During such an important and difficult mission, the missionaries faced dangerous problems many times, but the Lord helped His servants and never left them. When Father Seraphim visited his native village on his way to Grodno, he told a story which happened to him. Once, he was suffering from a disease and his condition was getting worse each day, untill finally the illness became life threatening. Father Seraphim could not even climb on his bed without a low chair, and he hurt every time he tried to move. At one point when he was in bed, the Soviet aviation began to attack the city. Father Georgy was going to hide in the basement, but he did not want to leave his sick friend, who could not go down with him. So the priest decided to stay with his friend.