Many Orthodox believers, even churchgoers, do not always understand what mortal sins are, why there are only seven of them and, most importantly, does a certain act, committed out of ignorance or knowingly, count as a sin? In our article we will answer these questions and tell you how to prepare for confession according to the list of sins.

Why are certain sins called mortal?

Even in the Old Testament, the Prophet Moses was given the Ten Commandments (Decalogue) by God Himself. Today they have been interpreted and explained more than once by the Church and Christ Himself in the Gospel: after all, the Lord Jesus made a New Covenant with man, which means he changed the meaning of some commandments (for example, about honoring the Sabbath: the Jews were sure to keep peace on this day, and the Lord He said that we need to help people too).

The very names of mortal sins are also explanations of what the crime of a particular commandment is called. The first to propose this name was the great Saint Gregory the Great, Bishop of Nyssa, in 590.

The name mortal means that committing these sins is a crime of the laws of spiritual life, which are similar to physical ones: if you step off the roof, your physical body will break; Once you commit the sin of adultery, murder, your soul will be broken. Let us note that by placing prohibitions, God takes care of our spiritual health, so that we do not damage our spirit and soul and do not perish for eternal life. The commandments allow us to live in harmony with ourselves, other people, the world and with the Creator Himself.

By the names of sins, sinful actions are, as it were, formed into groups under the general name of mortal sin, the vice from which they grow.

What is passion and how does it differ from sin?

The name “mortal” means that committing this sin, and especially the habit of it, is a passion (for example, a person did not just have sexual intercourse outside the family, but had it for a long time; he did not just get angry, but does it regularly and does not fight with himself ) leads to the death of the soul, its irreversible change. This means that if a person does not confess his sins in earthly life to a priest in the Sacrament of Confession, they will grow into his soul and become a kind of spiritual drug. After death, it is not so much God’s punishment that will befall a person, but rather that he himself will be forced to be sent to hell - to where his sins lead.

7 sins and a list of sins stemming from them

List of seven deadly sins - vices that give rise to other sins

Pride - and vanity. They differ in that pride (pride in the superlative degree) has the goal of putting oneself ahead of everyone, considering oneself better than everyone else - and it doesn’t matter what they think about you. At the same time, a person forgets that, first of all, his life depends on God and he accomplishes a lot thanks to God. Vanity, on the contrary, forces you to “appear, not to be” - the most important thing is how others see a person (even a poor person, but with an iPhone - that very case of vanity).

Envy - and jealousy. This dissatisfaction with one’s status, regret about other people’s joys is based on dissatisfaction with the “distribution of goods in the world” and with God Himself. You need to understand that everyone should compare themselves not with others, but with themselves, use their own talents and thank God for everything. Jealousy beyond reason is also a sin, because we often envy the ordinary life without us of our spouses or loved ones, we do not give them freedom, considering them our property - although their life belongs to them and to God, and not to us.

Anger - as well as malice, revenge, that is, things that are destructive for relationships, for other people. They give rise to the crime of the commandment - murder. The commandment “thou shalt not kill” prohibits encroaching on the lives of other people and one’s own; prohibits harming the health of another, only for the purpose of self-defense; says that a person is guilty even if he did not stop the murder.

Laziness - as well as idleness, idle talk (empty chatter), including wasting time, constant “hanging out” on social networks. All this steals time in our lives in which we can grow spiritually and mentally.

Greed - as well as greed, adoration of money, fraud, stinginess, which bring hardening of the soul, unwillingness to help poor people, damage to the spiritual state.

Gluttony is a constant addiction to certain tasty food, adoration of it, gluttony (eating more food than necessary).

Fornication and adultery are sexual relations before marriage and adultery within marriage. That is, the difference is that fornication is committed by a single person, and adultery is committed by a married person. Also, masturbation (masturbation) is considered a fornication sin; the Lord does not bless shamelessness, viewing explicit and pornographic visual materials, when it is impossible to monitor one’s thoughts and feelings. It is especially sinful, because of one’s lust, to destroy an already existing family by betraying a person who has become close. Even allowing yourself to think too much about another person, to fantasize, you denigrate your feelings and betray the feelings of the other person.

Terrible sins in Orthodoxy

You can often hear that the worst sin is pride. They say this because strong pride clouds our eyes, it seems to us that we have no sins, and if we did something, it was an accident. Of course, this is absolutely not true. You need to understand that people are weak, that in the modern world we devote too little time to God, the Church and improving our souls with virtues, and therefore we can be guilty of so many sins even through ignorance and inattention. It is important to be able to expel sins from the soul in time through confession.

However, perhaps the most terrible of sins is suicide - because it can no longer be corrected. Suicide is terrible, because we give away what has been given to us by God and others - life, leaving our loved ones and friends in terrible grief, dooming our soul to eternal torment.

How to make your list of sins and get rid of them

Passions, vices, mortal sins are very difficult to drive out of oneself. In Orthodoxy there is no concept of atonement for passion - after all, all our sins have already been atoned for by the Lord Himself. The main thing is that we must confess and receive communion in church with faith in God, having prepared ourselves with fasting and prayer. Then, with God’s help, stop committing sinful actions and fight sinful thoughts.

During Confession, a person names his sins to the priest - but, as it is said in the prayer before confession, which the priest will read, this is a confession to Christ Himself, and the priest is only a servant of God who visibly gives His grace. We receive forgiveness from the Lord.

In Confession we receive forgiveness of all the sins that we have named and those that we have forgotten. Under no circumstances should you hide your sins! If you are ashamed, name the sins, among others, briefly, according to the names we gave in the list of mortal sins.

Preparing for confession is basically reflecting on your life and repenting, that is, admitting that certain things you have done are sins.

If you have never confessed, start remembering your life from the age of seven (it is at this time that a child growing up in an Orthodox family, according to church tradition, comes to his first confession, that is, he can clearly answer for his actions). Realize what transgressions cause you remorse, because conscience, according to the word of the Holy Fathers, is the voice of God in man. Think about what you can call these actions, for example: taking candy saved for a holiday without asking, getting angry and yelling at a friend, leaving a friend in trouble - this is theft, malice and anger, betrayal.

Write down all the sins that you remember, with the awareness of your untruth and a promise to God not to repeat these mistakes.

