed in moderation. The mind should not be scattered over the little things of life and have fun. During the days of fasting, one should attend services in the church, if circumstances permit, and more diligently follow the home prayer rule: whoever usually does not read all the morning and evening prayers, let them read everything in full, whoever does not read the canons, let them read at least one on these days canon. On the eve of communion, one must be at the evening service and read at home, in addition to the usual prayers for the coming dream: the Canon of Repentance, the Canon of the Mother of God, the Canon of the Guardian Angel, or the Canon combined, which includes the three listed canons. The Canon for Communion is also read (it is in the Follow-up to Holy Communion) and who wishes the Akathist to Jesus the Sweetest. After midnight (including in the morning) they no longer eat or drink, for it is customary to start the sacrament of communion on an empty stomach. Read in the morning morning prayers and all the Follow-up to Holy Communion, except for the Canon read the day before. Before communion, confession is necessary - in the evening or in the morning, before the liturgy. After Communion, Thanksgiving Prayers for Holy Communion are read

PRAYERS BEFORE THE SAINTS COMMUNICATION (read in the evening)

Predestinatory prayer
Through the prayers of our holy fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us. Amen.

Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Heavenly King, Comforter, Soul of Truth, Who is everywhere and fills everything, Treasury of good things and Giver of life, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from all filth, and save, O Blessed, our souls.

Trisagion

Prayer to the Holy Trinity

Lord have mercy. (Three times)

Lord's Prayer
Our Father, Who art in heaven! Yes, shine your name, may your kingdom come, may your will be done, as in heaven and on earth. Give us our daily bread today; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

Lord have mercy. (12 times)

Come, let us worship our King God. (Bow)
Come, let us bow down and bow down to Christ, our King God. (Bow)
Come, let us worship and bow down to Christ Himself, the King and our God. (Bow)

Psalm 22
The Lord shepherds me, and will deprive me of nothing. In the place of zlachne, there they instilled me, on the water calmly raised me. Turn my soul, guide me on the paths of truth, for Your name's sake. If I go in the midst of the canopy of death, I will not fear evil, for you are with me: your rod and your club, that consoles me. Thou hast prepared a meal before me against those who are cold to me; Thou hast anointed my head with oil, and Thy cup makes me drink, as if it were sovereign. And your mercy will marry me all the days of my life; and let me dwell in the house of the Lord in the length of days.

Psalm 23
The earth is the Lord's, and the fulfillment of it, the world, and all who dwell in it. He founded me on the seas, and prepared me to eat on the rivers. Who will ascend the mountain of the Lord, or who will stand in His holy place? Innocent hands, and pure in heart, who do not accept their soul in vain, and do not swear by their sincere flattery. This one will receive a blessing from the Lord, and alms from the God of his Savior. This is the generation of those who seek the Lord, who seek the face of the God of Jacob. Lift up your gates, your princes, and lift up your eternal gates; and the King of Glory will enter. Who is this King of Glory? The Lord is mighty and mighty, the Lord is mighty in battle. Lift up your gates, your princes, and lift up your eternal gates; and the King of Glory will enter. Who is this King of Glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the King of Glory.

Psalm 115
Verovah, the same exclamation: but I humbled myself very much. But I rech in my rage: every man is a lie. What will I repay the Lord for all that I repay? I will take up the cup of salvation, and I will call on the name of the Lord; I will give my prayers to the Lord before all His people. Honorable before the Lord is the death of His saints. O Lord, I am Your servant, I am Your servant, and the son of Your handmaid; thou hast torn my bonds. I will devour thee a sacrifice of praise, and in the name of the Lord I will call. I will give my prayers to the Lord before all His people, in the courts of the house of the Lord, in the midst of you, Jerusalem.

Glory, and now:

Alleluia three times. And three bows.

Troparion, tone 8
Despise my iniquities, Lord, be born of the Virgin, and cleanse my heart, creating a temple to Your most pure Body and Blood, lower me from Your face, having great mercy without number.

