His revenge turned out to be short-lived when he received word that he had been excommunicated himself by the Russian Holy Synod: "…when the Holy Synod excommunicated Seraphim and all his priests, he left in 1908 never to return."
Njegova osveta bila je kratka vijeka jer je primio vijest da je i njega samog ruski Sveti Sinod izopćio: » (…) kada je Sveti Sinod izopćio Serafima i sve njegove svećenike, otišao je 1908. i nikada se više nije vratio«.