Church pray to God?
(Brief conversation after class prayer)
What were we children doing now? They prayed to God. This means that you all know how to pray to God. Tell me, what did we do when we prayed to God? (Children are silent; leading questions follow.) Did we stand or sit during prayer? They stood. What did we look at when we prayed to God? On holy icons? Yes. Then what did you do, looking at the icons? Did you say a prayer? Yes. What else did you do? Have you been baptized? Yes. Have you done anything else? Didn't you bow? They bowed. So, what should you do to pray to God? To pray to God, you need to stand in front of the holy icons, say a prayer, cross yourself and bow. Who, children, established how to pray to God like this? This is how the Holy Church established praying to God.
The teacher of the law repeats this with the children, first separately, always demanding from them a complete answer to this question.