The Black Prayer Necklace explained For the ones wondering what a prayer necklace is, it’s also a prayer rope (Komboskini in Greece and Chotki in Russia) but instead of 33 knots it has 100 or 300 knots. The purpose is the same, its meant to be a guidance during prayer. Some versions have 3 divider […]
Like promised in our last article we continue on the life of St. Anthony the Great. The story of Saint Anthony is filled with legend and mystique. His biography tells that he had several encounters with the devil. The most known is the one where the devil kept untying the knots of his prayer rope […]
The Saint Bracelet in the Twilight Saga The Saint bracelet also known as a protection bracelet or icon bracelet. There are small pictures of saints and icons mounted on wood together with wooden rosary beads and strung onto an elasticised wrist band. This item is not very often in our store portfolio, but every now […]
Saint Anthony the Great or as others call him Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of Egypt, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Abba Antonius and Father of a all Monks. We at 33Knots | Prayer-Bracelet.com want to dedicate a series of post to him. It is said that Saint Anthony is the one who invented […]
The Red Prayer Bracelet and Kabbalah? Red is one of the more recent colors introduced with prayer bracelets. Although not everyone will agree with me on this one but in some Orthodox country’s it was also among one of the first traditional colors used with prayer ropes. Symbolizing the blood of Christ and the blood […]
The Black Prayer Bracelet popular? The black prayer bracelet is the most known to people, for a long time this was the only color for prayer ropes symbolising mourning for one’s sins. The funny thing is it was not the first color in some Orthodox regions, the first color for these bracelets was red, but […]
The Orthodox Prayer Bracelet The orthodox prayer bracelet and prayer necklace, also known as the orthodox prayer rope has become very popular the last couple of years. More and more young people have started wearing them. There are several reasons for this, next to its religious value and heritage its also treated as a wonderful […]
