This collection presents the best works of A. P. Chekhov on spiritual topics: about the search for faith, about the purpose of man, about the life and death of the soul, about the choice between material and spiritual values. Despite the fact that researchers of the writer’s work still cannot come to a consensus and decide whether Chekhov was a believer, he himself answers this question with his works, which are full of compassionate love for weak and sinful human souls. Through the mouth of one of his characters, Chekhov defines the meaning of creativity this way: “Sciences and arts, when they are real... seek truth, the meaning of life, seek God, the soul.”