After the war he never returned to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, but after spending some time in Europe, he finally immigrated as a refugee to the United States in 1946. There, in spite of his health problems, he continued his missionary work, for which he is considered "An Apostle and Missionary of the New Continent" (quote by Fr. Alexander Schmemann), and has also been enlisted as "an American Saint" and included on the icons and frescoes "All American Saints".