Moldavskog mitropolita su neki radikalni monaški krugovi optuživali da je slobodni mason koji podržava "ekumenizam, najveću herezu naših vremena" i da čak gaji plan "da pravoslavlje proda katolicima".
The Moldavian Metropolitan was accused by some radical monastic circles of being a freemason supporting "ecumenism, the greatest heresy of our times" and even harbouring a plan "to sell the Orthodoxy to Catholics".