 Gabor could not be there because he was on the battlefront and was unable to seek leave.Apor was first sent to Gyula on 31 August 1915 and he preached his first sermon on the following 8 September.On 27 March 1916 he opened an office for the protection of women that became a predominant focus for him on his pastoral mission while on 4 January 1917 he was sent as a chaplain to the Italian front before being transferred as such to Austria and then back to Gyula at the start of 1919 at the end of the war.