[4] When in 743 there was a deadlock between northern and southern factions in the election of a new Patriarch of Alexandria, Moses successfully put forward Michael as a compromise.
According to John the Deacon, Moses was severely beaten, yet gave thanks to God that he was found worthy to suffer for the church.
Under the Abbasids who replaced the Umayyads in 750, Moses visited Fustat several times to plead for tax relief for church lands.
[7] Late in Michael's patriarchate, Moses succeeded in bring back into the church some Melitians, remnants of a 4th-century schism.
[1] Moses was revered in his own time as a healer with the gift of prophecy who comforted his fellow inmates during his spells in prison.