Glory: Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

In the communion of Your holy things, how dare the unworthy? Asha, I dare to approach You with the worthy, the tunic convicts me, as if there is an evening one, and I intercede for condemnation of my many-sinful soul. Cleanse, O Lord, the defilement of my soul, and save me, like a Lover of mankind.

And now: And now and forever, and forever and ever, Amen.

Many of my many, Mother of God, sins, I ran to You, Pure, demanding salvation; visit my feeble soul, and pray to your Son and our God, give me resignation, even to the cruel deeds, One blessed one.

On the holy fortecost it is read:
When the glorious disciple at the ablution of the supper is enlightened, then Judas, the wicked with the love of money, having become darkened, and betrays the righteous Judge to the lawless judges. See, the property of the zealot, who used the strangulation for this sake: run the unsatisfied soul, the Teacher is so daring. Who is the good Lord of all, glory to Thee.

Psalm 50: Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great mercy, and according to the multitude of Your mercies, cleanse my iniquity. Wash me most of all from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin; for I know my iniquity, and my sin before me is taken out. I have sinned against you alone and done evil before you; as if you were justified in your words, and conquered when you judge Ty. Behold, I was conceived in iniquity, and in sins give birth to me, my mother. Behold, thou hast loved the truth; the unknown and secret wisdom of Thy revealed to me. Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Give joy and joy to my hearing; the bones of the humble will rejoice. Turn Your face away from my sins and cleanse all my iniquities. Create a pure heart in me, O God, and renew a right spirit in my womb. Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Give me the joy of Your salvation and confirm me with the Sovereign Spirit. I will teach the wicked in Your way, and the wicked will turn to You. Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation; my tongue rejoices in thy righteousness. Lord, open my mouth, and my mouth will proclaim your praise. As if you would have desired sacrifices, you would have given them: you do not favor burnt offerings. Sacrifice to God the spirit is broken; a contrite and humble heart God will not despise. Please, O Lord, with Thy favor Zion, and let the walls of Jerusalem be built. Then be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, an offering and a burnt offering; then they will offer bullocks on your altar.

CANON FOR HOLY COMMUNICATION (tone 2)

Canto 1
Irmos: Come people, let us sing a song to Christ God, who parted the sea, and who instructed the people, even having brought them out of the work of Egypt, as if glorified.

Chorus:

The bread of the belly of the eternal be to me Thy Holy Body, merciful Lord, and Honest Blood, and the ailment of manifold healing.

Chorus:

Defiled by the deeds of the unplaced, the accursed one, I am not worthy of Your Most Pure Body and Divine Blood, Christ, communion, whom you vouchsafe me.

Chorus:

Theotokion: Good earth, blessed God's bride, vegetative class, unwounded and saving the world, grant me this poison to be saved.

Canto 3
Irmos: Having established me on the rock of faith, you have expanded my mouth against my enemies. Rejoice, for my spirit, whenever I sing: there is nothing holy, like our God, and there is nothing more righteous than You, Lord.

Chorus:Create a pure heart in me, O God, and renew a right spirit in my womb.

Give me tears, O Christ, drops, the filth of my cleansing heart: as if cleansed by a good conscience, I come by faith and fear, Lord, to partake of Your Divine Gifts.

Chorus:

For the remission of my transgressions, Thy Most Pure Body, and the Divine Blood, the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, and eternal life, Lover of mankind, and alienation of passions and sorrows.

Chorus: Holy Mother of God, save us!

Theotokion: Bread of the animal is the most holy meal, above the mercy for the sake of the one who descended, and give the world a new belly to the one who gives, and now vouchsafe me the unworthy, with fear to taste this, and I live to be.

Canto 4
Irmos: You came from the Virgin, not an intercessor, not an Angel, but Himself, Lord, incarnate, and saving all of me man. Thus I call to Thee: glory to Thy power, Lord.

Chorus:Create a pure heart in me, O God, and renew a right spirit in my womb.

Thou hast desired, for the sake of incarnation, O Many-Merciful One, slain to be like a sheep, a sin for the sake of men: the same I pray to Thee, and cleanse my sins.

Chorus: Cast me not away from Thy presence, and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me.

