The Russian Church has always had deaconesses, so far as I know. The order was officially restored in Greece in 2004, though deaconesses had served for centuries in monasteries. I think there are some in other Balkan countries. I met one from Roumania once.
The role of deaconesses in the Liturgy died out hundreds of years ago, I expect as a result of the Mohammedan conquest of The Empire.
I honestly don’t think this is anything to be afraid of. I mean, we Orthodox are hardly what you would call innovators and I assure you the Orthodox Church hasn’t collapsed because of deaconesses.
Interesting fact about the women clamoring to be female deacons and priests..They are all “pro choice”. I find it odd that God only wanted baby killing women to be priests.These women will say God is calling them.. To do what? Tell the rest of the Catholic world that it`s okay to murder babies?
We don't have any established, formed tradition of it in the West. We don't have centuries of church life to teach us what role they should play or not play. It is, to us, a concept from so long ago that we are not even sure what was clearly meant by the term.
Why are learned Eastern hierarchs not on the commission? Why are Orthodox deaconesses not on the commission? All I see are Italian, Spanish, French, German names. That should tell you something right there. And I don't know these names but I do know Phyllis Zagano is an infamous heretic.
Basically, the folks who put this together want to smuggle in heresy in the Trojan Horse of an ancient practice the same way they did with the liturgical insanity post-Vatican II.
Franciscus deponendus est.