 Dostoevsky was an Orthodox Christian, was raised in a religious family and knew the Gospel from a very young age.He was influenced by the Russian translation of Johannes Hübner's "One Hundred and Four Sacred Stories from the Old and New Testaments Selected for Children" (partly a German bible for children and partly a catechism).He attended Sunday liturgies from an early age and took part in annual pilgrimages to the St. Sergius Trinity Monastery.