The fact of the matter is that all denominations, not just the Catholic Church, are experiencing a shortage in their numbers of clergy and prospective candidates. The media would like us all to believe that it's only the Catholics and that silly celibacy rule that is the problem. Those of us who have taken the time to learn the truth know that that isn't the case. We're beginning to see a resurgence of vocations, particularly in orthodox dioceses, as more and more people get disillusioned with the religion of materialism. As time goes by we'll see even more examples of people who are in the world but not of the world seeking to serve Almighty God.
"As a practical matter, how is the Orthodox Church dealing with its shortage of clergy?"
The GOA doesn't have a shortage right now, though there may be one looming and we have had them in the past. The only way to deal with it is to pray for vocations. The same way you guys are dealing with yours. These matters are up to God. I no more believe that the priest shortage in some dioceses of the Latin Church is due to the celibacy rule than you do. The problem lies with formation of the young in both particular churches. Our converts tend to take Orthodoxy more seriously than do cradle Orthodox and while the overwhelming majority of them get over any crazy convert disease eventually, they remain in some ways more consciously convinced of Orthodoxy than many cradle types. And its from them and their families that we are seeing great and growing numbers of seminarians.
The question I asked, however, was a sincere one. Do you think that celibacy, clearly the highest of callings, designed to accomplish precisely what you have written, can accomplish that end, again as a general rule, "in the world"? I am not suggesting for a moment that if as a practical matter the ends of celibacy are more likely accomplished in monasteries than in parish work, the Latin Church's rule should be changed.