Continue thinking as an adult. In confession, you cannot and should not talk about the history of each sin; its name is enough. Remember that many of the things encouraged by the modern world are sins: an affair or relationship with a married woman is adultery, sex outside marriage is fornication, a clever deal where you received a benefit and gave someone else something of poor quality is deception and theft. All this also needs to be written down and promised to God not to sin again.

Read Orthodox literature about Confession. An example of such a book is “The Experience of Constructing Confession” by Archimandrite John Krestyankin, a contemporary elder who died in 2006. He knew the sins and sorrows of modern people.

A good habit is to analyze your day every day. The same advice is usually given by psychologists in order to form an adequate self-esteem of a person. Remember, or better yet, write down your sins, whether done by accident or intentionally (mentally ask God to forgive them and promise not to commit them again), and your successes - thank God and His help for them.

There is a Canon of Repentance to the Lord, which you can read while standing in front of the icon on the eve of confession. It is also included in the number of prayers that are preparatory to Communion. There are also several Orthodox prayers with a list of sins and words of repentance. With the help of such prayers and the Canon of Repentance, you will prepare for confession faster, because it will be easy for you to understand what actions are called sins and what you need to repent of.

How to confess

Confession usually takes place half an hour before the start of each Liturgy (you need to find out its time from the schedule) in any Orthodox church.

In the temple you need to wear appropriate clothing: men in trousers and shirts with at least short sleeves (not shorts and T-shirts), without hats; women in a skirt below the knee and a scarf (kerchief, scarf).

For confession, you only need to take a piece of paper with your sins written down (it is needed so as not to forget to name the sins).

The priest will go to the place of confession - usually a group of confessors gathers there, it is located to the left or right of the altar - and will read the prayers that begin the Sacrament. Then, in some churches, according to tradition, a list of sins is read out - in case you have forgotten some sins - the priest calls for repentance of them (those that you have committed) and to give your name. This is called general confession.

Then, in order of priority, you approach the confessional table. The priest may (this depends on practice) take the sheet of sins from your hands to read for himself, or then you yourself read aloud. If you want to tell the situation and repent of it in more detail, or you have a question about this situation, about spiritual life in general, ask it after listing the sins, before absolution.

After you have completed the dialogue with the priest: simply listed your sins and said: “I repent,” or asked a question, received an answer and thanked you, state your name. Then the priest performs absolution: you bend down a little lower (some people kneel), place an epitrachelion on your head (a piece of embroidered fabric with a slit for the neck, signifying the priest’s shepherding), read a short prayer and cross your head over the stole.

When the priest removes the stole from your head, you must immediately cross yourself, kiss first the Cross, then the Gospel, which lie in front of you on the confessional lectern (high table).

If you are going to Communion, take a blessing from the priest: cup your palms in front of him, right over left, say: “Bless me to take communion, I was preparing (preparing).” In many churches, priests simply bless everyone after confession: therefore, after kissing the Gospel, look at the priest - is he calling the next confessor or is he waiting for you to finish kissing and take the blessing.

Communion - atonement for sins by the grace of God

The most powerful prayer is any commemoration and presence at the Liturgy. During the Sacrament of the Eucharist (Communion), the whole Church prays for a person. You need to prepare yourself for the Sacrament of Communion by reading special prayers according to the prayer book and fasting. Before Communion, they must go to confession in the morning of the same day or the evening before. While preparing the bread and wine, which during the Sacrament will become the Body and Blood of Christ, the priest remembers everyone behind the Liturgy and everyone whose names are written in the notes for the proskomedia. All parts of the prosphora become the Body of Christ in the Chalice of Communion. This is how people receive great power and grace from God.

Who should not receive communion and confession?

Confession before Communion is a necessary part of preparation for it. No one is allowed to receive Communion without Confession, except people in mortal danger and children under seven years of age.

Women are not allowed to receive Communion during their period and immediately after childbirth: young mothers are allowed to receive Communion only after the priest has read a prayer for cleansing over them. However, all people can come to confession. If you are especially burdened by sin, you can come to church at any time - in most churches, priests are on duty during the day, and you can confess right away. Remember that the priest keeps the secret of confession and will not tell anyone about what you have done.

“I confess to You, the One Lord my God and Creator, the Holy Trinity, glorified by all, Whom all people worship: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, all my sins that I have committed in all the days of my life, which I have sinned every hour, during this day and in the past days and nights: in deed, in word, in thoughts, gluttony, drunkenness, eating in secret from others, idle discussion of people and things, despondency, laziness, disputes, disobedience and deception of superiors, slander, condemnation, careless and inattentive attitude to business and people, pride and selfishness, greed, theft, lies, criminal profit, desire for easy gain, jealousy, envy, anger, resentment, rancor, hatred, bribery or extortion and all my senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, other spiritual and physical sins with which I angered You, my God and Creator, and caused harm to my neighbor; Regretting all this, I confess myself guilty before You, I admit to my God and I myself repent: only, Lord my God, help me, I humbly beg You with tears: forgive me all my sins committed by Your mercy, and deliver me from all that I listed in prayer to You, according to Your Good will and love for all people. Amen".

May the Lord protect you with His grace!

Greetings dears Friends! Today we’ll talk to you about the mortal sins that a person commits throughout his life. Each of us has ever committed sins for which we need to repent and How to distinguish what is good and what is bad? To do this, in Orthodoxy there are seven deadly sins, you need to know them and try not to commit them.

Seven deadly sins:

Deadly sins in Orthodoxy:

1 . Anger. And so, the first sin on our list is anger. A lot of people succumb to this terrible mortal sin. The fact is that in everyday life we ​​are sometimes surrounded by evil and soulless people, poisoning our consciousness with their anger.

The demon of anger will haunt you and ask you for more anger until you repent of it. However, it is very easy to deal with it. When the slightest anger appears, you need to: identify the cause of irritability, calm down, and pray. If someone yells at you, stop talking to him, drink holy water and pray, in 5 minutes you will be in excellent condition. Try to hold out for a week without lashing out at anyone or getting angry, and teach yourself not to be angry with those around you and your neighbors, and you will understand how good it is not to be angry with anyone.

Hot temper, irritability, swear words, revenge, hostility, condemnation, slander - all these are the vices of anger. There is no need to be angry with people and try to take revenge on them. Each time the sin of anger will intensify and begin to develop into other sins. Pray, repent and forget about anger.

2 . Fornication. When exposed to the tempting and terrible sin of fornication, a person, as with all sins, will answer before God. Therefore, if you do it, you need to think carefully, is it worth it? After all, I wouldn’t want to burn in hell because of lust and perversion, succumbing to demons. Don't tempt yourself.

