Is the Rosary part of the Western Orthodox tradition?
Pater Noster cord The short answer is "No"; however, people bring up the use of the Pater Noster beads / cords from the 8th century; but, this ultimately isn't the Rosary, since the Rosary is far more than using a prayer rope or beads to say the Angelic Salutation. What is ultimately meant by the Rosary is using meditative techniques, the attempts to imagine one self present at the declaration of mysteries, and such, these are real problems that will produce spiritual delusions. Saying the Angelic Salutation, and other prayers numerous time, like saying "O God, be attentive unto helping me; O Lord, make haste to help me.." dozens or more times, is definitely ancient since the Ancient and Medieval Monastic Fathers talk about it. Again, I am never quite sure that everyone has the same meaning by "Rosary"; if by Rosary they mean the way modern RC's do it, then, I don't think in that form, it goes back much before the 15th century. If they mean...