Having the pope as the sole arbitor of canonizations is a rather late development in Church history.
I think it would be a good gesture to the Orthodox to allow the patriarchs of the Eastern Catholic Churches and Metropolitans of the Metropolitan Eastern Catholic Churches canonize their own saints autonomous of Rome.
And, based on every response we've seen in, oh, say the last 20 years - and most especially in the last few years, and specifically within the last couple of months (re: "Patriarch of the West") - what do you think the Orthodox response to that would be?
Let me offer a wild guess: "too little, too late," "not enough," "not worded properly," "should have done more," "should have done more sooner," "what does he mean by saying this, in this way, at this time" . . .
Anyone else on the Board want to hazard an educated guess?
Well, they're not going to canonize Photius any time soon. Hehehe. Seriously, is there a clammering for such? Are there several candidates who have been denied canonization by Rome?