Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na November 1920, mgbe e merichara ndị agha Russia na South Russia, ọtụtụ ndị bishọp Russia si na Crimea kwaga Constantinople, mgbe ahụ
Ndị agha Britain, France, na Ịtali nọchibidoro obodo ahụ. Mgbe ha matara na Ọchịagha Pyotr Wrangel bu n'obi ịnọgide na-enwe ndị agha ya, ha kpebiri n'otu aka ahụ ịnọgide na-enwe òtù ndị ụkọchukwu Russia dị ka òtù dị iche ná mba ọzọ. Ndị isi Chọọchị nwa oge zutere na 19 Nọvemba 1920 n'ụgbọ mmiri "Grand Duke Alexader Mikhailovich" (), nke Metropolitan Antony (Khrapovitsky) duziri. A họpụtara Metropolitan Antony na Bishọp Benjamin (Fedchenkov) iji nyochaa canonicity nke nzukọ ahụ. Na Disemba 2, 1920, ha natara ikike site n'aka Metropolitan Dorotheos nke Prussia, Locum Tenens nke Ecumenical Patriarchate nke Constantinople, iji guzobe "maka ebumnuche nke ijere ndị mmadụ ozi [...] na ilekọta ndụ ụka nke ndị Russia na-achịkwa obodo na mba Ọtọdọks otu kọmitii na-adịru nwa oge (epitropia) n'okpuru ikike nke Ecumenical Patriarchate"; a na-akpọ kọmitii ahụ Temporary Higher Church Administration Abroad (THCAA).