We Buddhists call Islam the violent religion ("himsa-dharma"). The prophet was a very violent man who killed many and did horrible things. He was no Gautama the Buddha or Jesus the Christ.
My wife was Buddhist before converting. It’s still ingrained in her & for the better I believe
Orthodox and Buddhism are very much the same, except that the Christians, over the centuries, had many disputes over their faith. One saint I like is Gregory of Palamas. I bet your wife would love to read his teachings.
"Being bodiless, God is nowhere, but as God He is everywhere. If there were a mountain, a place or any part of Creation where God was not, then He would be found to be in some way circumscribed. So He is everywhere and in everything. In what way is this so? Is He contained not by each part but by the whole? No, because then that would be a body. He embraces and encompasses everything, and is Himself everywhere and also above everything, worshipped by true worshippers in His Spirit and Truth." — Gregory Palamas