Simple black Eastern Christian prayer rope without tassel
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A prayer rope[note 1] is a loop made up of complex woven knots formed in a cross pattern, usually out of wool or silk. The typical prayer rope has thirty-three knots, representing the thirty-three years of Christ's life.[1][2] It is employed by monastics, and sometimes by others, to count the number of times one has prayed the Jesus Prayer (or occasionally other prayers).
Prayer ropes are part of the practice of Eastern Christian monks and nuns,[3] particularly within Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Catholicism, Oriental Orthodoxy. Among the Coptic, Ethiopian, and Eritrean Orthodox Churches, a prayer rope is known by its Coptic or Ge'ez name (mequetaria).
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^"Using a Prayer Rope in Prayer". www.orthodoxprayer.org. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
^Lepavina Monastery, Duhovni razgovor o.Gavrila sa bratom Mladenom (in Serbian)
^Robinson, N.F. (1916). Monasticism in the Orthodox Churches. Milwaukee, WI: Young churchman Company. ISBN 0-404-05375-0.
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