His revenge turned out to be short-lived when he received word that he had been excommunicated himself by the Russian Holy Synod: "…when the Holy Synod excommunicated Seraphim and all his priests, he left in 1908 never to return."
Jeho pomsta však bola krátka, lebo sa dozvedel, že on sám bol exkomunikovaný z Ruskej svätej synody: “keď Svätá synoda exkomunikovala Serafima a všetkých jeho kňazov, odišiel v roku 1908 a nikdy sa nevrátil.”