In his absence Ivan Bodrug and Ivan Negrich, already students of theology at Manitoba College, as well as priests in the Seraphimite Church, were able to obtain guarantees of Presbyterian funding for Seraphim's Church on the grounds that it would be shifted onto a Presbyterian model over the course of time.
I hans frånvaro lyckades Ivan Bodrug och Ivan Negrich, som redan var såväl teologistudenter vid Manitoba College som präster i Seraphimite Church, erhålla garantier för en presbyteriansk finansiering av Seraphimite Church, mot att den i gengäld gradvis gick över till den presbyterianska modellen.