The Rule of the Theotokos is a Christian prayer of the Eastern Orthodox that consists of reciting the Angelical salutation 150 times. This rule is similar to the Rosary of the Western Church.
Some believe that the Mother of God showed the Rule to people in the 8th century AD but was later forgotten, and was rediscovered for Eastern Christians by St Seraphim of Sarov.[1]
The prayer consists of 150 Angelical salutations, which are divided into 15 decades. Each decade focuses on some important event in the life of the Jesus Christ and his virgin-mother. Seraphim Zvezdinsky describes the following structure of the rule:
Birth of the Theotokos
Presentation of the Theotokos
Annunciation
Visitation to Elisabeth
Birth of Christ
Meeting of the Lord
Flight into Egypt
Loss of Jesus in the Temple of Jerusalem
Miracle in Cana of Galilee
Theotokos standing by the Cross
Resurrection of Christ
Ascension of Christ
Descent of the Holy Spirit
Dormition of the Theotokos
Glory of the Theotokos
The rule of the Theotokos, as prayed today, in addition to Angelic salutations usually includes also some other prayers. Thus usually some corresponding church hymn (e.g. troparion) is added to each decade. Also some introductory and closing prayers are included.
^Богородичное правило (Rule of the Theotokos)
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