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SEVEN DEADLY SINS- - human sins that came “from the root of all evil - pride”: vanity, envy, anger, despondency, stinginess, gluttony, wastefulness. These sins, in turn, give rise to a number of others: from vanity comes disobedience and arrogance, from... ... Encyclopedic Dictionary of Psychology and Pedagogy

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• The Seven Deadly Sins, Pavic Milorad. Composed of several short stories, Milorad Pavic (1929-2009) considered the book “The Seven Deadly Sins” to be an indivisible novel. As if in a magic mirror with a hole, Dante’s “Inferno” is reflected here...
• The Seven Deadly Sins, Pavic Milorad. Composed of several short stories, Milorad Pavic (1929-2009) considered the book The Seven Deadly Sins to be an indivisible novel. As if in a magic mirror with a hole, here is reflected...

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, makes you “appear, not be” - what matters most is how others see a person (even if he’s poor, but with an iPhone - that’s the same 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!

In Christianity, there are 7 main, mortal sins (or passions) - the main vices of a person. The word “mortal” is interpreted in such a way that it is the most severe vice in terms of severity, without repentance leading to the loss of the salvation of the soul! The presence of a major vice in life leads to the commission of grave sins, unforgivable, which distort God’s plan for man and alienate man from God and God’s grace.

What are these mortal sins?

Pride (vanity)
Greed (greed)
Envy
Anger
Lust (fornication, adultery)
Gluttony (gluttony)
Dejection (sadness, laziness)

These are the basic, main human passions that need repentance. That is, to be subject to these vices and passions is sinful and bad. These passions need to be eradicated and overcome. Such overcoming is considered beneficial and leads to spiritual growth.

I will take the liberty to disagree with the generally accepted interpretation and this attitude towards the above-mentioned “passions”. But first, I’ll make a reservation that I consider myself a believer. However, I would like to “go through” these main vices not only as a believer, but also as a psychologist:

Pride (vanity)

Pride is pride in oneself, one’s merits and exaltation of oneself and some of one’s qualities in relation to other people. Pride also for one’s affiliation: racial, class, national, group, etc. The essence is the same - I consider myself better than another person, which means I deserve more respect, approval, acceptance, love. The other person is less worthy than me. What is the root of this vice? Lack of unconditional love in childhood. When a child is small, parents love him and accept him unconditionally. If this is not the case, if the parents are rigid, cold, strict, and teach the child that he can receive a portion of love and acceptance at the expense of some merit, this becomes a springboard for the appearance of pride. The absence of unconditional parental acceptance creates an internal emptiness, a vacuum, which a person fills with either tangible achievements (sports records, excellent studies, career growth, financial wealth) or imaginary ones (belonging to a particular group, country, nation, gender, etc. .). A person compensates for the lack of love with pride. He loves himself. For something. And for these merits he is the first in line when distributing love.

Greed (greed, stinginess)

The basis for this vice is an unsatisfied need for security. If a child has experienced the trauma of deprivation, if he did not feel protected, then, as an adult, he will begin to be greedy or stingy. Greed can be divided into greed (the desire to get more than one has) and stinginess (the unwillingness to part with what one has, the desire to preserve it). This is the same emptiness inside, the same vacuum, only it was formed for different reasons. And a person will fill this emptiness either with things, or money, or relationships with other people. But the root of this “vice” is a feeling of insecurity, insecurity.

Envy

Envy is a multi-component feeling: anger that someone else has something that I don’t have; the desire to have it; suffering because I don’t have it; fear that I will never get it. “This” can be anything: some thing, a special relationship, ability, social status, age, affiliation. The object of envy does not matter; it is something that favorably distinguishes the owner of the object from the envier. This means that the owner of this object can be loved, he deserves love and receives love and acceptance, but the envier does not. The basis for envy is the same emptiness from the lack of unconditional love and acceptance. This is the other side of pride, the opposite side, just different forms of reaction to the lack of unconditional acceptance.

Anger

Anger is an emotion that a person experiences when one or another of his needs is not met. We are all familiar with Maslow's pyramid of needs (a hierarchical sequence of human needs according to their importance for survival). Anger is only an evaluative reaction to dissatisfaction with a need. This is a signal that indicates to a person where his personal pyramid has become leaky. This is an impulse for action - to satisfy a need.

