“And, no, I don’t “just fine” understand what you mean. Enlighten me.”
The Orthodox are very, very seldom a “good example” for Western Christians because we approach religion differently from the way you do, no matter how friendly we might be. We just don’t have the same mindset when it comes to our relationships with God, the Church or for that matter each other. I used to think it was an ethnic thing, but its not, really. Its based in Orthodoxy. Most people, when they convert as adults, don’t fully “get” the Orthodox mindset...but their kids do.
“It’s an Orthodox thing, you wouldn’t understand.”