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The most commonly known format of the Rosary, flanked by the Bible and a free-standing crucifix.

The Rosary is a Catholic form of prayer using beads. It is a cycle of repeated formal prayers, such as the Lord's Prayer and the Hail Mary, done while thinking about important events in the lives of Jesus and Mary. This is called "saying the Rosary" or "praying the Rosary." A rosary can also be the series of joined beads that a person holds while saying these prayers.

A person who says a Rosary usually thinks about certain events from the Bible. Each day has a traditional list of these events, called "Mysteries of the Rosary."

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  • Rosary 2006-08-14

    After making the Sign of the Cross, the Rosary is typically prayed using rosary beads as follows: (1) Apostle's Creed on the crucifix, (2) Lord's Prayer on the first large bead, (3) Hail Mary on the next three smaller beads, (4) Glory Be on the gap before the next large bead, (5) Announcing the mystery, with the Lord's Prayer on each large bead, Hail Mary on each of the ten adjacent small beads and Glory Be on the gap before the next large bead. Once five decades have been prayed, concluding prayers are typically said.

  • An Egyptian Rosary with a Coptic Cross, 2010

    An Egyptian, Coptic-style rosary featuring an extra Coptic crucifix

  • Our Lady of Lourdes - Grotto of Lourdes - Lourdes 2014

    Our Lady of Lourdes appearing at Lourdes with rosary beads

  • Bernsteinrosenkranz

    A single-decade rosary

  • Coronilla san miguel

    A Saint Michael Chaplet

  • Ringrosary

    Single-decade rosary ring

  • Anglican prayer beads-2006 04 08

    Anglican prayer beads

  • Fatima

    Rosary Basilica, Fatima, Portugal, 1953.

  • Sanctuary NDL 3

    Rosary Basilica, Lourdes, France, 1899.

  • Drawien Church 03 (2009)

    Our Lady of the Rosary, Drawień, Poland, 1695.

  • Santuario de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de San Nicolás

    Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rosary of San Nicolás, Buenes Aires province, Argentina

  • Madonnadelrosario Nicola Porta

    Madonna and rosary by Nicola Porta

  • Guido Reni 057

    Madonna with rosary, by Guido Reni, 1596

  • Maria Anger - Seitenaltar 2

    Madonna offering Saint Dominic rosary by August Palme, 1860

  • Bartolomé Esteban Perez Murillo 020

    Madonna with the Rosary by Murillo, 1650

  • 545px-Madonna del Rosario formiello - particolare

    Madonna of the Rosary statue, Naples, Italy

  • N-s-dos-passos-14

    Rosary Madonna, Porto Alegre, Brazil

  • Rosary-Madonna-Atzwang

    Madonna with Rosary, South-Tyrol, Austria

  • Rosary-Madonna-Mersa

    Madonna with Rosary by Josef Mersa, Italy

  • Meditationmystery

    Crucifixion and rosary

  • Saint ANoine

    Saint Anthony with a rosary

  • Rosary with pomander

    Rosary with pomander

  • Laurens vieille normande

    Old woman praying

  • Michelangelo Merisi, called Caravaggio - Madonna of the Rosary - Google Art Project

    Madonna of the Rosary by Caravaggio

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