Description

Wool Prayer Box with 100 knots and red beads

A rosary or knotted is a rope made of, usually, black woolen or silky thread woven into knots. It is a prayer aid for monks, clergy and laity of the Orthodox Christian religion.

On the rosary, each part of it has some symbolic meaning. It is woven primarily of wool to remind members of the Church that they are the rational sheep of Jesus Christ (John 10:11). It has a black color that symbolizes the mourning of sins since “no one is sinless” (cf. 3 Vas. 8:46, Job 4:17, Rom. 3:9-12, etc.). On it the rosary has the cross to commemorate “that even our sinful beings Christ died for us” (Rom. 5:8).

Reading spiritual books and attending Church services are good and beneficial. But for those who do not have this possibility, the rosary can sometimes replace the other ways. In each knot you invoke the name of the Lord Jesus by saying the short prayer “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me” or simply “Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me.”

The original black Mount Athos woolen prayer rosary bears 100 knots, a cross decorated with thread and 3 red beads. It is made in the traditional way and blessed by the monks of Mount Athos.

Length: 54 cm

Cross dimensions with fringes: 4 x 15 cm.

Origin: Mount Athos