Heal the wounds of my soul, Lord, and sanctify everything: and vouchsafe, Master, that I may partake of Thy mystical Divine Supper, accursed one.

Chorus: Holy Mother of God, save us!

Theotokion: Have mercy on me who exists from Thy womb, O Lady, and keep me undefiled by Thy servant and blameless, as if I were to receive smart beads, I will be sanctified.

Canto 5
Irmos: Giver of Light and Creator of the ages, Lord, in the light of Your commandments, instruct us: unless we know no other god to You.

Chorus:Create a pure heart in me, O God, and renew a right spirit in my womb.

As thou hast prophesied, O Christ, let it be done unto thy wicked servant, and abide in me, as thou hast promised: behold thy body is divine, and I drink thy blood.

Chorus: Cast me not away from Thy presence, and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me.

Word of God and God, let the coal of Your Body be to me darkened into enlightenment, and the cleansing of my defiled soul, Your Blood.

Chorus: Holy Mother of God, save us!

Theotokion: Mary, Mother of God, fragrance of an honest village, make me a chosen vessel with your prayers, as if I would partake of Your Son with consecration.

Canto 6
Irmos: Lying in the sinful abyss, I call upon the abyss that is not traced by Your mercy: from aphids, O God, raise me up.

Chorus:Create a pure heart in me, O God, and renew a right spirit in my womb.

Sanctify the mind, soul and heart, Savior, and my body, and vouchsafe uncondemned, Master, to terrible secrets proceed.

Chorus: Cast me not away from Thy presence, and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me.

So that he would be removed from the passions, and Your grace would have an application, the stomach would be affirmed, the communion of the Saints, Christ, Your Mysteries.

Chorus: Holy Mother of God, save us!

Theotokion: God, God, Holy Word, sanctify all of me, now coming to Your Divine Mysteries, Your Holy Mother with prayers.

Kontakion, voice 2:
Bread, Christ, do not despise me, Thy Body, and now Thy Divine Blood, the most pure, Master, and Thy terrible Mysteries partake of the accursed: may it not be me in judgment, may it be us in the life eternal and immortal.

Canto 7
Irmos: The wise children did not serve the golden body, and they themselves went into the flames, and cursed their gods, crying out in the flames, and I irrigate the Angel: your prayer has already been heard.

Chorus:Create a pure heart in me, O God, and renew a right spirit in my womb.

The source of the good, communion, Christ, of Your now immortal Sacraments, may there be light, and a belly, and passionlessness, and for the advancement and increase of the virtue of the Divine intercession, only Blessed, as if I glorify Thee.

Chorus: Cast me not away from Thy presence, and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me.

Let me get rid of passions, and enemies, and need, and all sorrow, with trembling and love with reverence, Lover of mankind, now approach Your immortal and Divine Mysteries, and vouchsafe You to sing: blessed be Thou, Lord, God of our fathers.

Chorus: Holy Mother of God, save us!

Theotokion: Savior of Christ who gave birth to more than the mind, God-blessed, I pray to Thee now, Thy servant, Pure unclean: whoever wants me now to proceed to the most pure Mysteries, cleanse everything from the filth of the flesh and spirit.

Canto 8
Irmos: In the fiery furnace to the Jewish youth who descended, and the flame into the dew of God, sing the deeds of the Lord, and exalt forever.

Chorus:Create a pure heart in me, O God, and renew a right spirit in my womb.

Heavenly, and terrible, and Thy saints, Christ, now the Mysteries, and Thy Divine and Mystery Supper of the guardian to be and make me desperate, God, my Savior.

Chorus: Cast me not away from Thy presence, and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me.

Benevolence has come running under Yours, Blessed, with fear I call Thee: abide in me, Savior, and I, as if thou saidt, in Thee: behold, daring for Thy mercy, I am Thy Body, and I drink Thy Blood. Holy Trinity, our God, glory to Thee.

Chorus: Holy Mother of God, save us!

Trinity: I tremble when I receive fire, but I will not be scorched like wax and like grass. Ole terrible mystery! Ole, God's Grace! What kind of Divine Body and Blood do I partake of, and I am created imperishable?

