"The way of the Church is LOVE; it differs from the way of the legalists. The Church sees everything with tolerance and seeks to help each person, whatever he may have done, however sinful he may be."
~Elder Paisios
This is what being Eastern Orthodox is. If you read the definition of "legalists" if offers a more in depth view of how Orthodoxy is different from Roman Catholicsm, or Protestantism. Many of my friends have asked over the years- so here it is. The best summation I have read about the tenets I follow.
