Rather than issuing impotent appeals to the successive beasts that arise from the earth, bishops are to prepare and equip the Christian faithful to undergo the fires of tribulation that the Lord permits to come their way.

The only way to prepare the faitful that I can think of is to make known the Lives of the Saints. Christ did not bribe anyone to become His follower. He did warn us:

I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.

I am reading again The Blessed Surgeon: The Life of Saint Luke, Archbishop of Simferopol. He was an “unshakable pillar and teacher of Orthodoxy” during the darkest years of Communist oppression in Russia. St. Luke’s virtues, struggles and achievements are staggering. God could have raised one thousand like him but one was just enough!

Troparion of St. Luke of Simferopol – Tone 1

O herald of the way of salvation, confessor and archpastor of the Crimean flock, faithful keeper of the traditions of the fathers, unshakeable pillar and teacher of Orthodoxy, pray unceasingly to Christ our Saviour to grant salvation and strong faith to Orthodox Christians, O holy hierarch Luke, physician wise in God.