Canto 9
Irmos: The Son, God and Lord, the Parent is without beginning, having incarnated from the Virgin, appearing to us, clouded by enlightenment, gathering dispersed: we magnify the all-singing Mother of God.

Chorus:Create a pure heart in me, O God, and renew a right spirit in my womb.

Christ is, taste and see: the Lord for us, for us of old, brought to Himself alone, as an offering to His Father, He is forever slain, sanctifying those who partake.

Chorus: Cast me not away from Thy presence, and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me.

May I be sanctified with soul and body, Master, may I be enlightened, may I be saved, may I be Your house a communion of the sacred Mysteries, having You living in yourself with the Father and the Spirit, the Benefactor of Many Mercy.

Chorus: Reward me the joy of Your salvation and confirm me with the Sovereign Spirit.

Like fire, let it be mine, and like light, Your Body and Blood, my Savior, most honorable, scorching the sinful substance, burning the passions of thorns, and enlightening me all, bow down to Your Divinity.

Chorus: Holy Mother of God, save us!

Theotokion: God became incarnate from Thy pure blood; the same, every generation sings to Thee, the Mistress, but the intelligent multitudes glorify, as if by Thee they have seen the Ruler of all, who has been realized by mankind.

It is worthy to eat as if truly blessed Theotokos, Blessed and Immaculate and Mother of our God. The most honest Cherubim and the most glorious without comparison Seraphim, without the corruption of God the Word, who gave birth to the real Mother of God, we magnify Thee.

Glory, and now:

Lord have mercy. (Three times)

Trisagion
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (Three times)

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer to the Holy Trinity
Holy Trinity, have mercy on us; Lord, cleanse our sins; Lord, forgive our iniquities; Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Your name's sake.

Lord have mercy. (Three times)

Lord's Prayer
Our Father, Who art in heaven! Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as in heaven and on earth. Give us our daily bread today; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

PRAYERS BEFORE HOLY COMMUNICATION (read in the morning) .

Prayer of St. Basil the Great , 1st
Master Lord Jesus Christ our God, Source of life and immortality, of all creatures, visible and invisible to the Creator, of the beginningless Father co-eternal with the Son and co-beginning, for the sake of goodness in the last days, clothed in the flesh, and crucified, and buried for us ungrateful and evil-minded, and with Your Blood regenerating our nature corrupted by sin; Himself, Immortal King, accept my sinful repentance, and incline Your ear to me, and hear my words. I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned against heaven and before You, and I am not worthy to look at the height of Your glory: I have angered Your goodness. transgressing your commandments, and not listening to your commands. But You, Lord, who are not malice, long-suffering and many-merciful, did not betray me to perish with my iniquities, expecting my conversion in every possible way. You said, O Lover of mankind, your prophet: as if by desire I do not want the death of a sinner, but I will turn and live to be him. Do not wish, O Lord, to destroy Your hand in creation; below, you favor the destruction of mankind, but you wish to be saved by everyone, and come to the understanding of truth. The same and I, if I am not worthy of heaven and earth, and sowing temporary life, obeying sin to myself, and enslaving with sweetness, and defiling Your image: but being Your creation and creation, I do not despair of my salvation, accursed, daring for Your immeasurable goodness , I'm coming. Accept me, O Lord of mankind, like a harlot, like a robber, like a publican and like a prodigal, and take my heavy burden of sins, take the sin of the world, and heal human infirmities, call and give rest to those who are laboring and burdened to You, who did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. And cleanse me from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, and teach me to perfect the sanctity in Your fear: as if by the pure knowledge of my conscience, I receive a part of Your holy things, I am united to Your holy Body and Blood, and I have You living and abiding in me, with the Father, and your Holy Spirit. Yes, Lord Jesus Christ, my God, and let the communion of Your most pure and life-giving Mysteries not be in judgment, let me be weak in soul and body, from which I am unworthy to partake, but give me, even to my final breath, uncondemnedly perceive part of Thy holy things, in the Holy Spirit communion, in the guidance of the eternal belly, and in a favorable answer to Thy Terrible Judgment: as if with all Thy chosen ones, I will be a sharer of Thy incorruptible blessings, even if Thou hast prepared for those who love Thee, Lord: in them Thou hast been glorified in eyelids. Amen.

