In late April of 1907, while staying in Tokyo, he was assigned to the city of Osaka, and this despite his title "Bishop of Kyoto." (It is not uncommon for the Eastern Orthodox Church to assign priests to areas that are at variance with their titles.)
同年4月下旬には「京都の主教」のタイトルではあるが大阪を常任地とする決定を東京滞在中に行った（常任地をタイトルと違う場所に設定する事は正教会ではあまり珍しく無い）。