I don’t have a deg in this fight, but I like the Eastern types simply because their outfits are so neat, with those funny black hat things that the priests wear.
Those garments and vestments originate from the traditions of the Levitical priests of the Old Testament. Hence, the Orthodoxy claim they are ‘closest’ to the birth of Christianity to the time of Jesus among the Jews. In other words, many of the Orthodox priests early on were Jewish and preserved Jewish traditions of dress and authority.
We must remember that Christianity came about from a schism among Jews. Christian orthodox are the first organized Christians and have not changed in nearly 2000 years. Many Episcopal are joining the Orthodox Church for that very reason, they want a faith is unchanging, as close to the original witness as possible.
The Orthodox Church is said to have been founded by the Apostle Paul, and also Apostle Peter before Peter went to Rome.