• 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 Procedure
• Article XII
  National Groups
• Article XIII
  Amendments
• Article XIV
  Effective Date

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 19, 1970, at the sessions of the All-American Council held at St Tikhon's Monastery in South Canaan, Pennsylvania.