 Beforehand, the priests and laymen of Șcheii, known for their attachment to Orthodoxy, obliged him to swear allegiance to the faith.The following year (1762), the empress issued a new decree of toleration, this time accompanied by eleven conditions meant to facilitate conversion to Greek Catholicism.It was at this time that Eustatievici decided to become an interpreter and secretary of bishop Dionisije Novaković, the first of three Serbian bishops (Dionisije Novaković, Ioan Popovici, and Ghedeon Niketici) at Răşinari and Sibiu.