SERBIAN ORTHODOX PRAYER ROPE, CHAPLET, ROSARY, BROJANICA, RED

The serbian orthodox prayer rope is mainly a monastic devotion. Prayer ropes are most commonly made of 33 knots but also 50, 100 or 300 knot ropes are used. The prayer rope is in Serbian called a “brojanica”, the Russians call it “chotki” or “komboskini” and the Greeks call it “kombostini.”. A prayer rope can be worn as a bracelet in the case of the 33 knot version or a necklace in the case of the longer versions mostly worn in monastic circles.

Most commonly Serbs will wear the 33 knot “brojanica” in which each knot is formed with 7 separate crosses.