Prayer is the most important element of worship and a cultural phenomenon that has a multi-ethnic substrate; it is a universal means of addressing the object of one's worship. Prayer is a way of overcoming the border in the transition from the immanent to the transcendent, a wing for the implementation of transcensus (transcendence) - the transition to ideal dimensions of pure abstraction, communion with the revelations of unearthly existence in the realm of the Eternal Spirit. After all, the main purpose of prayer should be sought in the very possibility of a person's direct appeal to God...