https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRLFeldPG3Y
Sabba – Not only Coptic Christians pray almost the same way Muslims pray (or vice versa), but all Christians of the Levant, used to pray this way, following the example of Jesus himself (PBUH), Matthew 26:39.
The bowing, kneeling and prostrating are still full part of the Melkite, Chaldean and Assyrian liturgies. And, for those who might think that they pray this way only because of the Islamic influence (or perhaps even coercion), these Christian communities all make the claim that it was under their influence that the Muslims incorporated prostration into their prayer.
I feel such a deep connection to these worshipers.
In the Catholic church today bowing, kneeling, & prostrating has morphed into sitting, standing, & kneeling …