N.Y. RCO Law § 336

§ 336. Definitions. 1. The "Byelorussian Autocephalic Orthodox Church\nin America," as that term is used anywhere in this article, refers to\nthe churches, cathedrals, chapels, congregations, societies, parishes,\ncommittees and other religious organizations of the Eastern Orthodox\nChurch which are subject to ecclesiastical and administrative\njurisdiction and authority of the archbishop, or bishop, who is the\necclesiastical administrator of the American diocese of the Byelorussian\nAutocephalic Orthodox Church created pursuant to resolutions adopted at\na diocesan convention (sobor) of said diocese held at Brooklyn, New\nYork, on May twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred sixty and\nsubject to the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the metropolitan\narchbishop, or other primate, or the locum tenens acting in his place\nand the council of bishops of the Byelorussian Autocephalic Orthodox\nChurch.\n 2. Every church, parish, congregation, society, or committee\nincorporated or reincorporated, pursuant to this article, shall in all\nrespects conform to, maintain, and follow the faith, doctrine, ritual,\ncommunion, discipline, canon law, traditions and usages of the Eastern\nOrthodox Church as such are determined by the governing ecclesiastical\nbody of the Byelorussian Autocephalic Orthodox Church, and shall\nrecognize and be and remain subject to the jurisdiction and authority of\nthe duly appointed archbishop, bishop or other administrator of the\nAmerican Diocese of the Byelorussian Autocephalic Orthodox Church,\nhereinafter called Byelorussian Autocephalic Orthodox Church in America,\nor his successor in office, and shall accept, secure or receive the\nsacramental, pastoral, or ministerial services of such clergy only as\nare so certified to be of lawful and canonical status or authority in\nthe Byelorussian Autocephalic Orthodox Church in America, and retain or\nsecure as pastors only such clergy as have, in addition, the permission\nof the said archbishop, bishop, or administrator of the Byelorussian\nAutocephalic Orthodox Church in America.\n