Pachomius the Great
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Pachomius, also known as Saint Pachomius the Great, is generally recognized as the founder of Christian cenobitic monasticism. In the Vita Pachumii, his name is recorded as Pachumius. Coptic churches
Father of Spiritual Communal Monastic Life
Painting of Pachomius the Great in the Curtea Veche Church, Bucharest.
Prayer rope
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A prayer rope is a loop made up of complex woven knots formed in a cross pattern, usually out of wool or silk. The typical prayer rope has thirty-three knots, representing the thirty-three years of Ch
Pachomius the Great
…Greek or Latin tongues, he sometimes miraculously spoke them. Pachomius is also credited with being the first Christian to use and recommend use of a prayer rope. Anthony of Egypt…
Simple black Eastern Christian prayer rope without tassel
Eastern Christian prayer rope with 50 knots and 5 wooden beads
Greek komboskini of 100 knots
Tikhon of Moscow dressed in his monastic habit as the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia with a white prayer rope in his left hand