Jewels
are very important in human
society. Jewels are worn with
great admiration on many social
and religious occasions. Celebration
never becomes complete without
jewellery. There are different
kinds of jewellery which are
used in human society since
time immemorial. Of all the
jewellery, marriage jewellery
is very common. Other than marriage
jewellery, there are also other
types of jewellery. Prayer jewellery
is a kind of jewellery that
many people regard as an essential
part of their process of worship.
Prayer jewellery plays an
important role in the process
of prayer. The prayer jewellery
like Anglican Christian prayer
beads or pearls are very useful
to hold the attention of a
person during prayer. Anglican
Rosary is a loop of beads
strung that Anglicans from
holding the attention during
the prayer. Anglican heel
is composed of 33 pearls.
The Anglican rosary beads
are separated into 4 groups
of seven same types of beads.
The ball has 4 groups of pearls.
This number has a very special
meaning. The number 33 indicates
the total number of years
that Christ lived on earth.
The number 7 also has its
importance. It means a complete
devotion to the Christian
faith. It also means other
very important issues in the
Christian faith as the seasons
of the liturgical year. Seven
is very holy number according
to the Christian faith.
According to the biblical
version of creation, it took
seven days for God to create
the universe. So 7 in the
rosary beads is very important
from a Christian. Eastern
Orthodox rosary is also a
prayer of jewellery which
has 33 pearls. Jews also have
their own prayer jewellery.
Jews wear Star of David to
show respect to Reverend Jewish
King David.
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