PHILADELPHIA — In a collection of rosaries that numbers 860, the prayer beads that started it all look like supporting players amid the headliners. There are the shimmering (with garnet beads from ...

Walk into many a meditation or yoga studio here in Los Angeles and beyond and you’ll see a treasure-trove of malas, made from all variety of gemstones and crystals. At heart, these prayer beads are a ...

new video loaded: Inside the Wooden Worlds of Prayer Beads For centuries, experts were mystified by Gothic boxwood miniatures — intricate scenes carved into walnut-size spheres in the 1400s and 1500s.

In an apostolic letter to the world’s Roman Catholics, Pope John XXIII last week made a plea for more frequent recitation of the rosary as a way of praying for peace. “The rosary of Mary,” he wrote, ...

Introduction: why a book on beads -- The beginnings -- Antiquity: from Neolithic times to the Roman Empire -- Europe: the late Roman Empire to the Renaissance -- Prayer beads -- The world of Islam -- ...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas- It’s the power of the prayer beads. Every time these rosaries sell out, the Astros win big. People believed so much, they waited outside Annunciation Catholic Church Saturday, ...

Traditionally, prayer beads are used by such religions as Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, and Hinduism, as a tangible form of prayer, held in the hands while reciting devotions. In their non-religious ...