[kosta50]

I'm not an expert in such things... how can it be canonical if major Patriarchs don't recognize it's autocephally

Well, it's like Florida proclaims independence from the US but only Uganda recognizes it. As far as the world is concerned, Florida still belongs to the US.

[kawaii]

So does the rest of the world figure them to be ROCOR (whom they could be argued to have split from) or the MP (whom they could be argued to be an extension of)?