The percentage of illiteracy was very high and the population was for the most part very poor. He had many difficulties there but a great number of humble folk became attached to him and felt that even to touch his hand was to receive a blessing. For many years his seat was the ancient monastery of Sveti Naum at the south end of the Lake Ohrid. It was there that he wrote "Ohridski Prologue". In 1920, for the third time, he journeyed again to the United States, this time on a mission to organize the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of North America.