In his absence Ivan Bodrug and Ivan Negrich, already students of theology at Manitoba College, as well as priests in the Seraphimite Church, were able to obtain guarantees of Presbyterian funding for Seraphim's Church on the grounds that it would be shifted onto a Presbyterian model over the course of time.
Počas jeho neprítomnosti Ivan Bodrug a Ivan Negrič, medzičasom už študenti teológie na Manitoba College a zároveň kňazi v serafimovskej cirkvi, boli schopní získať záruky presbyteriánskeho financovania pre Serafimovu cirkev pod podmienkou, že sa cirkev časom zmení na presbyteriánsky model cirkvi.