For over a thousand years people of faith have used a variety of methods to keep track of their prayers. Whether knots in a rope, stones in a pouch, or beads on a string, the simple movement of ...

Several years ago a friend, knowing I worked in beads, asked me to create three sets of Episcopal prayer beads for a class she was teaching. Four billion people -- over half the world's population ...

Beads can be made from wood, shells, seeds, rope or precious stones. According to the Culture Taste blog, "Prayer Beads Worldwide — A Brief History," “The word bead derives from the old Anglo ...

In England, the use of prayer beads continued until the mid-sixteenth century, when the Protestant king Edward VI banned the use of rosary beads as one of the reformations of the Church of England.

Joe Mazzulla’s prayer routine includes rosary beads made from a piece of old Garden floor "Obviously there's a religious component there, but like, it's made from the wood." ...