The Syrian Orthodox do not pray our Mary-focused rosary despite that they follow the dogma of had qnoma so accept Mary as (literal) Mother Of God. Sometimes we ask them about it; at least one guy has responded. Unfortunately his response isn't good.
The argument goes that Orthodoxy doesn't go for "mental imagery". The argument further dismisses the rosary-associated visits of the Virgin, which were Western.
I must say, that church so famed for iconodoulism whose spokesman has actually dared name himself "Syriacorthodoxicons" is making an astoundingly poor argument against "mental imagery". As for Marian apparitions: one wonders what that author would make of this page including several Late-Antique apparitions in Egypt and Syria. It isn't Marian apparitions as such, which S.O.I. rejects.
This fellow proceeds to recommend the kamboskini / mequetaria. Which is a... rosary. But with different regular prayers!
S.O.I. overall gives off the impression that we in the West cannot have our own tradition, because we're a pack of Gaulish barbarians or something. I mean... yeah, he's probably right. But does a Syrian have much standing against Western barbarism in this past decade . . . ?
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