This small book contains a recording of a series of television programs broadcast in the spring of 1999 with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch ALEXIY II of Moscow and All Rus' under the general title “Peace to your home.” The cycle consists of 32 programs and is dedicated to the topic of prayer. What is prayer? Why do you need to pray? How to learn prayer? Prayer is like a conversation with God. Prayer as overcoming the distance between God and man. The Lord's Prayer. Jesus Prayer Prayers to the Mother of God and the saints. Prayer for the living and the dead. These are the main themes revealed by the author. Using simple and accessible language, Abbot Hilarion addresses primarily those who have just embarked on the path to God and the temple and who are taking their first steps on this path.