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Following the start of the Greek War of Independence and the martyrdom of Patr. Gregory, Fr. Constantine fled in 1821 to Odessa in Russia. On [[June 19]], 1821 in Odessa, he participated, including delivering the eulogy, in the funeral of his former mentor, Patr. Gregory, who had been hanged in Constantinople on [[Pascha]] [[April 10]], 1821.
Fr. Constantine remained in Russia until 1834 when he returned to a newly-independent nation of Greece. In the new environment of an independent Greece, Fr. Constantine, conservative in his thought, actively opposed foreign-inspired ideas and reforms of the [[wAge_of_Enlightenmentw:Age_of_Enlightenment|Enlightenment]], especially those of Fr. Theophilos Kairis and [[w:Adamantios_Korais|Adamantios Korais]]. In ecclesiastical issues, he opposed the translation of the [[Holy Scripture|Bible]] into modern Greek, then being proposed by [[Archimandrite]] Neophytus Vamvas, as well as the independence of the Church of Greece from the Church of Constantinople.
Fr. Constantine Oikonomos reposed on [[March 8]], 1857.
