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True, I remember being to a mass here in the US, and they seemed kind of dull.
Hope Orthodox churches have neither of those two issues in the future.
You will never see anything close to postmodern, post Vatican II Roman Catholic parishes within Orthodoxy.
With that being acknowledged, I have certianly seen a few Orthodox Churches that are more whitewashed and sterile then most. Some Greek Churches (especially the ones built during the 1970s and 80s) in particular seem to have these problems. While they still have all the fixtures of a Orthodox temple, some of them have protestant style pews and a rather spartan and not-so accessible selection of icons. Other churches, especially the ones built recently might not be able to complete all their iconography at once due to cost issues, so these churches can also feel a little cold at times. When they are finished though, they are often very beautiful places. There is a Serbian Orthodox cathedral in Milwaukee that features mosaic iconography that took 30+ years to complete. You can imagine that early on it felt a little cold and sterile. All that wait was worth it though, as it is a very reverant worship space today.
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