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“Keep the prayer rope (komboskini) with you so that you do not forget the prayer, which you must work inwardly, in your heart. Especially when you leave your cell, remember that the enemy is ready to attack. Therefore, imitate the good soldier who, when leaving the bunker, always has his automatic weapon ‘at hand.’ The prayer rope has great power; it is the weapon of the monk, and its knots are like bullets that ‘rat-a-tat’ mow down the little demons.”
— Saint Paisios the Athonite
