and also when peter berthold the new met with the preacher cureall it was very clear that he was personally wounded and that he was personally. that and that he blamed the russian orthodox church for . the lack of success in the council of crete now the relationship between moscow and constantinople was never particularly small i think most external observers agree that there is a bit of a power contest going on that's been paid care real who's presiding over the largest and the wealthiest orthodox congregation and pay chart bartholomew who oversees a relatively small parish in a predominantly muslim country and yet claims a commanding global powers do you indeed think there is a power contest going on between the two no i do not think so but i see from history referred to the one nine hundred twenty s. when the pitcher kit of constantinople supported schism was in the russian orthodox church and they see from history is that the patriarch of constantinople very often treat this relationship in this way when there was the russian orthodox church finds itself in a difficult situation instead