Green 150 wooden bead Orthodox prayer rope w/ knotted cross150 bead Orthodox prayer rope chotki komboskini for praying the Rule of the Mother of God (Theotokos) Every decade (10 beads) are separated by a larger bead of a different color. Finished with a knotted satin cross. 150 beads are 7 8mm each, separator beads are 9 10mm. Each is handmade by a nun of the Convent of St. Mary Magdalene, an Orthodox women's monastery in Mississippi.

• Abundant supporting material and clear instructions — with a little initiative and study

the image of her Son also becomes distorted

Augustine Casiday is a Lecturer in Historical Theology and Director of the MA in Monastic Studies

Every decade (10 beads) is separated by spacer beads of a different shape

Apostles and Martyrs

wholly surrendered to the will of God

Granted by God the gift of clairvoyance

the pure Church reminds us that in this present world we are ‘strangers and sojourners

Its prophetic character reflects the supra-cosmic otherness of Christ’s ethos – the truth of God

He became a beloved spiritual father

The field is a place of cultivation and of battle

This original icon is offered by Saint Paul’s Icons with the permission of Abraham Fillar of Stylite Studio