Turquoise blue-green magnesite 50-bead gemstone prayer rope chotki50 bead Orthodox prayer rope chotki komboskini for praying the Rule of the Mother of God (Theotokos) Every decade (10 beads) is separated by a larger bead of a different shape. Finished with a stone cross. The stone beads are each approximately 8mm long. Strung on wire! Will not stretch! Each is handmade by a nun of the Convent of St. Mary Magdalene, an Orthodox women's monastery in Mississippi.

and praying to God for his great and abundant mercy

through repentance

• Services for all 12 Great Feasts (Festal Menaion)

A story about miracles and the life-changing power of loving-kindness

complemented not by a critical apparatus but by helpful notes

The angels are a light for the spiritual struggle of monks

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