Patriarch Kirill was alarmed that the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew might sever Moscow's historic religious connections to Ukraine by recognizing an autonomous Orthodox Church in Kyiv, which could detriment the 'Russian world'.
The decision of Bartholomew, the only one with the authority to grant 'tomos of autocephaly' and approve Ukraine's religious independence, holds immense implications for the Orthodox Church's unity and Moscow's influence.
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