ˌɑːɹtʃpɹˈiːst , hˌuː flˈɛd ðə jˌuːˌɛsˌɛsˈɑːɹ ænd sˈɜːvd sˈɪks jˈɪɹz ɪn sˈoʊviət kˈæmps, nˈoʊɾᵻd ðæt mˌɛtɹəpˈɑːlɪtən ˌænɐstˈeɪsɪəs ɡɹˌɪbɐnˈɑːvski, hˌuː hˈɛdᵻd ðə ɹˈɑːkɚ, ænd ðə hˈaɪɚɹɑːɹkz sʌbˈoːɹdᵻnˌeɪɾᵻd tə hˌɪm, wˈɔntᵻd tə lˈɪv ɪn ɐ mˈɪθ ɐbˌaʊt ðə səpˈoʊzɪdli nˈuːmɚɹəs kˈæɾɐkˌoʊm tʃˈɜːtʃ ðæt ɛɡzˈɪstᵻd ɪn ɹˈʌʃə, ænd kənsˈɪdɚd ðˌɛm æz dˌuːɪŋ wˈɪʃfəl θˈɪŋkɪŋ.
Archpriest , who fled the USSR and served 6 years in Soviet camps, noted that Metropolitan Anastasius (Gribanovsky), who headed the ROCOR, and the hierarchs subordinated to him, wanted to live in a myth about the supposedly numerous catacomb Church that existed in Russia, and considered them as doing wishful thinking.