2nd
Lord, my God, we know that I am worthy, lower satisfied, but under the roof of the temple of my soul, I’m all empty and eaten, and don’t have a worthy place in me, to bow my head: but for the sake of us from the height you humbled yourself, humble yourself now to my humility. And as if you took it in the den and in the manger of the wordless near, take it in and in the manger of my wordless soul, and enter into my defiled body. And as if you didn’t deign to enter, and sinners light up from sinners in the house of Simon the leper, so deign to enter into the house of my humble soul, lepers and sinners. And as if you did not reject a harlot and a sinner like me, who came and touched You, have mercy on me, a sinner, who comes and touches You. And as if you did not disdain her filthy lips and unclean ones kissing Thee, below my filthy lips and unclean ones, below my vile and unclean lips, and my filthy and uncleanest tongue. But let the coal of Your most holy Body and Your precious Blood be mine, for the sanctification and enlightenment and health of my humble soul and body, for alleviating the burden of many of my sins, for observance from every devilish action, for driving away and forbidding my evil and crafty custom, into the mortification of passions, into the provision of Thy commandments, into the application of Thy Divine grace, and appropriation of Thy Kingdom. Not as if I despise I come to You, Christ God, but as if daring for Your inexpressible goodness, and may I not move away from Your fellowship, I will be hunted by the mental wolf. The same I pray to You: as the only Holy One, Lord, sanctify my soul and body, mind and heart, wombs and wombs, and renew all of me, and root Your fear in my mind, and create Your sanctification inseparably from me; and be my helper and intercessor, nourishing my belly in the world, vouchsafe to me and at the right hand of You the presence with Your saints, prayers and prayers of Your Most Pure Mother, Your immaterial servants and most pure powers, and all the saints who have pleased You from time immemorial. Amen

Prayer of Simeon Metaphrastus 3rd
The only pure and incorruptible Lord, for the inexpressible mercy of humanity, our all perceptible mixture, from pure and virgin blood more than nature, who gave birth to Thee, the Divine Spirit by the invasion, and the goodwill of the Father, the eternal, Christ Jesus, the wisdom of God, and the world, and the power, Your perception of life-giving and saving suffering perceived, cross, nail, spear, death, kill my soulful bodily passions. By your burial of the hellish captivating kingdom, bury my good thoughts with crafty advice, and deceive the evil spirits. By your three-day and life-giving resurrection of the fallen forefather, raise up me who crawled with sin, offering me images of repentance. By your glorious ascension, deifying the perception of the flesh, and by this right hand of the Father by the graying of mail, make me worthy of receiving the right part of those saved by the communion of your saints. With the descending of the Comforter of Your Spirit, the sacred vessels are honest, Your disciples have made, friend, and show me That coming. Although you should come again to judge with the truth of the universe, deign to meet Thee in the clouds, my Judge and Creator, with all Thy saints: yes, I will endlessly glorify and sing of Thee, with Thy Father without beginning, and Thy Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer of St. John of Damascus , 4th
Master Lord Jesus Christ, our God, only have the power of a person to forgive sins, as good and humane, despise my whole knowledge and not knowledge of sin, and make me unjudgmentally partake of the Divine, and the most glorious, and the purest, and life-giving Your Mysteries, not in heaviness, not into torment, not into the application of sins, but into cleansing, and sanctification, and betrothal of the future Life and kingdom, into a wall and help, and into the objection of the opposition, into the destruction of many of my sins. You are the God of mercy, and generosity, and humanity, and we send glory to You, with the Father, and the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer of St. Basil the Great , 5th
Vem, Lord, as if unworthy I partake of Your most pure Body and Your precious Blood, and I am guilty, and I judge myself and drink, not judging the Body and Blood of You, Christ and my God; but on Thy bounties, daringly, I come to Thee who said: Eating My flesh, and drinking My blood, abides in Me, and Az in him. Have mercy then, O Lord, and do not rebuke me a sinner, but deal with me according to Thy mercy; and may this holy one be with me for healing, and purification, and enlightenment, and preservation, and salvation, and for the sanctification of soul and body; to drive away every dream, and crafty deed, and the action of the devil, mentally in my work, in boldness and love, even to Thee; in the correction of life and affirmation, in the return of virtue and perfection; in fulfillment of the commandments, in the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, in the guidance of the eternal belly, in response, favorable at Your terrible judgment: not into judgment or condemnation.