Lust (fornication, adultery)

Or in other words, sexual promiscuity, sexual promiscuity. The root of this “vice” is the same emptiness from a lack of love and warmth. Healthy sexual behavior is when sex becomes an expression of love, when it is already there inside. Lust and fornication are compensation for the lack of love. Again there is a vacuum, a spiritual emptiness. Until the age of thirty, a person, like a vessel, is first filled with love. The parents begin to fill the vessel, then the lover, the partner. If the parents “cheated”, in the future the person will begin to compensate for the resulting emptiness with promiscuous sexual relations, up to sexual addiction, nymphomania.

Gluttony (gluttony)

Let's return to the pyramid of needs. Forms of response to dissatisfaction of a particular need can be emotive (for example, anger). A behavioral form of response can be gluttony, “eating.” So-called gluttony is compensation. This is filling the inner emptiness with food. Through gluttony and overeating, a person fills himself, cements, patches up the leaky place in his pyramid.

Dejection (sadness, laziness)

Here you still need to share despondency, sadness and laziness. Dejection and sadness are also an emotional form of response to unsatisfied needs; they are a signal, an evaluative reaction to what is unsatisfactory in a person’s life. Whereas laziness is an energy-saving mechanism. Laziness occurs when a person wastes time and energy. The subconscious mind sees this unjustified waste of resources and “turns on” laziness to prevent overspending.

Ultimately, all these “vices” need to be recognized. It is necessary to honestly admit to myself what I am currently experiencing and why. The so-called “deadly sin” is just a reaction to the emptiness that appears when needs are not met, an alarm bell, an indication that the balance is upset. The varieties of “deadly sins” are simply different forms of reactions. Fornication and gluttony are a behavioral response, an effective filling of the void (from the word “action”), a surrogate restoration of balance. Sadness, envy, despondency, anger, greed are an emotional reaction. Repentance in this case should be understood not as an admission of guilt in the presence of one or another “vice”, a tendency to passions. The traditional interpretation of repentance leads to aggravation of the condition in the form of feelings of guilt, shame for one’s depravity, sinfulness. When they talk about repentance and humility, it means that a person must “defeat” vice, overcome its destructiveness, admit his imperfection, or, more simply, suppress it, swallow it, preserve it in himself. But just from this moment “vice” becomes mortal, deadly! It is the suppression of one's emotions and feelings (as bad and unfit) that leads to illness and, ultimately, to death!

But we are talking only about a signal! And to respond correctly to this signal is to dive deep, see the root of the problem and satisfy the need. It is useless to knock down the flames - you need to extinguish the fire. Recognizing anger, despondency, gluttony, lust, greed, envy and pride as vice and sin, we pour kerosene on the fire in the form of guilt for our depravity. But man is a part of God. We are created in the image and likeness of God. We are perfect, just like God. Every person is perfect. And our emotions and feelings are pointers, a compass, where we should move, in what direction.

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Sin translated from Greek means “missing, missing the target.” But a person has one goal - the path to spiritual growth and insight, to higher spiritual values, the desire for God's perfection. What is sin in Orthodoxy? We are all sinners, we already appear like that to the world, only because our forefathers were sinners, accepting the sin of our relatives, we add our own and pass them on to our descendants. It is difficult to live a day without sin; we are all weak creatures, with our thoughts, words, and actions we move away from God’s essence.

What is sin in general, which of them are stronger, which are forgiven and which are considered mortal sins?

« Sin is a voluntary deviation from what is in accordance with nature into what is unnatural (against nature)"(John of Damascus).

Everything that is a deviation from is a sin.

Seven deadly sins in Orthodoxy

In general, there is no strict hierarchy of sins in Orthodoxy; it is impossible to say which sin is worse, which is simpler, which is at the beginning of the list, which is at the end. Only the most basic ones, often inherent in all of us, are highlighted.

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. Unbelief in the divine is considered arrogance, boasting, excessive self-confidence, which turns into boasting.
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. We are all mired in this sin. Fasting is a great salvation!
7. Love of money, greed, greed, stinginess. This does not mean that it is bad to strive for material wealth, it is important that the material does not overshadow the spiritual...

