The leather, ladder-shaped prayer rope of the Old Believers.
Lestovca are „trepte” (bobițe de piele cusute) pe care se numără rugăciunile și metaniile. Pentru lipoveni, ea simbolizează scara spre cer și este nelipsită la rugăciune.
See also
- PodruchnikThe small mat Old Believers place their hands on when making prostrations.
- Prostration (metanoia)A deep bow to the ground with the sign of the cross; also the knotted prayer rope used to count prayers.
- Two-finger sign of the crossOld Believers cross themselves with two fingers, following the tradition before the 17th-century Russian reforms.
In the same category
- AntidoronThe pieces of blessed bread given to the faithful at the end of the Liturgy; it is not Communion.
- AntimensionA cloth consecrated by the bishop, showing the burial of Christ; the Liturgy cannot be celebrated without it.
- Baptismal fontThe large vessel in which children are baptised; in Catholic and Protestant churches often a stone basin near the entrance.
- CandleThe faithful light candles on entering the church: separately for the living and for the departed.
- CenserThe metal vessel on chains in which incense burns; the priest censes the icons and the faithful.
- ChaliceThe consecrated cup, usually of precious metal, holding the wine for the Eucharist.