IconsGr Handmade Christian Orthodox Komboskoini, Prayer Rope Bracelet Black - 5608

Product description

• 33 knots with double cross from Mt. Athos
• Handmade item, size and color of the beads may vary.
• A prayer rope (Greek , komboskini; Russian , chotki (most common term) or , vervitsa (literal translation); Romanian metanii metanier; Macedonian and Serbian , broyanitsa; Bulgarian , broyenitsa) is a loop made up of complex knots The prayer rope is part of the habit of Eastern Orthodox monks and nuns and is employed by monastics (and sometimes by others) to count the number of times one has prayed the Jesus Prayer or, occasionally, other prayers.
• During their tonsure (religious profession) Eastern Orthodox monks and nuns receive a prayer rope, with the words Accept, O brother (sister) (name), the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God (Ephesians 6 17) in the everlasting Jesus prayer by which you should have the name of the Lord in your soul, your thoughts, and your heart, saying always "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner." Orthodoxy regards the prayer rope as the sword of the Spirit, because prayer which is