N.Y. RCO Law § 105

§ 105. Definitions. The "Orthodox Church in America", as that term is\nused anywhere in this article, refers to that group of churches,\ncathedrals, chapels, congregations, societies, parishes, committees and\nother religious organizations of the Eastern Confession (Eastern\nOrthodox or Greek Catholic Church) which were known as (a) Russian\nAmerican Mission of the Russian Orthodox Church from in or about\nseventeen hundred ninety-three to in or about eighteen hundred seventy;\n(b) Diocese of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands of the Russian Orthodox\nChurch from in or about eighteen hundred seventy to in or about nineteen\nhundred four; (c) Diocese of North America and the Aleutian Islands (or\nAlaska) of the Russian Orthodox Church from in or about nineteen hundred\nfour to in or about nineteen hundred twenty-four; (d) Russian Orthodox\nGreek Catholic Church of North America (or America) from in or about\nnineteen hundred twenty-four to October nineteen hundred seventy; and\n(e) Orthodox Church in America since October nineteen hundred seventy;\nand were subject to the administrative jurisdiction of the Most Sacred\nGoverning Synod in Moscow until in or about nineteen hundred seventeen,\nlater the Patriachate of Moscow, thereafter constituted an\nadministratively autonomous metropolitan district, but now constitute an\nautocephalous church of the Eastern Confession (Eastern Orthodox or\nGreek Catholic Church) by virtue of a proclamation of autocephaly made\non April tenth, nineteen hundred seventy by the Patriarch of Moscow and\nAll Russia and the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.\n An "American Orthodox church", as that term is used anywhere in this\narticle, is a church, cathedral, chapel, congregation, society, parish,\ncommittee or other religious organization founded and established for\nthe purpose and with the intent of adhering to, and being subject to the\nadministrative jurisdiction of said mission, diocese, autonomous\nmetropolitan district or autocephalous church hereinabove defined as the\nOrthodox Church in America.\n