Христианские легенды

Avtor "Levshi", "Ocharovannogo strannika" i "Ledi Makbet Mtsenskogo uezda" s detstva otlichalsya bolshoy religioznostyu, no vot ego otnoshenie k pravoslavnoy tserkvi bylo v luchshem sluchae kriticheskim Leskov schital, chto tserkov lish otvlekaet prikhozhan ot istiny KHristovoy. Neudivitelno, chto sbornik "KHristianskie legendy" posvyashchen zhizni rannikh pravednikov, zhivshikh v Egipte i stranakh Blizhnego Vostoka. Geroi sbornika startsy i otshelniki, prekrasnye devy i vlyublennye yunoshi, oni lyubyat i stradayut, ishchut istinu i stanovyatsya svidetelyami nastoyashchikh chudes, no prezhde vsego vse oni istovo veryat v Boga i obretayut ego v svoey dushe.