ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti fˈoːɹ, ˌælɪɡzˈændɚ sˈɑːlʒənˌɪtsɪn, hˌuː wʌz ˈɛɡzaɪld fɹʌmðə jˌuːˌɛsˌɛsˈɑːɹ, ɐdɹˈɛst ɐn ˈoʊpən lˈɛɾɚ tə ðə pɑːɹtˈɪsɪpənts ʌvðə θˈɜːd ˈɔːldaɪˈæspɚɹə kˈaʊnsəl ʌvðə ɹˈʌʃən ˈɔːɹθədˌɑːks tʃˈɜːtʃ ˈɔːɹɡɐnˌaɪzd baɪ ðə ɹˈɑːkɚ, wˈɛɹ, ɐmˌʌŋ ˈʌðɚ θˈɪŋz, hiː kɹˈɪɾɪsˌaɪzd ðə "pˈaɪəs dɹˈiːm" ʌvðɪ ɛɡzˈɪstəns ʌvðə "sˈɪnləs bˌʌt ˈɔːlsoʊ bˈɑːdiləs kˈæɾɐkˌoʊm" ˈoː «ˈɛs kˈææ ˈoː ˈɛl1 jˈeɹi bˈɛː jˈɛː zˈɛː ɡˈɛː ˈɛr jˈɛː ʃˈææ ˈɛn ˈoː ˌɪkrˈætkɔji, ˈɛs tˈɛː ˈoː ˈɛl1 jˈeɹi ˈɪː bˈɛː jˈɛː ˈɛs tˈɛː jˈɛː ˈɛl1 jˈɛː ˈɛs ˈɛn ˈoː ˌɪkrˈætkɔji kˈææ ˈææ tˈɛː ˈææ kˈææ ˈoː ˈɛm bˈɛː jˈɛː».
In 1974, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who was exiled from the USSR, addressed an open letter to the participants of the 3rd All-Diaspora Council of the Russian Orthodox Church organised by the ROCOR, where, among other things, he criticized the "pious dream" of the existence of the "sinless – but also bodiless – catacomb" (о «сколь безгрешной, столь и бестелесной катакомбе»).