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I will say that a greatly compelling point for Orthodoxy over any other denomination of Christianity is the fact that they distribute the only modern Bible (widely) which has both the Septuagint alongside the New Testament.
Even the RCs have moved away from the LXX in current times.
The only issue is that they use and lean a bit too much on the NKJV which causes issues like with Psalm 23 where they correctly get the first part of "Your cup overflows" where it should be "your cup cheers me".
This could have something to do with differing manuscripts however I have not found any concrete evidence of this.
The reason why the LXX is important is because the early church used it exclusively after the Apostles, so it seems a bit "off" when you read the Masoretic Text.
Essentially showing that they were not duped by Rabbis and Jesuits who would play a little fast and loose with the Bible to own le Christians (attempts to conceal the Incarnation, as well as salvation for the Gentiles, etc.).
[Attached is the infamous (looking) symbol found in the Leningrad Codex, which is an authoritative MT source; which is the most referenced text when translating most modern Bibles lol]