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In the first ballot there were 278 votes for Bishop Dmitri (Royster) of Hartfort, 57 for Archbishop [[Kiprian (Borisevich) of Philadelphia]], 33 for Bishop Theodosius (Lazor) of Pittsburgh, 25 for Archbishop [[Sylvester (Haruns) of Montreal]], 21 for Bishop [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Herman (Swaiko) of Wilkes-Barre]], 19 for Bishop [[Gregory (Afonsky) of Sitka]], 9 for Bishop [[Kyrill (Yonchev) of Pittsburgh|Kyrill (Yonchev) of Toledo and the Bulgarian Diocese]], 8 for Archpriest [[Boris (Geeza) of Chicago|Boris Geeza]], 5 for Archbishop [[John (Garklavs) of Chicago]], 5 for Archbishop [[John (Shahovskoy) of San Francisco]], 1 for Archbishop [[Valerian (Trifa) of Detroit|Valerian (Trifa) of Detroit and the Romanian Episcopate]], and two invalid ballots.
In the second ballot where every delegate has two votes, there were 348 votes for Bishop Dmitri, 179 for Bishop Theodosius, 99 for Archbishop Kiprian, 73 for Bishop Herman, 48 for Bishop Gregory, 43 for Archbishop Sylvester, 36 for Fr. Boris Geeza, 21 for Bishop Kyrill, 18 for Archbishop John (Garklavs), 18 for Archbishop John (Shahovskoy), 14 for Archbishop Valerian, 3 for Bishop [[Joasaph (Antoniuk) of Edmonton]], 3 for Bishop [[Jose (Cortez Cortes y Olmos) of MexicoCity]], 3 for Fr. [[Mark (Forsberg) of Boston|Mark Forsberg]], 1 for Fr. Damian Hart, 1 for Fr. Gabriel Barrow, 1 for Fr. Thomas Green, 1 for Dimitri Mityanin, and 18 invalid votes on 9 ballots.
Discussion and deliberations at the council after the election of the new first hierarch were held under the theme of ''Stewardship''. Attending the Council for the first time was the Bulgarian [[diocese]] led by Bp. [[Kyrill (Yonchev) of Pittsburgh|Kyrill (Yonchev)]] which had been received into the OCA in 1976. This council introduced the attendance of observers, including women, to council sessions. The council moved the date for the sixth Council to 1980, from the normally scheduled 1979, to coincide with the tenth anniversary of autocephaly.
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