The first time I ever saw it was at my uncle's wedding: He had a friend who was/is an Orthodox priest, which was odd, seeing as how my uncle is an Episcopalian priest.
Now, with the passage of time, I acknowledge the Orthodox guy as being closer to true Christianity than my uncle.
I think Episcopalian traditions are wonderful and valuable. But there are more and more Episcopalians now attending the Divine Liturgy of the Orthodox because of a schism in the Epioscopalian community, and an accurate sense that the Orthodox provide a sanctuary.
The value of Orthodoxy, and all Orthodox know this, is they never change. And it easier for them to adhere to this never changing nature because the Divine Liturgy seldom requires anyting more than love. Even obedience is secondary to love.
But the problems of the Orthodox are as the problems in other Christian sects, that of personal problems among priests and bishops, problems of budgets, of decisions of who is promoted etc.
So Orthodoxy is not and can never be Utopia. But its adherence to the Divine Liturgy is its center, as our thread author wrote so well. The Divine Liturgy focuses each of us before the Eternal, we stand before Eternity for a few hours and come away humbled.