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I think Dostoevsky is Orthodox. C.S. Lewis, had he lived another year, was fast becoming Orthodox and would have within the year - he was very Orthodox in much of his theology and loved Orthodox worship above the other experiences he had. Tolstoy is Orthodox though the age of reason and his dabbling in pluralism had him quite dizzy - on a wonderful search - that got him booted for a good minute but he later found himself coming out of the funk (depending on who you ask) and was then readmitted into The Church (not without controversy!). Alexander Solzhenitsyn (another writer) is Orthodox. However, our most "famous" Orthodox person in the West would probably be:
Troy Polamalu, aka The Headhunter.
It would be hard to explain but I could give it a try. I don't want to try to paint Orthodoxy against what others are or Orthodoxy as being what the others aren't. That's half the trouble.
Whenever you try to tell someone about it, you first have to deconstruct their understanding of the thing being talked about (sin, salvation, hell, heaven, etc.) and then explain from the ground up to the very thing it is you wanted to actually explain. By then your listener is usually exhausted or even more confused than they were before.
The true way and only way to actually understand Orthodoxy is to experience it - live it.
But you're right. I should give it a try. It'll be a challenge.
God bless
