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© 2020, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783847111658 – ISBN E-Lib: 9783737011655 time, ifnotforever”29.Thisassessmentisofcritical importance,sinceithasvery negativeconsequencesforthefutureofOrthodoxyinUkraineandobstructsthe chances for reconciliation. Ultimately, the stance of the MP shows that the tensions between East and West within the Ukrainian society are still in- surmountable. 4. Twoconcretesteps fora reconciliation ThecurrentUkrainianecclesial conflict certainlyhasreasonsrooted intheway historical, cultural (i.e. language), political and ecclesial data have been in- terpreted.30AChristianperspectiveonthisconflicthoweverimpliesthequestion ofreconciliationbothasamandateof theGospel–asexplainedabove–andas part of the civil society assuming a pioneering role in themultidimensional reconciliation process between Ukraine and Russia.31 Therefore, the main question of this part of the article is:What should happen at both the Pan- OrthodoxleveloftheOrthodoxChurchaswellasatthenationallevelinorderto deescalate the ecclesial conflict andengage in reconciliation?Even if these two levelsinteractwitheachother,theywillbeconsideredseparately,witheachlevel presentingapossiblewayoutof thecrisis. 4.1. Pan-OrthodoxLevel Thefact thatapan-orthodoxbindingconsensuswithintheOrthodoxChurches cannot be reached was undoubtably made very clear at The Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church of 2016. Despite preparations that lasted throughoutthetwentiethcentury,timeinwhichtheformalconsensusofall local Orthodox Churches was reached concerning the Synod’s agenda and draft documents, fourOrthodoxChurches (TheRussianOrthodoxChurch and the PatriarchatesofAntioch,BulgariaandGeorgia)decidedat the lastmomentnot to attend the Council. One of themost important consequences of this with- 29 The Orthodox Church of Russia, Appeal of The Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Churchtothehierarchy,clergy,monastics,andfaithful(12/172018),see:https://mospat.ru/ en/2018/12/17/news168041/ (accessedonJanuary8th2019). 30 For example, see the distinguished contribution of: Thomas Bremer / Sophia Senyk, Can historysolve theconflictaboutUkrainianautocephaly?, in:PublicOrthodoxy, see:https:// publicorthodoxy.org/2015/09/21/the-marks-of-autocephaly/ (accessed on June 13th 2019). 31 Concerningthemodelofreconciliationthatcouldbeappliedheretherearesomeproposals workedout inthephilosophyofreconciliationofPaulRicoeurandJohnPaulLederach.See thefollowinginvestigationsonthistopicofRap,TheConflict,p. 219;Ibid.,ThePublicRole. CezarMarksteiner-Ungureanu194 Open-Access-Publikation im Sinne der CC-Lizenz BY 4.0