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In 1917-1918, he was a member of the [[All-Russian Church Council of 1917-1918|Local Council of the Russian Church]], where he was a staunch supporter of restoring the patriarchy. His candidacy received the largest number of votes - 159 - but On [[November 5]], 1918, Patriarch St. [[Tikhon of Moscow]] was elected by lot. On [[November 28]], Archbishop Anthony was raised to the rank of [[metropolitan]] and on [[December 7]] elected a member of the [[Holy Synod]] headed by Patriarch Tikhon.
In January 1918, Metropolitan Anthony was present at the All-Ukrainian Church Council in Kiev. He then fled the city before the Bolshevik invasion. Following the killing of New [[Hieromartyr]] St. [[Vladimir (Bogoyavlensky) of Kiev and Gallich|Vladimir (Bogoyavlesky) of Kiev]], Metropolitan Anthony was elected to the Kiev cathedra, and returned when the city was occupied by the Germans. However, his election was not approved by the authorities because of his opposition to Ukrainian [[autocephaly]].
In December 1918, together with Archbishop Eulogius of Volyn, he was arrested by the Petliura government. The two hierarchs were held at the [[Uniate]] monastery in Buchacha. In the spring of 1919, when Buchacha was taken by Polish forces, they were transferred to the vicinity of Krakow. In the summer of 1919 they were freed through the work of the French diplomatic mission. Metropolitan Anthony lived in L'vov. In September 1919, he left for Kuban, then returned to Kiev, which was held by White forces of General Denikin. After Kiev was retaken by Bolsheviks in November, he left for Yekaterinodar, where he was elected as president of the Temporary Higher Church Authority of South-East Russia. After the defeat of the Denikin army, he left for Greece, where he received the support of Archbishop [[Meletius (Metaxakis)]] of Athens. In September 1920, he returned to the Crimea, which was controlled by General Wrangel. After the latter's defeat in November, he left Russia for the last time.
