We present below the point of view of a cleric of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Crete, Archimandrite Romanos Anastasiadis, on the situation of the former Exarchate-Archbishopric of the Russian Orthodox Churches in Western Europe. This text has been published by the site « Ekklisia online« His Eminence Archbishop John was initially ordained as assistant bishop of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to assist the then Exarch, His Eminence Archbishop Job of Telmessos, based on