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There are differences in the EOC beliefs about Mary compared to the RCC teachings. For one, the EOC doesn’t necessarily believe that Mary never sinned. They believe she could’ve sinned but was cleansed of her sin before Jesus’ incarnation. Many are also opposed to the rosary in which the RCC prays 10 Hail Marys for every 1 Our Father, a practice that in my opinion seems backwards.
The EOC has a very different perspective on the possibility of purgatory. They believe that we MIGHT have to undergo a cleansing or purging of our sinful nature before we enter Heaven. They don’t teach this as a definite situation but instead a possibility. They reject the RCC doctrine that teaches that we must pay a penalty in the afterlife for the remission of sin.
I know all of that.
To me, it's just same ideas, different contexts.
"We don't believe she never ever sinned, but she was cleansed of sin before Jesus' incarnation" - Okay, so either way, Immaculate Conception.
And St. Seraphim of Sarov, a Russian Orthodox, did have a prayer rule to the Theotokos, which is essentially the rosary in Orthodox form.
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