(Saint Symeon the New Theologian)

God and the Lord of all! Vsyakago breathing and heart imy power is One istseliti mogy me, hear me praying, wretched, and the serpent in me gnezdyaschagosya inspiration of the All-Holy and Life-giving Spirit slaying consumer:, and less impoverished and naked suscha every virtue, to the holy feet of my father (of spiritual) with tears cling grant that, and his soul to the holy mercy, hedgehog milovati me, privletsy.

In the first commandment:
A. Do you have a constant memory of God and the fear of God in your heart?
Two. Do not waver your faith in God, lack of faith, doubt?
Three. Doubted whether the holy tenets of the Orthodox Faith?
4. Does beg God to strengthen your faith?
Five. Do not lose hope of God's mercy and help?

Confess to a priest, bishop, patriarch himself, and how does it happen?

Bishop Tikhon Bronnitsky: Each diocese has its own chaplain, and at least once a year, every priest must confess. In addition, the priests go to the monastery confessors, or try to confession on a regular basis from an experienced mentor, the elder, or the older priests. Usually, the more they practiced, the higher spiritual life are.
And the Patriarch, is the spiritual - Archimandrite Kirill (Pavlov), to which he regularly travels to the Trinity-Sergius Lavra and confessed.
According to the teachings of the Orthodox Church, there is no confession of the Christian life. Therefore, every Orthodox Christian is obliged to confess, to monitor their spiritual life, purify the soul through repentance. It does not depend on rank or ranks of the church, it applies to absolutely everyone.

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread and drink of the cup. For he who eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
(1 Cor. 11, 28-29).

А что значит подготовиться? Испытать усердно свою совесть, вызвать в памяти и восчувствовать сердцем свои согрешения, решиться все их без всякой утайки поведать духовнику, в них покаяться и не только покаяться, но и впредь их избегать. А так как часто память нам изменяет, то хорошо делают те, которые на бумагу заносят воспомянутые грехи. А о тех грехах, которые ты при всем свое желании не можешь вспомнить, не беспокойся, что они тебе не простятся. Ты только имей искреннюю решимость во всем покаяться и со слезами проси Господа простить тебе все твои грехи, яже помнишь и яже не помнишь. Перед Confession Pray: Incline not, O Lord, my heart is in the words of guile, nepschevati deeds.

If you have committed a carnal sin, necessarily, it is not necessary and is harmful to describe it in confession in detail, and tell how it happened that you felt that you were doing as they are all committed. It would not be a confession, of course, but some kind of pornography, so to speak.
And of course, need to talk about the sins in repentance. If you find a word of repentance, it will not be committing sin, and will be his redemption. And your story about the perfect sin out of your mouth, who will repent, will become quite different, we can say the opposite sin value.