A person who regularly confesses, takes communion, and prays to God will not be drawn to this vile sin. Masturbation, civil marriages, sodomy, incest and similar perversions lead to irreparable consequences. The more you commit fornication, the more satisfying the demon of fornication is.

Oral and anal sex are also the strongest perversion of this sin. You shouldn’t think that this is natural and everyone does it - it’s not true! The Lord God gave a great gift to people - to multiply, and not to pervert. Live by keeping all the commandments.

3 . Love of money. For those who do not know this sin: love of money is a thirst for excessive wealth, a huge passion for money and an acute lack of getting a large piece of the money pie. You've probably noticed how rich people treat their money.

They love every penny, constantly count, think about their money more than anything else. By doing so they commit a sin. All money lovers are greedy and greedy to the bone, they do not even suspect that spiritual benefits are much more important than money.

The demon of the love of money will try to get you hooked on money, so that you start thinking about how good it is with money, sucking all the kindness out of you, and replacing it with stinginess and anger. There are people who need money much more, be sure to help (if possible) those in need and do not become a victim of this sin. Be merciful and kind to people.

4 . Envy. People who are completely mired in envy torment their conscience, soul and become angry, hatred and irritability towards people appears. No envious person wishes well to the one he envies. If you suffer from this sin, just love the envious person and it will become easy for you. Love people, love God, then there will be no envy.

Man, who differs from animals in intelligence and the ability to think logically, can create an incredible amount in our modern life. Look at your own deeds and actions, and not at others, constantly ask yourself: “What good have I done today? Have I helped people? Were you angry?” Such questions will lead you to good deeds and help you overcome the sin of envy.

5 . Laziness. Anyone who succumbs to the insidious sin of laziness takes the bait and becomes its slave. Laziness makes a person overwhelmed, drowsy, tired, and you don’t want to do anything when it’s around. Pray and ask the Lord God to help you overcome this sin, but if you don’t want to do this yourself, you will be constantly lazy.

Advice. Go to confession in Church.

You need to fight it absolutely every day until you defeat it. If you feel even the slightest tiredness, immediately get excited and try to do something, exercise, take a walk, keep yourself busy with something. Observe, and remember, those who have sincerely repented of sin, you will overcome it.

6 . Pride. Sinful thoughts of feeling superior to others come from the devil. Being proud is one of the most terrible sinful qualities of many people who even consider pride to be a good way to distinguish themselves from others. Do not exalt yourself, no matter what merits and awards you have. This cannot be done, because the Bible teaches us kindness and love for all people.

Do not lean towards the gray mass of proud people who consider themselves higher and better than everyone else. Their pride will always get in the way. Each person will be accountable to God for all his sins and actions. Smile constantly, enjoy life, thank the Lord for everything you have and don’t be proud.

7 . Gluttony. It is often called the sin of gluttony. There are two types of this posthumous sin: gluttony and laryngeal insanity. Gluttony is a passionate desire to overeat more than one should, and laryngeal madness is a wild desire to eat delicious and delicious food, it is also called voluptuousness of the larynx. Long-term abstinence from fatty foods and a lean diet will help you get rid of sin.

Those who fast begin to eat as much food as they need. There are sins similar to gluttony, for example, alcohol, smoking. Demons flock to such feasts like flies to crumbs and defile the food with impurities. So, think about what you eat.

Gregory the Great was the first to propose such a division back in 590. The church also has its own division, in which there are eight main passions. Translated from Church Slavonic, the word “passion” means suffering. Other believers and preachers believe that there are 10 sins in Orthodoxy.

Deadly sins in Orthodoxy

The most serious possible sin is called a mortal sin. It can only be redeemed by repentance. Committing such a sin does not allow a person's soul to enter heaven. Basically in Orthodoxy there are seven deadly sins.

And they are called mortal because their constant repetition leads to the death of a person’s immortal soul, and therefore its ending in hell. Such actions are based on biblical texts. Their appearance in the texts of theologians dates back to a later time.

Deadly sins in Orthodoxy. List.

1. Anger, anger, revenge. This group includes actions that, as opposed to love, bring destruction.
2. Lust b, debauchery, fornication. This category includes actions that lead to an excessive desire for pleasure.
3. Laziness, idleness, despondency. This includes a reluctance to do both spiritual and physical work.
4. Pride, vanity, arrogance. Arrogance, boasting, and excessive self-confidence are considered disbelief in the divine.
5. Envy, jealousy. This group includes dissatisfaction with what they have, confidence in the injustice of the world, desire for someone else's status, property, and qualities.
6. Gluttony, gluttony. The need to consume more than necessary is also considered a passion.
7. Love of money, greed, greed, stinginess. Most of all, attention is paid to when the desire to increase one’s material wealth comes at the expense of spiritual well-being.

List of sins for confession in Orthodoxy

Confession is one of the rites that help get rid of sins and cleanse the soul. The clergy believe that if repentance is supported by alms, fervent prayer and fasting, then after it a person can return to the state in which Adam was before the Fall.

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You can go to confession in any setting, but often it is a church during a service or another time that the priest appoints. A person who wants to repent must be baptized, go to the Orthodox Church, recognize the foundations of Orthodoxy and want to repent of his sins.

To prepare for confession, repentance and faith are necessary. It is recommended to fast and read prayers of repentance. A repentant person needs to confess his sins, thereby showing recognition of his sinfulness, while highlighting those passions that are especially characteristic of him.

It would not be superfluous to name specific sins that burden his soul. Here is a short list of sins for confession:

• Offense against God.
• Caring only about worldly life.
• Violation of God's Law.
• Condemnation of clergy.
• Unbelief, lack of faith, doubts about the existence of God, about the truth of the Orthodox faith.
• An insult to God, the Most Holy Theotokos, the saints, the holy Church. Mentioning the Name of God in vain, without reverence.
• Violation of fasts, church regulations and prayer rules.
• Failure to keep promises that were made to God.
• Lack of Christian love.
• Non-attendance or rare attendance at the temple.
• Envy, malice, hatred.
• Homicide, abortion. Suicide.
• Lies, deceit.
• Lack of mercy, failure to provide assistance to those in need.
• Pride. Condemnation. Resentment, no desire to reconcile, forgive. Grudge.
• Stinginess, greed, money-grubbing, bribery.
• Temptation for any sin.
• Extravagance.
• Superstition.
• Use of alcohol, tobacco, drugs...
• Entering into direct communication with evil spirits.
• Fornication.
• Gambling.
• Divorce.
• Self-justification.
• Laziness, sadness, gluttony, despondency.