Prayer of St. Simeon the New Theologian , 6th
From bad lips, from a vile heart, from an unclean tongue, from the soul defiled, accept prayer, my Christ, and do not despise my words, below images, below unstudy. Give me boldness to speak, even if I want, my Christ, moreover, teach me what it behooves us to do and say: I have sinned more than a harlot, even if you have taken away where you dwell, having bought peace, come boldly anoint Your feet, my God, Master and my Christ. As if he didn’t reject what came from the heart, disdain me below, Word: Give me your nose, and hold and kiss, and tearful streams, like a precious world, this boldly anoint. Wash me with my tears, cleanse me with them, O Word. Forgive my transgressions, and grant me forgiveness. Weigh many evils, weigh and my scabs, and see my ulcers: but weigh faith, and see the will, and hear the sigh. You are not hidden, my God, my Creator, my Redeemer, below a drop of tears, below a drop of a certain part. What I have not done is seen by Your eyes, but in Your book, and still not done, the essence is written to You. See my humility, see my work as a tree, and leave all sins, God of all: yes, with a pure heart, a trembling thought, and a contrite soul, I will partake of Your undefiled and most holy Mysteries, everyone who eats and drinks with a pure heart is enlivened and adored; Thou hast said, my Lord: everyone who eats My Flesh and drinks My Blood, this one abides in Me, and Az is seven in him. The word of every Master and my God is true: partake of divine and idolizing graces; Yes, because I will not be alone except for You, the Giver of Life, my breath, my stomach, my joy, the salvation of the world. For this sake, I come to You, as if you see, with tears, and with a contrite soul, I ask you to accept the deliverance of my sins, and to partake of Your life-giving and immaculate Sacraments without condemnation, but stay, as if you said, with me trekaynaya: Yes, not only find me Your grace , the charmer will delight me with flattering, and deceitful will lead away those who worship Your words. For this sake, I fall down to You, and I cry warmly to Ty: as if you accepted the prodigal, and the harlot who came, so accept me, prodigal and filthy, Generous. With a contrite soul, now coming to You, we, Savior, like another, like I, do not sin against You, below the deed of the deed, even as the deeds. But we pack this, as it is not the majesty of sins, nor the multitude of sins that surpasses my God, much long-suffering, and extreme philanthropy; but by the grace of compassion warmly repenting, and clean, and brighten, and create light, partakers, fellows of Your Divinity, making it unenviously, and strange both with an angel and with human thought, talk to them many times, as if your true friend. This audacity they do me, this one they hold me up, my Christ. And daring with Your rich beneficence to us, rejoicing together and trembling, I partake of this grass with fire, and a strange miracle, we irrigate it without disgrace, as if the bush were burning in ancient times. Now, with a grateful thought, with a grateful heart, with thankful hands, my soul and body, I bow and magnify, and glorify Thee, my God, as a blessed being, now and forever.