As we see from the diagram, (click on the picture to enlarge) all feelings that we show in excess are sin. And there is never too much love for your neighbor and your enemy, and only kindness, light and warmth. It is difficult to say which of all sins is the most terrible; it all depends on the circumstances.

The worst sin in Orthodoxy is suicide

Orthodoxy is strict for its pastors, calling them to strict obedience, observing not only the ten basic commandments of God, and not allowing excess in worldly life. All sins can be forgiven if a person realizes them and begs for forgiveness through communion, confession and prayer.

It is not a sin to be a sinner, but a sin not to repent - this is how the people interpret their entire earthly life. God will forgive everyone who comes to him with repentance!

What sin is considered the most terrible? There is only one sin that is not forgiven to a person - this is sin suicide. Why exactly this?

1. By killing himself, a person violates the biblical commandment: Thou shalt not kill!
2. A person cannot atone for his sins by voluntarily leaving life.

It is known that each of us has our own purpose on earth. With this we come into this world. After birth we acquire the nature of the Spirit of Christ in which we are to live. The one who voluntarily breaks this thread spits in the face of the Almighty. The worst sin is to voluntarily die.

Jesus gave his life for our salvation, which is why the whole life of any person is a priceless gift. We must appreciate it, take care of it, and no matter how difficult it is, bear our cross until the end of our days.

Why can the sin of murder be forgiven by God, but suicide cannot? Is the life of one person more valuable to God than the life of another? No, this needs to be understood a little differently. A murderer who interrupts the life of another, often innocent person, can repent and do good, but a suicide who takes his own life cannot.

After death, a person no longer has the opportunity to do good, bright, trustworthy deeds in this world. It turns out that the whole life of such a person who committed suicide was meaningless, just as God’s great plan was meaningless.

All sins are forgiven by God through repentance, communion, in the hope of purification and salvation of the soul.

That is why in the old days suicides were not only not buried in church, but were even buried outside the cemetery fence. No rituals or commemorations were carried out and to this day are not carried out in the church for the deceased. This alone and how difficult it will be for loved ones should stop the suicide. But, unfortunately, this is not the case and the number of victims—suicides—is not decreasing.

Russia occupies fourth place in the world In this sad statistics, after India, China and the USA, the number of voluntary deaths per year is more than 25,000 people. Millions of people around the world voluntarily take their own lives. Scary!!!

Our God will forgive us all other sins, provided that we not only repented of them, but also corrected them with our good deeds.

And remember that there are no small or large sins, even the smallest sin can kill our soul, it is like a tiny cut on the body that can cause gangrene and lead to death.

If a believer has repented of sin, realized it, and gone through confession, one can hope that the sin is forgiven. This is how the Orthodox Church sees it, this is how the Bible teaches. But it is important to understand that our every action, our words, thoughts, everything has its own weight and is deposited in our karma. So let’s live now, every day, so that we don’t have to beg for them when the time of reckoning comes...

Prayers for those who committed suicide

Is it possible to pray for people who have committed suicide? Yes, there are prayers that allow you to do this.

Master, Lord, Merciful and Lover of Mankind, we cry to You: we have sinned and committed lawlessness before You, we have transgressed Your saving commandments and the love of the Gospel has not been revealed to our despairing brother (our despairing sister). But do not reprove us with Your wrath, punish us with Your wrath, O Lord of humanity, weaken, heal our heartfelt sorrow, may the multitude of Your bounties overcome the abyss of our sins, and may Your countless goodness cover the abyss of our bitter tears.

To her, Sweetest Jesus, we still pray, grant to Your servant, your relative who died without permission, consolation in their sorrow and firm hope in Your mercy.

For You are a Merciful and Lover of Mankind, and we send glory to You with Your Beginningless Father and Your Most Holy and Good and Life-Giving Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen

Prayer for those who have committed the most terrible sin (suicides)

Granted by the Optina Elder Leo Optina

“Seek, Lord, the lost soul (name); If possible, have mercy! Your destinies are unsearchable. Do not make this my prayer a sin for me. But Thy holy will be done!”

Take care of yourself and your loved ones!

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 to 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.