This is not a complete list of sins. It can also be expanded. At the end of the confession, we can say this: I sinned in deed, in word, in thoughts, with all the feelings of soul and body. It is impossible to list all my sins, there are so many of them. But I repent of all my sins, both spoken and forgotten.

The most terrible sin in Orthodoxy

People often argue about which sin is the most terrible and which sins God agrees to forgive. It is generally accepted that suicide is considered the most serious sin. He is considered incorrigible, because having passed away, a person can no longer beg God’s forgiveness for his soul.

There is no clear ranking of sins in Orthodoxy. After all, if a small sin is not prayed away and repented of, it can lead to the death of a person’s soul and burden him.

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You can often hear about original sin in Orthodoxy. This is the name given to the act of Adam and Eve that they performed. Since it was committed in the first generation of people, it was recognized as the first sin of all mankind. This sin damaged human nature and is passed on to descendants by inheritance. In order to reduce its influence on a person or lose it altogether, it is recommended to baptize children and accustom them to the church.

Sin of Sodom in Orthodoxy

This is the customary name for a sinful thought, act or desire that is based on a person’s sexual attraction to a representative (representatives) of the same sex. Often the clergy classified this sin as one of the types of fornication, although some drew a fairly clear line between such concepts.

In turn, the sin of fornication in Orthodoxy is classified as a mortal sin. After all, it is believed that when connecting with a person, not only physical, but also spiritual intimacy occurs. And all this remains on our soul. She becomes unclean. In the middle, everything seems to be burned out.

That is why it is necessary every time to think about your carnal desires, and think about what this can lead to.

We cannot atone for sins in Orthodoxy on our own. But we have hope that the Lord has given us. To ease your burdens, you need to pray fervently. It is necessary to go to church and confess to God and the priest.

“Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God. Drive away from me all the misfortunes that tempt carnal passions. In redemption I fall down, I forget about my sins in the vanity. Forgive me for the sins that happened, and they have not yet been forgotten. Those sins that are still smoldering in the soul too often cause illness. Thy will be done. Amen".

The Lord is always with you!

Deadly sin- this is the most serious of all possible sins, which can only be atone for by repentance. For committing a mortal sin, a person’s soul may lose the opportunity to go to heaven. Interested in this topic, many people ask the question of how many mortal sins there are in Orthodoxy. There are seven mortal sins in Christian teaching, and they are called so because, despite their seemingly harmless nature, if regularly practiced, they lead to much more serious sins and, consequently, to the death of an immortal soul that ends up in hell. Mortal sins are not based on biblical texts and are not a direct revelation of God; they appeared in the texts of theologians later.

If we begin to live like those who die every day, then we will not sin (St. Anthony the Great, 88, 17).

Seven deadly sins list
LOVE OF AVERAGE
PRIDE
FORNICATION
ENVY
Gluttony (Gluttony)
ANGER
DEPRESSION

The history of the appearance of the list of seven sinful acts or 7 deadly sins

Acts considered mortal in the Orthodox faith are distinguished by the degree of severity and the possibility of their redemption. Speaking about sinful acts, especially more attention should be paid to the seven acts that are considered mortal. Many have heard about this, but not everyone knows which of the sinful acts will be on this list, and what will distinguish them. Sin is called mortal not from the head, because Christians believe that when committing these sins, human souls can perish.

It is worth noting that seven deadly sins, although the opinion of society is not sure of this, is not described by the Bible, because their direction of the concept appeared later than the composition of the Holy Letter began. It is believed that the monastic works of Evgarius of Pontius could serve as a basis. He compiled a list that initially included eight human sins. It was later reduced to seven positions.

Deadly sins in Orthodoxy: list in order and commandments of God

Why were the sins like this?

It is clear that these sinful acts or the seven deadly sins in Orthodoxy are not as terrible as theologians believed. They are not beyond redemption, they can be confessed, it’s just that committing them can contribute to people becoming worse, moving further and further away from God. If you put in more effort, you can live in such a way that you do not break any of the ten commandments, but it is difficult to live in such a way that you do not commit any of the seven sinful acts. Essentially, sinful acts and mortal sins in Orthodoxy in the amount of shadow mother nature placed in people.

Under certain circumstances, people are able to survive by contradicting the teaching about sinful acts, but, not paying attention to this, they believe that this cannot achieve good fruits. When you haven't heard anything about what is meant by the seven deadly sins, the list with short explanations presented below can clear up the matter.

Seven deadly sins in Orthodoxy

It is common for a person to want a lot of money, making every effort to obtain material values. However, he does not think whether they are needed in general. These unfortunate people are blindly collecting jewelry, money, and property. They try to get something more than they have, without knowing the limit, without even having the desire to know it. This sin is called love of money.

Self-esteem, self-respect. Many people can do something by trying to be higher than others. More often, the actions that are performed are certainly necessary for this purpose. They delight society, and in those who are subject to a sense of pride, a fire is born that burns all the feelings considered to be the best within the soul. After a certain period of time, a person tirelessly thinks only about his beloved self.

3. Fornication.(That is, sexual activity before marriage), adultery (that is, adultery). Dissolute life. Failure to store feelings, especially
touch, where is the insolence that destroys all virtues. Foul language and reading voluptuous books. Voluptuous thoughts, indecent conversations, even a single glance directed with lust at a woman are considered fornication.

The Savior says this about it: “You have heard that it was said to the ancients, “You shall not commit adultery,” but I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”(Matt. 5, 27. 28).
If he who looks at a woman with lust sins, then the woman is not innocent of the same sin if she dresses up and adorns herself with the desire to be looked at, seduced by her, “For woe to that man through whom temptation comes.”

4. Envy. Feelings of envy may not always be white. Often it can become a cause that contributes to the emergence of discord and crime. Not everyone can easily accept the fact that someone was able to achieve better living conditions. History gives many examples when feelings of envy led to murder.

5. Gluttony. People who eat a lot and overeat at the same time cannot evoke anything pleasant. Food is necessary to sustain life, to have the ability to perform meaningful actions in relation to beauty. But those who are subjected to the sinful act of gluttony believe that they were born for the purpose of eating.

