The sudden landing of the Greeks obliged him to flee in the night, leaving his wicked devices unaccomplished, while the Maronites were glad to place their best houses in the hands of the missionaries.
In 1827, the missionaries hoped that about twenty of those among whom they labored, had been created anew in Christ Jesus.

Among them were Asaad and Phares Shidiak, from the Maronite Church; a lady from the Latin Church; Dionysius, Gregory Wortabet, Jacob, and the wife of Dionysius, of the Armenian Church; the wife of Wortabet and Yooseph Leflufy, of the Greek Catholic Church; and Asaad Jacob and Tannus el-Haddad, of the Greek Church.

Leflufy was described as a youth of great boldness and decision, and as thoroughly convinced of the errors of his Church.

In April of this year, Dionysius revisited Jerusalem, as the interpreter of German missionaries.

The Armenian Convent owed him a sum of money, which it refused to pay, and forbade any Armenian in the city to speak to him.