Hi there! I converted from Protestantism, I'll answer what I can to the best of my knowledge (Or rather what I feel I can before going to sleep) 2. Mary is "Ever-Virgin" Jesus' brothers and sisters where children from Joseph's previous marriage, he was a widower. One big evidence for this is upon the Cross Jesus asked John to take care of Mary, if she had other children, it would've been a giant shame unto them to not take care of their mom. 3. Women cannot be ordained. Women can be Abbesses and (I think) if they are a nun can be a deaconess (maybe?, someone correct me if Im wrong!) but they direct choirs, they can teach, they can basically do anything but priestly duties. 5. Divorce is always seen as a tragedy, and is approached with seriousness, but a believer can be remarried twice. This is a a big concession to human weakness, and if the third marriage fails they are not allowed to remarry again. 6. With the caution of they can only marry a Trinity believing Christian and that their children will be baptized and raised Orthodox. 6. The Church only affirms heterosexual marriages. But people of any other sexuality are supposed to always be treated with kindness and love, in theory I think they're the most compassionate non-lgbt affirming branches of Christianity, though.... people can be pretty awful. 8. Yes, there are prayer books! They usually contain morning, evening, and other incidental prayers that a Christian should know and pray often. 9. Yes, so too are prayer ropes, which help us focus and keep count of prayers (if we are given a prayer rule that is) 13. Very, just go and attend any service and there is scripture in the entirety of everything. We also have a gospel and epistle reading everyday, as well as being encouraged to at the very least, read a single chapter of a gospel a day. 15. It depends on the baptism and your bishop! 18. The Eucharist is always served during the Divine Liturgy, theoretically it can be served everyday, but a priest can only serve it once a day and you can only commune once a day. Though outside of monasteries I don't think this is done, it just isn't practical. 19. It depends! Some people use the Revised Julian Calendar and others are on the Gregorian Calendar! 20. Very, I would say, if you're going to a Church that does it in English. People will help you, and maybe guide you through the service book. 22. Every Wednesday and Friday we keep a vegan fast (including olive oil and alcohol), and then there are other periods, like Lent, and Nativity Fast (like advent but longer) we keep the fast. But this is only to the individuals strength, obviously a sick person cannot keep a strict fast.

I hope my little bit helped. I'm super tired or Im sure I would have expanded more. But all of us are always willing to answer questions! Have you read any books yet? I would also say, take things on the internet with a grain of salt, Internet Orthodoxy is a scary place (though it's pretty calm here). But, Orthodoxy is a faith that needs to be lived out =) that's what really drew me in, the way that your life centers around Christ and the practices that draw you closer to God.