Hopes and fears of the Phanar - Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon stated that the decisions of the Council in Crete should be recognized by all Local Churchestranslated

The Phanar is very concerned about the refusal of a number of Local Orthodox Churches to recognize the results of the Council of Crete, as well as the fact that, simply speaking, no one remembers them, since these decisions, in fact, did not play any important role in the life of world Orthodoxy and are unlikely to play any more.