Prayer rope




A prayer rope (Greek: κομποσκοίνι - komboskini; Russian: чётки - chotki (most common term) or вервица - vervitsa (literal translation); Arabic مسبحة - misbaha; Romanian: metanii / metanier; Macedonian and Serbian: бројаница - broyanitsa; Bulgarian: броеница - broyenitsa) is a loop made up of complex knots, usually out of wool or silk. Oriental Orthodox also use it but it is referred to as the mequetaria.