Much of the language one hears online from Orthodox Christians in reaction to our present age conveys danger, threat, fear, and enemies, and a need to be watchful, on guard, militant, and even aggressive in defense of the faith. In this view of the Church, our mission is to defend the truth of Orthodoxy (apologetics), to attract refugees from this decaying world, and to protect Orthodoxy from outsiders and internal enemies who would corrupt the Church.
