 Although Joachim had participated in the council which deposed Patriarch Nikon, he continued Nikon's policies with regard to the Old Believers, and defending church authorities against the encroachments of Caesaropapism by the Tsars.In 1686, he made an agreement with Bulgarian Rostislav Stratimirovic to aid in a revolt against the Ottomans.Patriarch Joachim also participated in, and directly supported the transfer of the Jurisdiction of the Metropolitanate of Kiev from the Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Patriarchate of Moscow.