1.   Orthodox leaders fear that the wealthier, more powerful Catholic church is using reconciliation as a Trojan horse to push into Orthodox territory and convert their believers.

2.   Since communism fell, Eastern Orthodox leaders have accused the Vatican of using its greater wealth and influence to convert Orthodox believers to Roman Catholicism.

3.   The Russian patriarch, Aleksei II, has often complained that Catholics throughout the former Soviet Union are seeking to convert Orthodox believers to Catholicism.

4.   The resulting property disputes have helped fuel the theological divisions, and Moscow views the Greek Catholic Church as a kind of Trojan horse to convert Orthodox believers.

5.   The Russian Orthodox leaders suspect the Vatican of seeking to convert Orthodox believers using Eastern-rite Catholic Churches that are loyal to Rome.

6.   The Russian church views Greek Catholicism as a trojan horse to convert Orthodox believers.

7.   Orthodox clergy have frequently accused the Vatican of spending its money to build its own churches and to convert Orthodox believers.

8.   Sermons aimed at converting believers frequently attract hundreds of thousands to unregulated rallies staged in open fields.

9.   Sermons aimed at converting believers frequently attract crowds of hundreds of thousands to unregulated rallies staged in open fields.

10.   The Moscow patriarchate has accused the Catholic hierarchy of trying to convert Orthodox believers in Russia and the former Soviet states.