Any Orthodox here who say the rosary?

[Harpazo]

Just wondering, what do you mean by the “original one”? Do you mean praying the Rosary without the Luminous mysteries, praying all the mysteries at one time, or some other meaning?

I meant without the “consecratory prayers for Russia” and the Fatima prayers and Luminous Mysteries. Although I have heard that not many Catholics pray for the consecration of Russia anymore.

In Christ,
Andrew

 

[SingleMomMonica]

Supposedly Saint Seraphim of Sarov did.

Sometimes we need to be careful to clarify what someone of a different Faith Tradition means when they use the same words/terminology because sometimes they mean something completely different - like when Mormons use the word Trinity - they mean 3 separate and distinct Gods and we mean One God in 3 Persons.

Actually, Saint Seraphim of Sarov was from Russia and Russians call the Jesus Prayer Rope their “Rosary”, but they pray the Jesus Prayer on it, not what us Catholics call the Rosary.

You may understand more of what I mean by reading: The Way of the Pilgrim and the Pilgrim Continues His Way - it’s very indepth about the Jesus Prayer from the Russian Tradition and they also use the term “Rosary” for it.

 

[SingleMomMonica]

Well there you have it, Jesus wins over Mary by a long shot in the Orthodox church! I guess Amen is in order.

Yes many Orthodox Christians use the Prayer Rope to pray the “Jesus Prayer” by praying Most Holy Mother of God Save Us on each knot.

Read Chapter 12 of the book of Revelation specifically vs. 1-5 shows that the “Woman” is Mary since she gave birth to Jesus “a male child destined to rule all the nations with a rod iron” and vs. 17 shows that Mary is the mother of all Christians “those who keep God’s commandments and bear witness to Jesus”.

Honoring Mary is one way of glorifying her Son, who loves His own Mother more than we ever can.

 

[Byzantine_Wolf]

I don’t have a rosary, but I do have my small prayer rope, which I keep in my pocket.

I try to say the Jesus Prayer with it whenever I can, however I have recently moved on to “Lord have mercy” at moments where I’m somewhat of in a multitasking mode. The key, as with any prayer, is focusing on it and meaning the words you say, and shorter prayer often does this. In fact, the early desert monastics used to pray with short quotes from the Psalms - this was where the Jesus Prayer originated from (along with various cries of the sick and suffering in the Gospels).