6. Anger. Hot temper, irritability, adoption of angry thoughts: dreams of revenge, indignation of the heart with rage, darkening of the mind with it: obscene
shouting, arguing, cruel, abusive and caustic words. Slander, memory malice, indignation and insult to one's neighbor, hatred, enmity, vengeance, condemnation. Unfortunately, we are not always able to control ourselves and our anger when the wave of emotions overwhelms us. First of all, it is cut from the shoulder, and then it is only observed that the consequences are irreversible. You need to fight your passions!

7. Dejection. Laziness towards any good deed, especially prayer. Excessive restfulness with sleep. Depression, despair (which often leads a person to suicide), lack of fear of God, complete carelessness about the soul, neglect of repentance until the last days of life.

Fighting Sin

You need to fight your passions, tame your emotions, because this leads to a disastrous end! Sin must be fought at the initial stage of its inception! After all, the deeper sin enters our consciousness, our soul, the harder it becomes to fight it. Judge for yourself, in any matter, illness, education, work, the longer you put off work, the more difficult it is to catch up!

And most importantly, forgive God's help! After all, it is very difficult for a person to overcome sin! The devil is plotting, trying to ruin your soul, pushing it to sin in every possible way. These 7 deadly sins It’s not so difficult not to commit if you ask the Lord for help in fighting them! One has only to take a step towards meeting the Savior and He will immediately come to the rescue! God is merciful and does not abandon anyone!

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Eight deadly sins and the fight against them

"The Ladder" by St. John Climacus

In the old days in Rus', the favorite reading was always “The Philokalia”, “The Ladder” of St. John Climacus and other soul-helping books. Modern Orthodox Christians, unfortunately, rarely pick up these great books. It's a pity! After all, they contain answers to questions that are often asked in confession today: “Father, how not to get irritated?”, “Father, how to deal with despondency and laziness?”, “How to live in peace with loved ones?”, “Why?” Do we keep returning to the same sins?

Every priest has to hear these and other questions. These questions are answered by theological science, which is called asceticism. She talks about what passions and sins are, how to fight them, how to find peace of mind, how to acquire love for God and neighbors. The word “asceticism” immediately evokes associations with ancient ascetics, Egyptian hermits, and monasteries. And in general, ascetic experiences and the struggle with passions are considered by many to be a purely monastic matter: we, they say, are weak people, we live in the world, that’s just how we are... This, of course, is a deep misconception. Every Orthodox Christian, without exception, is called to daily struggle, war against passions and sinful habits. The Apostle Paul tells us about this: “Those who are Christ’s (that is, all Christians. – Auth.) crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts” (Gal. 5:24).

Just as soldiers take an oath and make a solemn promise - an oath - to defend the Fatherland and crush its enemies, so a Christian, as a warrior of Christ, in the sacrament of baptism swears allegiance to Christ and “renounces the devil and all his works,” that is, sin. This means there will be a battle with these fierce enemies of our salvation - fallen angels, passions and sins. A life-or-death battle, a difficult and daily, if not hourly, battle. Therefore, “we only dream of peace.”

Deadly sins in Orthodoxy: list in order and commandments of God

I will take the liberty to say that asceticism can be called, in some way, Christian psychology. After all, the word “psychology” translated from Greek means “the science of the soul.” This is a science that studies the mechanisms of human behavior and thinking. Practical psychology helps a person cope with his bad tendencies, overcome depression, and learn to get along with himself and people. As we see, the objects of attention of asceticism and psychology are the same.

Saint Theophan the Recluse said that it was necessary to compile a textbook on Christian psychology, and he himself used psychological analogies in his instructions to questioners. The trouble is that psychology is not a single scientific discipline, such as physics, mathematics, chemistry or biology. There are many schools and areas that call themselves psychology. Psychology includes psychoanalysis by Freud and Jung, and newfangled movements like neurolinguistic programming (NLP). Some trends in psychology are completely unacceptable for Orthodox Christians. Therefore, we have to collect some knowledge bit by bit, separating the wheat from the chaff.

I will try, using some knowledge from practical, applied psychology, to rethink them in accordance with the teaching of the Holy Fathers on the fight against passions.

Before we start talking about the main passions and methods of dealing with them, let's ask ourselves the question: “Why do we fight our sins and passions?”

Recently I heard one famous Orthodox theologian, a professor at the Moscow Theological Academy (I will not name him, because I respect him very much; he was my teacher, but in this case I fundamentally disagree with him) said: “Divine service, prayer, fasting is all, so to speak, scaffolding, supports for the construction of the building of salvation, but not the goal of salvation, not the meaning of Christian life. And the goal is to get rid of passions.” I cannot agree with this, since deliverance from passions is also not an end in itself, but the Venerable Seraphim of Sarov speaks about the true goal: “Acquire a peaceful spirit - and thousands around you will be saved.”

That is, the goal of a Christian’s life is to acquire love for God and neighbors. The Lord Himself speaks of only two commandments, on which the entire law and prophets are based. This “thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind" And “love your neighbor as yourself”(Matt. 22:37, 39). Christ did not say that these were just two of the ten, twenty other commandments, but said that “On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets”(Matthew 22:40). These are the most important commandments, the fulfillment of which is the meaning and purpose of Christian life. And getting rid of passions is also only a means, like prayer, worship and fasting. If getting rid of passions were the goal of a Christian, then we would not be far from Buddhists, who also seek dispassion - nirvana.

It is impossible for a person to fulfill the two main commandments while passions dominate over him. A person subject to passions and sins loves himself and his passion. How can a vain, proud person love God and his neighbors? And the one who is in despondency, anger, serving the love of money? The questions are rhetorical.

Serving passions and sin does not allow a Christian to fulfill the most important, key commandment of the New Testament - the commandment of love.

Passions and suffering

From the Church Slavonic language the word “passion” is translated as “suffering.” Hence, for example, the word “passion-bearer,” that is, one who endures suffering and torment. And indeed, nothing torments people more: neither illnesses nor anything else, than their own passions, deep-rooted sins.

First, passions serve to satisfy the sinful needs of people, and then people themselves begin to serve them: “Everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin” (John 8:34).

Of course, in every passion there is an element of sinful pleasure for a person, but, nevertheless, passions torment, torment and enslave the sinner.

