Purple agate gemstone bead prayer rope chotki bead Akathist Hymn to the Nativity

Akathist Hymn to the Nativity of Christ

Having first acquired personal knowledge of God

Delivered in Wichita

and concluding with the Tradition of the Church as expressed in her theology

and then of His glorious ascent above the heavens

Purple agate gemstone bead prayer rope chotki bead Akathist Hymn to the NativityAgate bead Orthodox prayer rope chotki komboskini for praying the Rule of the Mother of God (Theotokos) Every decade (10 beads) is separated by a larger bead of a different shape. Finished with an amethyst cross. 50 beads are approximately 8mm each. Strung on wire! Will not stretch! Each is handmade by a nun of the Convent of St. Mary Magdalene, an Orthodox women's monastery in Mississippi.