If ordination of women remains a sort of “backwater” affair, then perhaps it can be ignored / papered over. That is largely what is happening right now. Most Orthodox hierarchs appear to be ignoring the new female Deacon, fervently hoping she will just go away. Such a strategy, however, stops working as soon as a female ordination occurs somewhere too prominent to ignore. There are limits to the differences that can be swept under the rug in the name of “unity”.

Ironically, a larger, more serious schism in the Orthodox Church could end up being caused by a “unity” of sorts between Constantinople, perhaps with Alexandria in tow, and the Roman Catholic Church, possibly with the Anglican heritage churches along for good measure. That is the kind of development that even the most schism-averse synods could not ignore. https://orthodoxreflections.com/the-way-to-schism-part-2-fake-ecumenical-unions/