Black 50-knot Orthodox prayer rope (satin) chotki komboskiniSOME options are MADE TO ORDER. 50 knot Orthodox prayer rope chotki komboskini for praying 5 decades of the Rule of the Theotokos (Mother of God) as directed by St. Seraphim of Sarov Every decade (10 knots) are separated by a bead. Photo (left to right): dark garnet, blue, cranberry red, green, dark amethyst Each is prayerfully handmade by a nun of the Convent of St. Mary Magdalene, an Orthodox women's monastery in Mississippi.

Christos Simelidis is Assistant Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine Philology and Literature at Aristotle University in Thessaloniki

had been sorely put to the test

He encouraged many people in his life and many miracles surround his life

Akathist to the Most Holy And Life-giving Trinity

A story about miracles and the life-changing power of loving-kindness

Includes all the homilies by Saint Isaac in the first edition plus two newly translated from the Syriac that were omitted from the first edition

Profitable Instructions for Laymen and Monastics

in particular the ascetical writings of St John of the Ladder

then ninety-two years old

Volume I:  alphabetical St

and then of His glorious ascent above the heavens

• Revised Detailed Liturgical Guides for greater accuracy