[3] He was assigned as parish priest in Nagykálló, near the village of Máriapócs where an icon of the Virgin Mary wept in 1696 and again in August 1715.
The solution arrived only in 1715: Kaminsky died, Hodermarskyi retired in a monastery and on 4 May 1715 the clergy elected Hennadit Bizantsiy, as suggested by the Latin bishop of Eger.
His election was confirmed by the King of Hungary and later, on 3 April 1716 also by Pope Clement XI, who retracted the appointment of Fylypovych.
Hennadiy Bizantsiy received the titular see of Sebastopolis in Armenia[6] and was consecrated bishop on 21 December 1716[3] by the Metropolitans of Kiev, Lev Kiszka.
He worked with success in strengthening the communion with the Catholic Church, and he succeeded to have always remembered by all the priests the name of the Pope into the Divine Liturgies.