Hondo yeNyika II yakadenha zvakare kubatana kwenyika kwaBogatyrets, ichimuita kuti atsigire kubatanazve neChechi yeOrthodox yeRussia. Akasara munharaunda yeSoviet pashure pokubatwa kweNorthern Bukovina
asi pakupedzisira akamanikidzwa kuenda kunyika yokumwe. Akagara muNazi Germany neRomania kusvika 1941, apo kupamba kweGerman kwakamutendera kudzokera kuCernăuți (Chernivtsi). Kwemakore matatu, akabatsira Metropolitan Tit Simedrea uye akatora hutungamiri hunobudirira hweDhiocese apo Simedrea akasiya Bukovina. Akabatana neUkraine Exarchate mukupera kwa1944, achigamuchira maSoviet zvakare, asi akaiswa parutivi kubva muna 1949. Basa rake rokupedzisira rakanga riri somunyori wenhau dzechechi yomunzvimbomo kupfurikidza namavhatari ayo akasiyana-siyana okutarisira.