"Tears of the Virgin Mary" 150 bead/seeds prayer rope150 bead (seeds, actually) Orthodox prayer rope chotki for praying the Rule of the Mother of God (Theotokos) 150 seeds beads of the "Tears of the Virgin Mary" grouped into decades (10 seeds beads), separated by a larger wooden bead of a different color. Finished with a stone cross. 150 beads seeds are 7 8mm each, separator beads are 9 10mm. Each is handmade by a nun of the Convent of St. Mary Magdalene, an Orthodox women's monastery in Mississippi.

Dostoyevsky was so moved by his pilgrimage to Optina and Elder Ambrose that he wrote his last and greatest novel

No one ever saw Elder Leonid disturbed by passionate anger or irritation

Germanos of Constantinople

the same interior silence

Alongside his numerous books and articles

Paperback 517 pages

both monastic and lay

which is supported by a wide-ranging introduction

is strung on bonded beading twine and joined by an olive wood cross

Will not stretch

She is the coauthor of Tending the Garden of Our Hearts: Daily Lenten Meditations for Families (Ancient Faith Publishing

the entire icon has been repainted several times