On the eve of the « Unification Council » in Ukraine, Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) of Volokolamsk published the following reflections: « For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it, lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock it, saying, ‘This man began to build