Why?
Because wikipedia made a claim without linking any reference to Eastern Orthodox usage of the term? You do understand that anyone can edit wikipedia articles, don't you?
We Eastern Orthodox have many titles for St Mary, and if Queen of Heaven is one of them, it is very rarely used. That doesn't mean I disagree with the title. Theologically if Christ is King then Mary is Queen, but we don't refer to Christ as King of Heaven for the simple reason that He is Lord of All. Everything in creation is under His dominion, not just heaven.
The rest of your argument seems to rest on the association with pagan false claims of deity, but if we follow that line of reasoning we should never call Christ "God" because of all the association of the title with false pagan "gods."
Below is from an Eastern Orthodox site; they do not deny their preoccupation with Mary as Queen of Heaven and the sources for this are numerous.
I am usually impressed by Eastern Orthodox posts, yet I expect the Queen of Heaven doctrine to be typical of all their Traditional doctrine. The pagan Queen of Heaven has previously existed as scripture reveals and Christians who worship Mary as the Queen of heaven are typically those whose ancestors worshipped the Pagan Queen of Heaven; even if your personal case is different, your Church's traditions have a Pagan origin.
On the off chance that Eastern Orthodox Tradition was not Pagan based; then there is no justification for worshipping Mary nor or deeming her Queen of heaven; in both cases is blasphemy.
The Justification below is Apologetics and is not different to Catholic excuses and Catholic apologists can make black white; and yet none of these excuses would stand up in a court of Law. So the best I can do is show reasonable doubt.
Psalm 45:9 in some Bibles it is verse ten. At your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.
This really makes no sense; it seems violate the commandment regarding graven images; I suggest the translator/interpreters got it wrong and that it should read in English,
AT YOUR RIGHT HAND STANDS GOLD FROM THE QUEEN IN OPHIR.
Regarding the queen mothers; without looking I wont dispute the Biblical stories but I will dispute the conclusions reached by the apologists. All or most of the Davidic Kings would have been sons of queens who would have carried on as queens until they died; I would expect that at least one of the Kings wives would be a queen, such that her King son would have a queen mother.
Revelation 11:19.
<<The mention of the Ark is odd, since it had been done away with when the Glory of God had left that Ark, but the Orthodox teaching is that Mary is a type of the new Ark. This is further expressed by the verses that follow showing a sign of a woman in heaven.>>
Here there is a pathetic lack of understanding; the Sanctuary and every thing in it was a replica of what is in heaven; Just because men discarded the box or that God abandoned the box doesn't mean things have changed in heaven; but we see in this Orthodox teaching an entry point for the Church depending on Mary for their salvation.
Revelation from chapter 4 is symbolic and cannot be taken literally; Mary is the church;
Revelation 12:17 (NKJV)
17 And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Isaiah 7:14-18. I think the Orthodox Church places a wrong perspective on Mary's virginity; it is more concerned about the membrane rather that the moral calibre of Mary., or God's methodology of making Himself human. These verses are mind boggling; but I do not agree with the apologists use of them.
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Mary as the Queen of Heaven
In the Jewish culture, a Davidic King would have his mother as Queen rather than his wife, because he rarely had one wife, but many wives. Sharing power with many wives would be much too difficult, but he had only one mother and she was given the title of Queen. Almost every time a new king is introduced in 1 and 2 Kings, the king’s mother is mentioned. She was a member of the royal court, wore a crown, sat on a throne, and shared in the king’s reign (2 Kings 24:12, 15; Jer. 13:18–20). She acted as counselor to her son (Prov. 31), an advocate of the people, and as an intercessor for the citizens of the kingdom (1 Kings 2:17–20). Since Jesus is a King based on the order of David, it makes sense that His mother would be called Queen.
Psalm 45 depicts Christ as King and at his side is a Queen.
Psalm 45:9
At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir
So who is this Queen? Scripture puts forth Mary as our Queen in a grandiose description found in Revelation. In a vision of heaven, we are shown that the Ark of the Covenant is present in the temple.
Revelation 11:19
Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.
The mention of the Ark is odd, since it had been done away with when the Glory of God had left that Ark, but the Orthodox teaching is that Mary is a type of the new Ark. This is further expressed by the verses that follow showing a sign of a woman in heaven.
Revelation 12:1
And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
And then to specifically designate who this woman is,
Revelation 12:5
She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne.
The male child described is Jesus, which implies that the woman is Mary.
Some will argue that the woman is not Mary, but Israel, as some of the verses do not appear to reference Mary. And they would be correct. There are many prophecies that have multiple meanings or multiple references. A good example is a prophecy many Christians are familiar with.
Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
We all are familiar with this verse and know it refers to the virgin birth. But when you read more of the prophecy it gets a bit more complicated.
Isaiah 7:14-18
Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good. For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you dread will be forsaken by both her kings. The Lord will bring the king of Assyria upon you and your people and your father’s house—days that have not come since the day that Ephraim departed from Judah.”
It would be a strange theology to teach that there was a time when Jesus didn’t know how to refuse the evil and choose the good. This prophecy was also partially fulfilled in the time before Christ’s birth when a child named Immanuel was born as a sign that God was still with Israel.(Isaiah 8:8) Given the way this very popular prophecy was used to speak of Christ in the New Testament as well as Immanuel in the Old Testament, it is reasonable that the prophecy in Revelation could be used the same way. It can describe both Israel and Mary.
The prophecy describes Mary in very grand terms pointing to her royal status. She wears a royal crown pointing to the 12 tribes or to the 12 apostles symbolizing her queenship in the new kingdom. The moon under her feet represents her dominion and victory over her enemies. Then finally clothed with the sun. This is an important woman! This is the Queen of Heaven!