Do the Oriental Orthodox use the equivalent of a Rosary or Chotki? If so, which prayers are said on it? Thank you, Sir!
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The prayer ropes I'm familiar with have 41 knots are are used to count the number of times that one says Kyrie eleison.Do the Oriental Orthodox use the equivalent of a Rosary or Chotki? If so, which prayers are said on it?
Thanks, Dzheremi. What prayers are prayed on the mekutaria? Is it only Kyrie Eleisons?
Thank you, both of you. Have either of you ever used one, or do you own one?
Sorry for making an assumption. Thank you, both of you, for answering.
@Pavel Mosko , do you have any insight on this? Have you ever had to keep count of any other prayer? I feel like I haven't. Usually if I'm paying attention to details like this it'll be about what language the deacon is giving his exhortation in so that I can hopefully respond in the right language.
I remember hearing that the Coptic monks often pray “Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Make haste to help me, O Lord!”
Is this true? Is this prayed separately, or is considered a variation of Kyrie Eleison?
I think so. I think I remember hearing that this was used by Coptic monks as a prayer similar to how the Eastern Orthodox might use the Jesus Prayer, but I’m not sure.That's the first verse of Psalm 70, isn't it?
Praying the Psalms is what is traditional in Egyptian Christianity, as mentioned in early sources like John Cassian's Institutes. It is still that way today, as the Agpeya is primarily drawn from the Psalms. This practice of repeating the Psalms occupies a place in Egyptian Christianity that is perhaps roughly analogous to the place of the Jesus Prayer in the Eastern Chalcedonian churches, though admittedly I don't know if it is systematized for us to the degree that the Chalcedonians formalized the saying of the Jesus Prayer.
Yes & yes.
Hey, so, I found this Catholic devotion, which reminded me of the OO devotion I may have been thinking of;
Chaplet of the Holy Name
Does anything like this seem familiar?