following the union of bessarabia with romania, cecan bridged the distance between the romanians and the white émigrés, publishing daily newspapers in russian. much of his work focused on attempts at dialogue and reunification between the orthodox and the catholics, sparking controversy among his colleagues in the romanian orthodox church, but earning notoriety in western circles. he maintained to his death the vision of a "world church" centered on anti-communism and anti-masonry, which, in cecan's opinion, were intertwined.