Do we Orthodox really try to “earn our way” into Heaven via our own self-righteousness and “‘doing enough”?

Let’s look at how we might answer that. To prove that this is simply not the case, I’m going to use quotes from the Liturgy of St. Tikhon. I could use excerpts from any Orthodox Liturgy, but this one has good quotes for illustration purposes. Why am I using quotes from a liturgy as opposed to the Church Fathers, Church Councils, any number of writings from Orthodox Theologians, or an official catechism? Those are all good sources, but Protestants often accuse Orthodox of lying / misrepresenting our beliefs in discussions with them.

Liturgies are the prayers of the Church. Liturgies are not written for the benefit of outsiders, but for the edification of Orthodox Christians. The words of the Liturgies are what we tell ourselves, and God, about what we truly believe. If we actually believed in earning salvation through good works and our own righteousness, then we would say so in our liturgies. https://orthodoxreflections.com/does-orthodox-christianity-teach-works-based-salvation/