Risible? And you, Nrx, would know this exactly how? I can assure you that if the Putin ecclesial assembly and it’s fellow travelers want to wander off into some Third Rome police state, the rest of us will be more than happy to hold the door open for them. Wouldn’t be the first time....
You believe that a meeting of bishops representing less than a quarter of the world’s Orthodox population has automatic authority over the rest? On what basis?