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Russian Orthodox Church
There occurred strident conflicts with the Ecumenical Patriarchate , most notably over the Orthodox Church in Estonia in the mid-1990s , which resulted in unilateral suspension of eucharistic relationship between the churches by the ROC . The tension lingered on and could be observed at the meeting in Ravenna in early October 2007 of participants in the Orthodox -- Catholic Dialogue : the representative of the Moscow Patriarchate , Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev , walked out of the meeting due to the presence of representatives from the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church which is in the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate . At the meeting , prior to the departure of the Russian delegation , there were also substantive disagreements about the wording of a proposed joint statement among the Orthodox representatives . After the departure of the Russian delegation , the remaining Orthodox delegates approved the form which had been advocated by the representatives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate . The Ecumenical See 's representative in Ravenna said that Hilarion 's position `` should be seen as an expression of authoritarianism whose goal is to exhibit the influence of the Moscow Church . But like last year in Belgrade , all Moscow achieved was to isolate itself once more since no other Orthodox Church followed its lead , remaining instead faithful to Constantinople . '' A
There occurred strident conflicts with the Ecumenical Patriarchate , most notably over the Orthodox Church in Estonia in the mid-1990s , which resulted in unilateral suspension of eucharistic relationship between the churches by the ROC . The tension lingered on and could be observed at the meeting in Ravenna in early October 2007 of participants in the Orthodox -- Catholic Dialogue : the representative of the Moscow Patriarchate , Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev , walked out of the meeting due to the presence of representatives from the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church which is in the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate . At the meeting , prior to the departure of the Russian delegation , there were also substantive disagreements about the wording of a proposed joint statement among the Orthodox representatives . After the departure of the Russian delegation , the remaining Orthodox delegates approved the form which had been advocated by the representatives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate . The Ecumenical See 's representative in Ravenna said that Hilarion 's position `` should be seen as an expression of authoritarianism whose goal is to exhibit the influence of the Moscow Church . But like last year in Belgrade , all Moscow achieved was to isolate itself once more since no other Orthodox Church followed its lead , remaining instead faithful to Constantinople . '' A