The most striking examples of passionate addiction are alcoholism and drug addiction. The need for alcohol or drugs not only enslaves a person’s soul, but alcohol and drugs become a necessary component of his metabolism, part of the biochemical processes in his body. Addiction to alcohol or drugs is a spiritual-physical addiction. And it needs to be treated in two ways, that is, by treating both the soul and the body. But at the core is sin, passion. An alcoholic or drug addict's family falls apart, he is kicked out of work, he loses friends, but he sacrifices all this to passion. A person addicted to alcohol or drugs is ready to commit any crime to satisfy his passion. No wonder 90% of crimes are committed under the influence of alcohol and drugs. That's how strong the demon of drunkenness is!

Other passions can enslave the soul no less. But with alcoholism and drug addiction, the enslavement of the soul is further intensified by bodily dependence.

People who are far from the Church and from spiritual life often see only prohibitions in Christianity. They say they came up with some taboos and restrictions to make life more difficult for people. But in Orthodoxy there is nothing accidental or superfluous; everything is very harmonious and natural. The spiritual world, as well as the physical world, has its own laws, which, like the laws of nature, cannot be violated, otherwise it will lead to damage and even disaster.

Some of these laws are expressed in commandments that protect us from harm. Commandments and moral instructions can be compared to signs warning of danger: “Caution, high voltage!”, “Don’t get involved, it will kill you!”, “Stop! Radiation contamination zone" and the like, or with inscriptions on containers with toxic liquids: "Poisonous", "Toxic" and so on.

We, of course, are given freedom of choice, but if we do not pay attention to the alarming signs, then we will only have to take offense at ourselves. Sin is a violation of very subtle and strict laws of spiritual nature, and it causes harm, first of all, to the sinner himself. And in the case of passions, the harm from sin increases many times over, because sin becomes permanent and takes on the character of a chronic disease.

The word "passion" has two meanings.

Firstly, as the Monk John of the Climacus says, “passion is the name given to the very vice that has been embedded in the soul for a long time and through habit has become, as it were, a natural property of it, so that the soul already voluntarily and by itself strives towards it” (Ladder. 15: 75). That is, passion is already something more than sin, it is sinful dependence, slavery to a certain type of vice.

Secondly, the word “passion” is a name that unites a whole group of sins. For example, in the book “The Eight Main Passions with Their Divisions and Branches,” compiled by St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov), eight passions are listed, and after each there is a whole list of sins united by this passion. For example, anger: hot temper, acceptance of angry thoughts, dreams of anger and revenge, indignation of the heart with rage, darkening of his mind, incessant shouting, arguing, swear words, stress, pushing, murder, memory malice, hatred, enmity, revenge, slander, condemnation, indignation and resentment of one's neighbor .

Most holy fathers speak of eight passions:

1. gluttony,
2. fornication,
3. love of money,
4. anger,
5. sadness,
6. despondency,
7. vanity,
8. pride.

Some, speaking about passions, combine sadness and despondency. Actually, these are somewhat different passions, but we will talk about this below.

Sometimes the eight passions are called mortal sins . Passions have this name because they can (if they completely take over a person) disrupt spiritual life, deprive them of salvation and lead to eternal death. According to the holy fathers, behind every passion there is a certain demon, dependence on which makes a person captive to a certain vice. This teaching is rooted in the Gospel: “When the unclean spirit leaves a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and not finding it, he says: I will return to my house from whence I came, and when he comes, he finds it swept and tidied up; then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter and live there, and the last thing for that person is worse than the first” (Luke 11: 24-26).

Western theologians, for example Thomas Aquinas, usually write about the seven passions. In the West, in general, the number “seven” is given special significance.

Passions are a perversion of natural human properties and needs. In human nature there is a need for food and drink, a desire for procreation. Anger can be righteous (for example, towards enemies of faith and the Fatherland), or it can lead to murder. Thrift can degenerate into love of money. We mourn the loss of loved ones, but this should not develop into despair. Purposefulness and perseverance should not lead to pride.

One Western theologian gives a very successful example. He compares passion to a dog. It’s very good when a dog sits on a chain and guards our house, but it’s a disaster when he climbs his paws onto the table and devours our lunch.

Saint John Cassian the Roman says that the passions are divided into sincere, that is, coming from mental inclinations, for example: anger, despondency, pride, etc. They feed the soul. AND bodily: they originate in the body and nourish the body. But since a person is spiritual and physical, passions destroy both soul and body.

The same saint writes that the first six passions seem to arise from one another, and “the excess of the previous one gives rise to the next one.” For example, from excessive gluttony comes prodigal passion. From fornication - love of money, from love of money - anger, from anger - sadness, from sadness - despondency. And each of them is treated by expelling the previous one. For example, to overcome fornication, you need to bind gluttony. To overcome sadness, you need to suppress anger, etc.

Vanity and pride are especially important. But they are also interconnected. Vanity gives rise to pride, and you need to fight pride by defeating vanity. The Holy Fathers say that some passions are committed by the body, but they all originate in the soul, come out of the heart of a person, as the Gospel tells us: “From the heart of a person come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, blasphemy - this defiles a person "(Matthew 15: 18–20). The worst thing is that passions do not disappear with the death of the body. And the body, as the instrument with which a person most often commits sin, dies and disappears. And the inability to satisfy one’s passions is what will torment and burn a person after death.

And the holy fathers say that there passions will torment a person much more than on earth - without sleep and rest they will burn like fire. And not only bodily passions will torment people, not finding satisfaction, like fornication or drunkenness, but also spiritual ones: pride, vanity, anger; after all, there will also be no opportunity to satisfy them. And the main thing is that a person will also not be able to fight passions; this is possible only on earth, because earthly life is given for repentance and correction.

Truly, whatever and whom a person served in earthly life, he will be with in eternity. If he serves his passions and the devil, he will remain with them. For example, for a drug addict, hell will be an endless, never-ending “withdrawal”; for an alcoholic, it will be an eternal hangover, etc. But if a person served God and was with Him on earth, he can hope that he will be with Him there too.

Earthly life is given to us as preparation for eternity, and here on earth we decide what O What’s more important for us is that O constitutes the meaning and joy of our life - the satisfaction of passions or life with God. Paradise is a place of God’s special presence, an eternal sense of God, and God does not force anyone there.

Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin gives one example - an analogy that allows us to understand this: “On the second day of Easter 1990, Bishop Alexander of Kostroma served the first service since the persecution in the Ipatiev Monastery. Until the last moment, it was unclear whether the service would take place - such was the resistance of museum workers...

