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Preamble
In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
The Orthodox Church in America was originally founded as a mission and later became a diocese in the Orthodox Church of Russia, uniting in its fold Orthodox Christians of various national backgrounds and traditions. It subsequently developed into a self-governing Metropolitanate, the Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America. Confirmation as an Autocephalous Church was accomplished by the action of the Patriarch and Holy Synod of Russia on April 10, 1970. The Orthodox Church in America was proclaimed an Autocephalous Church on October 20, 1970, at the sessions of the All-American Council held at St Tikhon's Monastery in South Canaan, Pennsylvania.
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Article I - The Orthodox Church in America
Article II - The Holy Synod
Article III - The All-American Council
Article IV - The Metropolitan
Article V - The Metropolitan Council
Article VI - The Diocese
Article VII - The Diocesan Assembly
Article VIII - The Diocesan Council
Article IX - The Deanery
Article X - The Parish
Article XI - Church Courts and Canonical Procedures
Article XII - National Groups
Article XIII - Amendments
Article XIV - Effective Date
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