To Those Seeking Their Mother

By Monk Zachary (Catacomb Church 1947)

When I was a child, I heard the following tale:

In very ancient times, in some country or other, there was a gang of bandits whose fierce and furious raids terrorized the entire surrounding population. The fierce leader of this gang had lost all sense of human feeling and wrought unspeakable evil, such as hitherto had been unknown.

On one occasion, these bandits attacked the home of a good and peaceful man. First, they slaughtered the master of the house; then, mocking and outraging her, they bestially murdered his wife, as well, after which they stole all the family