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*1970 Russian Metropolia reconciles with the [[Church of Russia]] and is granted [[autocephaly]], changing its name to the [[Orthodox Church in America]] (OCA), which is accepted by some Orthodox authorities worldiwde, but condemned as uncanonical by others, especially the [[Church of Constantinople]].
*1974 [[OCA]] Metropolitan [[Ireney (Bekish) of New York]] goes into semi-retirement, while his duties are taken up by Archbishop [[Sylvester (Haruns) of Montreal]].
*1975 "Russi-Antaaki" division in the Antiochian church in North America overcome by Metropolitan [[Philip (Saliba) of New York]] and Archbishop Metropolitan [[Michael (Shaheen) of Toledo]] by the uniting of the two Antiochian Syrian archdioceses into one[[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]], led by Metropolitan Philip.
*1976 Reception into the [[OCA]] of the [[ROCOR]]'s Bulgarian Diocese in Exile and its hierarch, Bishop [[Kyrill (Yonchev) of Pittsburgh|Kyrill (Yonchev)]].
*1977 [[OCA]] holds its 5th All-American Council in Montreal, electing [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius (Lazor)]] as its metropolitan, replacing the retiring [[Ireney (Bekish) of New York|Ireney (Bekish)]].