The Prayer Rope - What Is It? (Greek)

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Fr. Pavlos Stratigeas (the future Metropolitan of America) explains the history and use of the komboskini (prayer rope) in Christian history. He also discusses how the komboskini is an integral part of the Christian method of achieving the state of becoming Deified or Divinized through the process of the Jesus Prayer, or the Prayer of the Heart, also known as Noetic Prayer.

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