When the bishop entered the temple, the museum workers, led by the director, stood in the vestibule with angry faces, some with tears in their eyes: “The priests are desecrating the temple of art...” During the religious procession, I held a bowl of holy water. And suddenly the bishop says to me: “Let’s go to the museum, let’s go into their offices!” Let's go. The Bishop says loudly: “Christ is risen!” – and sprinkles the museum workers with holy water. In response - faces distorted with anger. Probably, in the same way, those who fight against God, having crossed the line of eternity, will themselves refuse to enter heaven - it will be unbearably bad for them there.”

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From time to time he wonders how many mortal sins there are. Are failures in life or dissatisfaction with it due to the fact that, out of ignorance, something is violated every day? Isn't every day another step towards hell, if it exists?

It is not so important what pushes people to such thoughts. The important thing is that for many, these questions begin a new life, in which other priorities appear, much more significant than the pursuit of prosperity or petty bourgeois concerns.

How many sins are there?

The commandments of God are 10. Deadly sins in Christianity are 7. Regardless of denomination, these numbers are the same for all Christian believers. New parishioners of churches, who do not understand these subtleties, who grew up outside of Orthodox traditions, often confuse the commandments, namely their violation, with a list of mortal sins.

Of course, there is nothing good in violating the commandments of each of the 10. The existing list of mortal sins, such violations, however, will not increase.

What is the difference?

The commandments of God are rules for human life, a kind of guidance. We can say that this is a list of tips on what to follow in everyday actions, in your own thoughts and desires.

Violation of the commandments is, of course, a sin, any of the 10. This list will in no way affect the deadly sins according to the Bible. The concept of mortal sin and violation of the Lord's covenants are completely different things.

Mortal sin is not the other side of the commandments, but a trap of the devil. That is, this is a list of temptations with the help of which Satan catches human souls. The seven deadly sins also have antipodes; they are contrasted with virtues in Christianity, in similar quantities.

What is a mortal sin?

The commandments are not mortal sins and there are 10 of them; the list of mortal sins in Orthodoxy looks the same as in any other Christian denomination.

Deadly sins are:

• greed;
• pride;
• anger;
• envy;
• lust;
• despondency;
• gluttony.

It is generally accepted that the more and longer a person indulges in any of the mortal sins, the deeper he gets bogged down in the web of the trap that the devil weaves around the soul. That is, committing to any of the mortal sins is a direct path to the destruction of the soul.

About greed

Often people understand greed as the desire for material wealth. But the desire to live well, in prosperity and comfort, is not at all greed, either in Orthodox culture or in any other Christian denomination.

By greed we should not understand the fact of the pursuit of the “golden calf”. Not excessive, because along with the level of well-being, the level of expenses always increases. Greed is the preference of material values ​​over spiritual ones. That is, the desire to get rich, which comes to the detriment of one’s own spiritual development.

About pride

In understanding pride, mistakes are made just as often as the violation of God's commandments, of which there are 10, are mistaken for mortal sins. The list of mortal sins does not include a sense of confidence. Self-confidence is what the Lord gives, for which many people pray. On the contrary, lack of self-confidence is often condemned by the church.

Pride is the perception of oneself above the Lord. Lack of feelings such as gratitude to God for everything he has given in life, humility and patience. For example, a person’s confidence that he has achieved everything in his own life on his own, without the help and participation of the Lord, is pride. But faith in one’s own strength, in the fact that everything planned will work out, has nothing to do with pride.

About anger

Anger is not just outbursts of rage. Anger is a much broader concept. Of course, this emotion is the antipode of love, but as a mortal sin, anger is not a momentary feeling at all.

A mortal sin is considered to be the destructive element that a person constantly spills out into life. That is, “destruction” becomes a synonym for the word “anger” in this case. The sin of wrath comes in many different forms. It is not at all necessary to start world wars. Mortal sin is manifested in daily domestic violence in families, both physical and psychological. Anger is what makes a child break his character and force him to realize his own dreams and ideas.

There are many examples of this sin around every person. Anger has become so firmly established in everyday life that almost no one notices it anymore.

About envy

Envy, like anger, should be understood more broadly than the desire to get a car like your neighbor's, or a dress better than your friend's. There is a rather thin line between envy and the desire to live no worse than other people.

Envy should not be understood as the desire to get something specific, for example, shoes like the boss’s, but the constant presence of the soul in such a state. The similarity between envy and anger is that both of these states are destructive. Only anger is directed at the world around us, other people suffer from its presence, and envy “looks” inside a person, its action harms the one who indulges in this sin.

About lust

Lust is misinterpreted just as often as the violation of God’s commandments, which are 10. The list of mortal sins is not added to the list of mortal sins, not the covenant “Thou shalt not covet your neighbor’s wife,” lust has a completely different meaning. This term should be understood as receiving excessive pleasure, which becomes an end in itself throughout human life.

It can be almost anything - moped racing, endless reading of moral lectures, physical satisfaction, getting pleasure from the intoxication of one’s own “little power”, expressed in nagging others.

Lust, as a mortal sin, is not sexual attraction to anyone, including oneself. This is the feeling that a person experiences when receiving pleasure. But only when this emotion becomes sinful is when the desire to experience it again overrides everything else. That is, if the process of satisfaction becomes more important than anything else, then it is lust. And it doesn’t matter at all what exactly this satisfaction brings.

About despondency

By despondency we need to understand not so much a depressive state as laziness, no matter how strange it may sound. Depression, gloomy mood, lack of joy, etc. are illnesses for which you should see doctors of relevant specializations.

Dejection, as a mortal sin, is a person’s lack of work on his own spiritual development and physical condition. Physical condition does not need to mean muscle strength or beauty of form. Working on your own body is much broader than caring about appearance, on the one hand, and on the other, it consists of everyday platitudes. That is, a neat appearance, clean clothes, washed hair and brushed teeth are also physical work on oneself. A person who is too lazy to bathe or wash clothes commits a mortal sin.

As for spiritual work, it is much broader than going to religious services. This concept primarily includes the development of a person as an individual. That is, constantly learning something, getting to know new things and sharing your own knowledge and experience with others. Training does not need to be understood as attending any courses, although, of course, this is not prohibited. Nevertheless, you can learn from the people around you, and even from nature. Absolutely everything that surrounds a person can serve his development. This is how God created this world.

