N. S. Leskov, who came from the clergy, revealed the theme of righteousness and sin, true holiness and rabid atheism better than all his contemporaries. The work “At the End of the World” is based on a true incident from the missionary activity in Siberia of the Yaroslavl Archbishop Nile. In his story, Leskov describes the life of one of the most oppressed “savage” peoples of Russia, doomed to death. The hero of “The Enchanted Wanderer” faces a long path to repentance and finding peace of mind. The author evaluates portraits of bishops in different life situations from the point of view of a sane person in the story “Little Things in a Bishop’s Life.”