Abstrakt
The article explores how the actual Panorthodox Council of 2016 reflected the long and multifaceted process of its preparation, the different hopes associated with the event and its impact, and with only a short retrospective, a little bit more than a year, to consider what impact it has had on the ecumenical relations. The article is divided into two parts: one focusses on the Modern idea of the Panorthodox Council and the rising Ecumenical Movement, the other on the ecumenical relations in the conciliar documents.
It pays a special attention to the shift from the ecumenical vocabulary to the notion of the "the rest of the Christian world". It analyses the implicit ecclesiology behind this shift.
Besides the documents, the article also examines the first impact of the event and of the content of the Panorthodox Council beyond the Orthodox circles. And speaking from this perspective, it offers a critical evaluation of the process, content and the early impact.