one night the icon was stolen, the glass of the icon-case broken, the grating smashed, and from the crown and the setting several stones and pearls removed,
This is the first ‘job’ that really showed the colours of their revolution. No doubt this was desecration of a sacred image, and of course Fedka was only the pawn that Pyotr (he was probably the one who orchestrated it) used. It’s befitting they stole the Mother of God’s crown - they want to dethrone God, so that includes insulting the crown He gave to His mother.
