dˈʊɹɹɪŋ hɪz mˈiːɾɪŋz wɪððə ðˈɛn ˌɛkjuːmˈɛnɪkəl pˈeɪtɹɪˌɑːɹk, ˈæθənˌæɡoːɹəz aɪ bˈoʊθ sˈɛpɹətli ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti θɹˈiː ænd nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti wˈʌn, hiː bɹˈɔːt ˌʌp ðɪ ˈɪʃuː ʌvðə kɐnˈɑːnɪkəl ɹˌɛkəɡnˈɪʃən ʌvðə juːkɹˈeɪniən daɪˈæspɚɹə tʃˈɜːtʃᵻz jˈuːeɪˌɑːk wʌz bˈænd ɪnðə jˌuːˌɛsˌɛsˈɑːɹ, ænd hˈɛns ɪn sˈoʊviət juːkɹˈeɪn æt ðæt tˈaɪm.
During his meetings with the then Ecumenical Patriarch, Athenagoras I both separately in 1963 and 1971, he brought up the issue of the canonical recognition of the Ukrainian Diaspora churches (UAOC was banned in the USSR, and hence in Soviet Ukraine at that time).