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Yet, prayer ropes are still used in Exorcism rites on the Orthodox Church. The priests carry they prayer ropes and put it around the neck of the possessed, in order to "tie"the evil spirit and avoid attacks some physical or spiritual to the Priest and assistance, if have. ==Source==
Prayer Ropes have a great power against the evil as its revelation to a monk that was trying to tie a cord to count his prayers, by an Angel of the Lord. The monk cannot to finnish his job because the devil cames and untie the knots. The Angel teaches a kind of knot that have seven crosses locked one to another. The devil cannot untie this knot. SO, the Prayer rope acts as a jail chain over the devil. The strongest Prayer Rope against the devil must be made of natural materials, as pure black wool and wood. One hundred knots, a cross and a tassel form an excellent prayer rope. It must be blessed and used daily to pray the Jesus Prayer by the user, never breaking this rule and must be together the Exorcist Priest all the time, as in his left wirst, as into his pocket. The same way, when he fall asleeped, the prayer hope must be with him, to avoid the devil's trap, or holding in his hand or below his pillow. The Prayer Rope is, after the Holy Cross of Christ, the most powerful weapon against the evil, is a "must have" object to an Orthodox Faithful.==See also==
*[http://prayer-rope.org Prayer Rope Informations in Portuguese - Excellent site!]
rv - Need to see some sources for this stuff.
The prayer rope has many parallels among other religious groups. See [[w:Prayer_beads]] for details.
*[[w:Prayer rope|''Prayer rope'' on Wikipedia]]
*[[Prayer Rule]]
*[[w:Lestovka|''Lestovka'' on Wikipedia]]
==External links==
*[http://www.wattfamily.org/prayerope.html How to tie an Orthodox Prayer Rope knot]
*[http://www.firebirdvideos.com/videos/videosinenglish/prayerrope.htm How to Make a Prayer Rope] video
*[http://aggreen.net/monasteries/prayrope.html The Monk's Prayer Rope], taken from "Monasticism in the Orthodox Churches" by N.F. Robinson, 1964.
*[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/comboschini.aspx Comboschini (The Prayer Rope): Meditations of a Monk of the Holy Mountain Athos]
[[Category:Asceticism]]
