@BowsacNoodle @maija @Terry before I tackle EO I will give a brief rundown on why ROC is bad in particular. ROC has a Stalinist problem, to put it bluntly. the church participates in the great patriotic war propaganda song and dance. Regarding EO, I find it's soteriology to be dangerous at best and soul destroying at worst, Scripture clearly teaches not only a legal framework of salvation but teaches faith alone and not faith plus works(spiritual usury) or a process of "Theosis" as a means of salvation. It seems a lack of clarity also is a major issue in EO theology in general. An insistence on patristic sources being anything more than what they are (opinions of the dead) let alone equal to Word of God is also a negative aspect. weird hellenic heathen metaphysics being popular (Plato is incompatible with Christianity btw and Plontius is worse). vain repetition being a popular monastic practice. the Icon stuff is weird and if one takes it too far it can lead to idolatry. that's a run down of the more important problems I have with EO I can think of at the moment. I gotta go to bed goodnight