Prayer beads
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Prayer beads are a form of beadwork used to count the repetitions of prayers, chants, or mantras by members of various religions such as Christian denominations, Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Shinto, U
The image depicts several Christian prayer beads; from left to right are a Roman Catholic Dominican rosary, a Lutheran Wreath of Christ, a set of Anglican prayer beads, a Celtic Church Pater Noster cord, and a Coptic Orthodox mequteria.
A misbaha, a device used for counting tasbih
Anglican prayer beads
Oriental Orthodox mequteria of 41 beads
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
Prayer beads
…beads may also be used by some Sephardi or Mizrahi Jews. Common forms of beaded devotion include the mequteria in Oriental Orthodox Christianity, the chotki or komposkini or prayer rope in Eastern Orthodox Christianity, the Wreath of Christ in Lutheran Christianity, the Dominican rosary of the Blessed Virgin…
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