What to know about the Orthodox religion
Its a works based religion like Catholicism. Avoid. The Orthodox Church, worship service centers on the Eucharist, incorporating music, prayer, and Scripture, along with incense, icons, and other sensory elements. The Orthodox Church also holds that the bread and wine become the body and blood of Christ but purposefully avoids explaining how the transformation occurs. With their icons, it's idolatry, and is forced on the parishioners and made a requirement. Orthodox Church generally respects the pope, it does not recognize him as possessing ultimate authority over the church. Orthodox church believe baptism is required for salvation, which is a "work" on mans part as if having a role in his salvation, thus putting it outside true Christianity. It fails the Essentials test, so it's not Christian. Further, they preach a gospel of Asceticism: "Unless each one of you shall hate all nature of earthly possession, and renounce it and all its works with al...