Glad that you directed people to speak with a priest before starting. Wise counsel.

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Catholic here; I love the Jesus Prayer and use it all the time (or try to). Anytime I think something I shouldn't, any time I feel or touch my scapular (catholic devotion "necklace"), or just any time I think about it randomly I pray one...or five.

My family is German-Catholic on one side, Irish-Catholic on the other. My parents were raised Catholic and converted to Protestant (non-denominational) when I was small. I have a degree in theology and spent many years as a Restoration Church pastor. Recently I had the idea to take apart one of my grandmothers old rosary sets and restring it into a different pattern and then chose for myself scriptures to recite and then each bead represents a topic of prayer (instead of a prayer to recite, I guess my Restoration roots showing through) for each part of my new prayer beads… i loved the image of taking an icon of where my family came from and renewing it to represent my own journey of faith… I thought I was being clever, and I loved they way it helped me to focus on praying and directing my mind upward… then I discovered that “Protestant prayer beads” are actually a thing, so much so that there are more versions than you can list and their heritage and tradition go back centuries… beads, ropes, knots, different prayers… they’re nothing special, just string and beads, but it’s so much more beautiful than I imagined a string of beads could be… when you come to your faith as a convert or in a church tradition that avoids dogma or “religiosity” you miss out on so much of the deep cultural and liturgical history of Christianity through the centuries… I’m thankful God has allowed me to reach back to His people before me and pull some of that richness into my life. Thank you for these videos, even with degrees on my wall I really appreciate the insight into other areas of Christianity beyond my own. Grace and Peace friend.

I learned about the Jesus Prayer on the side as I was being catechized into the Catholic Church, & recenty got myself a Chotki to add it to my prayer life more often!

Thanks for this informative video. My Godfather gave me a prayer rope when I was chrismated into the Orthodox church and I have been using it to enrich my prayer life ever since!! May God continue to bless you and your channel and grant you both many years!!

Another great one. I love the continued direction to a local Orthodox priest/parish for questions and more info. Orthodoxy is an incarnate faith lived out in living, breathing community. Like online dating, you can certainly meet someone online, but for a real relationship, with all that entails, the internet will eventually have to step aside.

Such helpful information for this novice to the Orthodox Christian faith. Thank you all.

I’m RC but absolutely love The Jesus Prayer.

Your videos are spot on! I love the entire atmosphere of your setup and your demeanour. Your points are incredibly concise and have interesting details that Orthodox Christians may not know. I did not know that there are 7 crosses that go into a single bead and then form the 3 crosses of the holy trinity. Knowing that makes my prayer ropes that much more beautiful to me.

God bless you and your family. Thank you for these videos.

Very well done video. Thank you.

Great video. Love this!! ☦

Thank you so much for sharing! xo

I'm impressed with how aesthetically pleasing you edit your videos! I have a question for you: Do you have any ancient sources that confirm that St. Anthony or St. Pachomius invented the prayer rope? I've searched for a long time for some specific texts, but haven't found any....

Great info

Awww, that's so nice. I didn't know that bead means prayer❤ very nice topic, thank you for this video. God bless you both

thank you friend, this was very nice ^-^

as a greek that was very informative

You said that we as Orthodox Christians do not say the rosary, however there are several jurisdictions who’ve had bishops state the rosary is canonical and edifying for the Orthodox to pray 📿

You can also visit a Byzantine or eastern Catholic Church if you are in communion with Rome

Amazing video.

Don't forget the Lestovka!

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Is there a specific place you would suggest getting a prayer rope? Specifically online. I live in the boonies and closest orthodox church to me is almost a 2 hour drive.

Wow so this tradition is at least 1700 years old then..😳😲

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Where did you get your prayer rope?

The rosary is actually used by many Orthodox who practice the Western Rite. The basic format for the rosary doesn’t include any post-schism heresy. In recovering the Western Rite many post-schism devotions are approved so long as they are not heretical and can conceivably come about in the west were the schism never to have happened. Same with Eucharistic Adoration and devotions to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

I have a small 50 count. It fits on my wrist but im cautious wearing it. Usually only alone when im praying or in thought. I know its ok to wear a cross yes? Is it the same for the small prayer ropes?

Interesting. In German we still use the word "beten", which means "to pray".

I don't think it's necessary but I think it helps. Or am I wrong?

So... Christian prayer prayer! 😅

I mean Hinduism did this first. Just so everyone knows