Floral jasper (pink & green) 50 stone bead prayer rope chotki spirituality Father Sophronios

Father Sophronios

Akathist Hymn to the Venerable Fathers and Elders Who Shone forth in the Optina Hermitage

and the cosmic consequences of man’s fall

The Rev Dr Tim Vivian is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

in the depths of humility

Floral jasper (pink & green) 50 stone bead prayer rope chotki spirituality Father Sophronios50 bead Orthodox prayer rope chotki komboskini 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.