The learning process is rather development and self-improvement. This includes overcoming harmful passions, self-discipline, and much more. That is, despondency is laziness in all its variations, manifested both in worldly existence and in the state of the soul and intellect.

About gluttony

Gluttony is not always perceived correctly, especially by those who take the violation of God’s commandments as mortal sins, of which there are 10. The list of mortal sins mentions the term “gluttony” not as a synonym for the word “gluttony.”

Gluttony should be understood as excessive consumption of absolutely everything. In fact, the entire modern society, which represents the era of consumer culture, is built precisely on this mortal sin.

In modern life, this sin may look like this. A person has a good, working smartphone that works flawlessly and meets all the needs and wants of the owner. However, the person buys a new one, the one he saw in the advertisement. He does this not because he needs the thing, but only because it is a new model. Often at the same time mired in debt obligations. Some time passes, and the person buys a smartphone again, again only because this one is newer.

As a result, an endless chain of consumption of excess and unnecessary is formed. After all, smartphones are the same, the only difference is when they began to be advertised and other minor points. And what a person does with them is unchanged. On all new ones he uses the same programs as on his first one. The result of actions on all purchased smartphones is also no different from what was obtained on the first gadget. That is, a person has a large number of identical smartphones, but he only needs one.

This is excessive consumption or gluttony, against which the commandments do not warn, all 10. Gluttony actually heads the list of mortal sins in Orthodoxy, since it is now not just an offense, but the basis of the modern structure of society.

However, it is important not to confuse overconsumption with having too many things. There is no need to go to extremes. If a person has 10 pairs of winter shoes and wears all available boots and shoes, then this is not at all a sign of gluttony.

Of course, overeating is included in the concept of gluttony, about which the commandments once given to Moses are completely silent, all 10. This quality of human nature was once added to the list of mortal sins in Orthodoxy according to the Bible precisely on the basis of the tendency to overeat. However, the understanding of the word “gluttony” is not limited to the size of the portion on the plate; it is much broader.

Have there always been 7 of them?

If since the time of the Testament there have been 10 commandments, according to the Bible there have been different numbers of mortal sins. For the first time, an ascetic and theologian, whose name was Evgrafiy Pontius, compiled destructive human vices into a single list. This happened in the 5th century.

Based on his observations of human life and nature, comparing destructive passions with covenants, of which there are 10, the theologian identified 8 mortal sins. A little later, the theological version of the vision of human vices was finalized by the clergyman John Cassian. This is the number of sins that existed in religious canons until 590.

Pope Gregory the Great made some adjustments to the list of the main vices characteristic of people and leading the soul to destruction, and the number of sins became 7. It is in this quantity that they are represented today in each of the Christian denominations.

The list of the worst human passions consists of seven points that must be impeccably observed for the sake of saving the soul and righteous life. In fact, there is little mention of sins directly in the Bible, since they were written by famous theologians from Greece and Rome. The final list of mortal sins was compiled by Pope Gregory the Great. Each point had its place, and the distribution was made according to the criterion of contrasting love. The list of the 7 deadly sins in descending order from most serious to least serious is as follows:

1. Pride- one of the most terrible human sins, implying arrogance, vanity, and excessive pride. If a person overestimates his capabilities and constantly repeats his superiority over others, this contradicts the greatness of the Lord, from whom each of us comes;
2. Envy- this is a source of serious crimes that are reborn on the basis of the desire for someone else’s wealth, well-being, success, status. Because of this, people begin to do nasty things to others until the object of envy loses all his wealth. Envy is a direct violation of the 10th commandment;
3. Anger- a feeling that absorbs from the inside, which is the complete opposite of love. It can manifest itself as hatred, resentment, resentment, and physical violence. Initially, the Lord put this feeling into the soul of a person so that he could renounce sinful acts and temptations in time, but soon it itself developed into sin;
4. Laziness- is inherent in people who constantly suffer from unrealistic hopes, dooming themselves to a boring, pessimistic life, while the person does nothing to achieve their goal, but only becomes discouraged. This leads to a spiritual and mental state of extreme laziness. Such a discrepancy is nothing more than a person’s departure from the Lord and suffering due to the lack of all earthly goods;
5. Greed- most often rich, selfish people suffer from this mortal sin, but not always. It doesn’t matter whether he is a person from the rich, middle and poor class, a beggar or a rich man - each of them strives to increase his wealth;
6. Gluttony- this sin is inherent in people who are in slavery to their own stomach. At the same time, sinfulness can manifest itself not only in gluttony, but also in the love of delicious dishes. Whether it is a common glutton or a gourmet gourmet, each of them extols food into a kind of cult;
7. Voluptuousness, fornication, adultery- manifests itself not only in physical passion, but also in sinful thoughts about carnal intimacy. Various obscene dreams, watching an erotic video, even telling a vulgar joke - this is, according to the Orthodox Church, a great mortal sin.

Ten Commandments

Many people are often mistaken when they equate mortal sins with God's commandments. Although there are some similarities in the lists, the 10 commandments relate directly to the Lord, which is why their observance is so important. According to biblical accounts, this list was delivered by Jesus himself into the hands of Moses. The first four of them tell about the interaction between the Lord and man, the next six tell about the relationship between people.

• Believe in the only God- first of all, this commandment was aimed at fighting heretics and pagans, but since then it has lost such relevance, because most beliefs are aimed at reading the one Lord.
• Don't create an idol for yourself- This expression was originally used in relation to idol worshipers. Now the commandment is interpreted as a rejection of everything that could distract from faith in the one Lord.
• Don't take the Lord's name in vain— you can’t just mention God fleetingly and meaninglessly; this applies to the expressions “Oh, God,” “By God,” etc., used in dialogue with another person.
• Remember the day off- this is not just a day that needs to be devoted to relaxation. On this day, in the Orthodox Church it is often Sunday, you need to devote yourself to God, prayers to him, thoughts about the Almighty, etc.
• Honor your parents, after all, it was they who, after the Lord, gave you life.
• Dont kill- according to the commandment, only God can take the life of a person to whom he himself gave it.
• Don't commit adultery- Every man and woman should live in a monogamous marriage.
• Don't steal- according to the commandment, only God gives all the benefits that he can take away.
• Do not lie- You cannot slander your neighbor.
• Do not envy- you cannot desire what belongs to someone else, and this applies not only to objects, belongings, wealth, but also to spouses, pets, etc.