Found this on Wikipedia. Does anyone know if it’s true? They don’t give a source.
The Eastern Orthodox doctrine of Hell is derived from the universal sayings and teachings of the saints and Church Fathers. These sayings and teachings are not in agreement on all points, and no Ecumenical council accepted by the Eastern Orthodox church has formulated a doctrine on Hell so there is no single official teaching.
I think [tag]Sobornost[/tag] and [tag]Akimel[/tag] would be most likely to know this – of the people who’ve been recently active anyway. Maybe one of them will drop in if we ask them. 
You may find of interest this series of articles on Orthodox construals of hell: What is Orthodox Hell? Also see: Orthodoxy and the Damnation of the Damned.
That’s right there is no official view on hell -
There is a strong minority tradition of universalism - where hell is more like purgatory (although the EO don’t think you can buy soul’s out of hell with your prayers - which is a vulgar Catholic view (but perhaps not the official one) - although they are comforted by you prayers for them an d solidarity with them). The belief is accepted by many key figures in the EO today and in former times.
There is a mainstream ‘soft’ ECT tradition but orthodox ECT believers do not believe that God torments sinners in hell or that he has created a special fire to torment them with (they are unanimous in viewing this belief as terrible blasphemy I understand). Rather they believe that both the damned and the saved are in the presence of God but the damned experience God’s love as tormenting fire, while the blessed experience it as fiery blessedness. The subjective experience of God’s love revealed in its fullness is formed by the choices made by each person in their life.
There is also a tradition to do with Aerial Toll houses - which many of the orthodox see as heretical - but which exerts a popular influence. According to this belief when people die they are translated to toll houses in the sky and subjected to terrors by demons to test and sift them to decide their eternal destiny (this all sounds a bit Egyptian and Gnostic - I know very little about it but I understand that it has been declared heretical by some patriarchs; it’s what I’d call the ‘hard ECT’ tradition within Orthodoxy).
That’s my understanding of the EO traditions. I think Akimel can give you more authoritative answers here. 
Ooops a double post 
- read akimel’s article rather than my stuttering’s.
Thanks akimel, those links are interesting.
You appear to be right, Michael. A good observation.
Steve
Thanks!
Hello,
an orthodox priest told me something like that about hell:
“There is a fire originating in God.
For the saints it causes joy for the sinners it causes pain.”
God bless
Dani
Very good, Dani. Thanks! I see it much the same way.
I think C.S. Lewis would, too. In his Narnian Chronicles The Last Battle, the young people and the dwarves end up in Aslan’s country. The dwarves have alway scoffed at the stories of the great Lion, Aslan. The young people enjoy wine and sumptious meals. But the dwarves who were in a stable when transported to Aslan’s country, think they are still in the stable. When they are offered some of the food, they think it is rotten turnips which were placed into the stable. When they are offered wine, they think it is urine from the troughs behind the cows. So they reject these good things with disgust.