This study researches the role prayer plays in a class at a faith primary school in Slovakia in terms of reproducing the traditional elements of school organisation/schoolwork, such as accepting authority, conforming and competing. It looks at non-religious elements of school socialisation as a consequence of the practice of praying. At the same time, it establishes the state of research in the psychology of religion and its limits. It reconstructs the path Slovakia has taken in establishing faith education and religious elements within education in order to reveal the sociocultural background concerning the practice of prayer in Slovak schools. It then presents some of the research findings from the ethnographic study of prayer. Prayer is found to be a strong formal and symbolic element in school socialisation.