Prayer of St. John Chrysostom, 7th
God, weaken, forgive, forgive me my sins, O Elika, I have sinned, if in word, if in deed, if in thought, willingly or unwillingly, mind or foolishness, forgive all of us as good and philanthropist, and with the prayers of Your Most Pure Mother, Your smart servants and the holy forces, and all the saints who have pleased you from time immemorial, uncondemnedly be pleased to accept your holy and most pure Body and honest Blood, for the healing of the soul and body, and for the purification of my evil thoughts. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.

his own prayer , 8th
Be satisfied, O Master Lord, that you may enter under the shelter of my soul; but if you want to, like a philanthropist, live in me, I boldly approach: command me to open the doors, even though you alone created you, and enter with philanthropy, as if you were, enter and enlighten my darkened thought. I believe that you did this: you did not drive away the harlot who came to you with tears; below the publican rejected thou who repented; lower than the thief, knowing thy kingdom, thou hast driven away; below the persecutor, repenting, you left, hedgehog: but from repentance to you, who came all, in the person of your friends, you made you, the only blessed one always, now and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer of his own, 9th
Lord Jesus Christ, my God, weaken, leave, cleanse and forgive me sinful, and indecent, and unworthy of Your servant, transgressions, and sins, and my fall, Thy tree from my youth, even to this day and hour I have sinned: if in the mind and in foolishness, even in words or deeds, or thoughts and thoughts, and undertakings, and all my feelings. And by the prayers of the seedless birth of Thee, the Most Pure and Ever-Virgin Mary, Thy Mother, the only shameless hope and intercession and my salvation, grant me to partake without condemnation of Your most pure, immortal, life-giving and terrible Sacraments, for the remission of sins and for eternal life: for sanctification and enlightenment , strength, healing, and the health of the soul and body, and in the consumption and all-perfect destruction of my crafty thoughts, and thoughts, and enterprises, and nightly dreams, dark and crafty spirits; for Yours is the kingdom, and power, and glory, and honor, and worship, with the Father and Your Holy Spirit, now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer of St. John of Damascus, 10th
I stand before the doors of Your temple, and I do not retreat from fierce thoughts: but You, Christ God, who justified the publican, and had mercy on the Canaanite, and opened the door to the thief of paradise, open the wombs of Your humanity, and receive me as I come and touch You, like a harlot, and bleeding : Ova, having touched the edge of Your robe, make healing pleasant: Ova, having kept Your feet, you have suffered the remission of sins. But, accursed one, daring to perceive all Your Body, but I will not be scorched; but accept me, as I am, and enlighten my spiritual feelings, burning my sinful guilt, with the prayers of the seedless Birth of You, and heavenly forces: For blessed art thou unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer of St. John Chrysostom
I believe, Lord, and I confess that You are truly the Christ, the Son of the living God, who came into the world to save sinners, from whom I am the first. I also believe that this is Your most pure Body, and this is Your precious Blood. I pray to Thee: have mercy on me, and forgive my sins, voluntary and involuntary, even in word, even in deed, even in knowledge and ignorance, and make me unjudgmentally partake of Your most pure Mysteries, for the remission of sins, and into eternal life. Amen.

As you begin communion, speak within yourself the following verses of Simeon Metaphrastus:
I now proceed to Divine Communion.
Co-worker, do not singe me with communion:
Thou art fire, unworthy fire.
But cleanse me from all filthiness.

Then:

And the verses:
Horror of the deifying Blood, man, in vain:
There is fire, unworthy fire.
Divine Body and adores and nourishes me:
He loves the spirit, but the mind nourishes strangely.

Then troparia:
Thou hast delighted me with love, O Christ, and Thou hast changed me with Thy divine zeal; but my sins fell into an immaterial fire, and to be satisfied with the hedgehog in Thee of pleasure: Yes, rejoicing, I magnify, Blessed, Thy two comings.
In the light of Thy Saints, how can I enter unworthy? If I dare to go to the chamber, the clothes convict me, as if I were not married, and I will be cast out from the Angels. Cleanse, O Lord, the defilement of my soul, and save me, like a Lover of mankind.

Also a prayer:
Lover of mankind, Lord Jesus Christ my God, may this Holy One not be in my judgment, for the hedgehog unworthy of being: but for the purification and sanctification of the soul and body, and for the betrothal of the future life and kingdom. But it is good for me to cling to God, to place in the Lord the hope of my salvation.

And again:
Thy secret supper this day, Son of God, accept me as a partaker: we will not sing secrets to Thy enemy, nor will I give kisses to Thee, like Judas, but like a thief I confess Thee: remember me, Lord, in Thy Kingdom.