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In the Russian Federation a course “Basics of religious cultures and society ethics” has been introduced into the school educational program. We conducted a qualitative research, aiming to discover to what extent these courses have an impact on the religiosity of the children. At the end of the research we've obtained 720 drawings. The religiosity is higher among those children where the subject "Fundamentals of Orthodox culture" is taught from the first grade. A course "Fundamentals of Orthodox culture" outlines a concept of religion, but the kids keep this knowledge in mind only under constant review of the learned material. After the 6th grade, the child starts to develop his own vision of God that differs from the one introduced to him during lessons. Thus, the existing system of education and the presence of school subjects on religious culture do not affect the religiosity of children.