Those with no search for God are now hoping for Hostility to it.

Don’t Be Surprised by World’s Hostility to Orthodox Christianity June 14, 2021 by Orthodox Editors Dont Be Surprised by Worlds Hostility to Orthodox Christianityby Fr. Geoffrey Korz – … We should not ever, ever be surprised when the world responds to Orthodox Christianity with skepticism and hostility. We should not be surprised when the world tries to reinterpret the Bible, or the Church Fathers, or the lives of the saints, to fit some modern agenda. We should not be surprised when even so-called Orthodox people follow the example of the parents of the Blind Man, and try to make themselves friends of the world, and won’t say a word that might cause waves with the world. That’s the way it’s always been. Even since the time of Christ Himself. Even with the Apostles, when you think about it. … Spiritual truth, versus worldly thinking. It happened with the saints throughout the centuries, too. If the faithful wanted to quietly live out their lives as Christians, to pray, to go to Church, they would be mocked. Laws would be passed against them. They would be asked to conform to whatever the government told them to say or do – whether they lived under the Romans, or the Ottoman Muslims, or the Soviet Communists, or others. Eventually, they would face death for their faith in Christ.