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>Basically all I encounter is indifference, liberals that just want to be Anglicans, alt-right incels, and thots.
Yeah, I begomed Orthodox last year and I honestly feel incredibly depressed.
I miss my large Baptist church, I miss going to my Baptist family camp every year where there would literally be hundreds of conservative girls, in skirts, who grew up in large families, and many of whom were interested in starting some of their own. It was the only place where I ever heard women speak highly of biblical gender roles - in every Orthodox parish in my area, the young women have been more or less affected by feminism.
I visited two monasteries - previous to spending time in them, I was super excited about my Orthodox faith. The first was small (four guys) and old calendarist, they all seemed to lack a basic knowledge of what Catholics or Protestants really believed (I heard, when I was there, that the Catholics never mentioned the Resurrection or the name of Christ during their Mass, and that Protestants literally prayed to the Bible.) Two of the men had pretty serious mental illnesses, and another definitely seemed gay.
Second monastery was larger, but also was just depressing, honestly. No light of Christ - no joy in their lives. Once again, many of the monks had mental illness. Nearly all the monks hated women. By the time I had finished my week's stay, I wondered if the Orthodox Church was only comprised of incels.