Soon after, he joined the Catholic Church and on 4 December 1938 entered the Marian Order, taking the monastic name George.
On behalf of General Order Marian Bishop Peter Buchis he was engaged by Russian children in refugee camps in Western Europe.
With the support of the Archbishop of Melbourne he purchased a large house in Stevenson St, Kew where he eloquently decorated the front room with ikons and eastern rite traditional design.
This house served as the Centre for Eastern Rite Russian Catholics until the end of 2007, when his mobility declined and he moved to the Saint Joseph Nursing Home for Priests in Northcote (suburb of Melbourne).
He died in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 5 April 2018 at the age of 98 and was buried at Fawkner Memorial Park together with his mother who was interred in 1971.