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→Jurisdiction in "Barbarian Lands"
:"Not only are the Metropolitans of the said dioceses to be ordained by him, but indeed also the bishops located in barbarian regions that border on the said dioceses, as, for instance, those called Alani are adjacent to and flank the diocese of Pontus, while the Russians border on that of Thrace."<ref>The Rudder, p. 276</ref>.
And so the canon does not refer to all [[diaspora|unclaimed territory]] on the planet (according to St. Nicodemos), but only to a specific area on the border of a specific area. The opposing interpretation would have required old Rome to get permission from the Ecumenical Patriarch to do missionary work in a new area -- something which certainly never happened in the case of Rome, nor did it ever happen in the case of any other local Orthodox Church engaged in missionary work. This viewpoint leaves the question unsolved of to whom belongs territory not universally agreed upon.
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