Maronite Rosary

[futureKC123]

+JMJ
Do Maronites have a version of the rosary? Did Saint Maroun have special prayers to the Theotokos? I know Maronites have more similarities to Romans than Byzantines so maybe they just use the Roman rosary?
Thanks for all your help!
FKC :byzsoc:

 

[Alexander_Roman]

Maronite laity will use the western Rosary beads as will clergy and monastics.

Although I’ve come across some monastics/clergy who will use Eastern prayer ropes.

Nothing specifically “Maronite” about any of that.

I was once at an Armenian Orthodox Cathedral and noticed many cars in the parking lot sporting RC rosaries on their rear-view windows. In fact, all of them did (had to walk up and down all the rows just to satisfy my sociological curiosity).

I think a good working hypothesis is that where Eastern Christians have not had the experience of being forcibly Latinized, they are much less reticent about voluntarily borrowing from the Latin Church.

Alex

 

[Phillip_Rolfes]

If there is some sort of rosary/prayer rope that is specific to the Maronites, I would love to hear about it… I’m always open to a new project.

ICXC + NIKA,
Phillip

 

[malphono]

If there is some sort of rosary/prayer rope that is specific to the Maronites, I would love to hear about it… I’m always open to a new project.

Sorry, Phillip … as Alex alluded to earlier, there ain’t no such animal. AFAIK, the same applies to the Chaldeans and Syro-Malabars, and probably also to the Syriacs (although I’m not sure about SOC or Syro-Malankara custom in this area).

For the Maronites, at least, it’s primarily the standard Latin-style rosary, although an occasional Byzantine-style prayer rope can be seen.