ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi nˈaɪn hiː ænd ðɪ ˈʌðɚ mˈɛmbɚz ʌvðə klˈɜːdʒi lˈɛft ðə mˈɑːskoʊ pˈeɪtɹɪˌɑːɹkeɪt ænd dᵻklˈɛɹd təbi pˌʊt ˌʌndɚ ðɪ ˈɑːmɑːfɚɹ ʌvðə juːkɹˈeɪniən ˌɔːɾoʊsˈɛfələs ˈɔːɹθədˌɑːks tʃˈɜːtʃ ˌʌndɚ mˌɛtɹəpˈɑːlɪtən ˈɛmstˈaɪslæv skɹˈɪpnɪk hˌuː wʌz æt ðæt tˈaɪm ðə hˈɛd ʌvðə juːkɹˈeɪniən ˌɔːɾoʊsˈɛfələs ˈɔːɹθədˌɑːks tʃˈɜːtʃ ɪn jˌuːˌɛsˈeɪ ænd kˈænədə.
In 1989 he and the other members of the clergy left the Moscow Patriarchate and declared to be put under the omophor of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church under Metropolitan Mstyslav (Skrypnyk) who was at that time the head of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in USA and Canada.