Pink sunstone 50 stone bead prayer rope chotki50 bead Orthodox prayer rope chotki 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. 50 beads are 8mm each. 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.

Translator:Andrew Mellas

Carefully translated to meter to facilitate chanting and beautifully decorated throughout with

Contains Akathist hymns for the Ascension and Nativity of Christ

After first defining the soul

a throne besprinkled with sunbeams

In 1930 he was ordained deacon by St Nikolai Velimirovich

For a brief period he read theology at the St Sergius Institute but in the autumn of 1925 left to become a monk at the Monastery of St Panteleimon on Mount Athos in northern Greece

About the Author: Mary B

by which we become heirs of God and joint-heirs of Christ (cf

inspiring Orthodox Christians around the world in our own times

ISBN 978-1-887904-25-4

This book is dedicated to every child – that they may come to know the life of the Panagia – and to every adult who wants to speak to them about the Mother of God