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The fifth council was held in the Canadian Archdiocese, in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on [[October 25]]-28, 1977. This council was the first held outside the United States. The first order of business for this Council was the election of a metropolitan, as Metr. [[Ireney (Bekish) of New York|Ireney]] had announced his retirement six months earlier due to failing health. After failing to gain a two thirds majority on the first vote, a runoff second vote was held to choose two candidates for selection by the Synod of [[Bishop]]s. While gaining only 179 votes to 348, Bp. [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius (Lazor)]] of Pittsburgh was selected by the Synod over Bp. [[Dmitri (Royster) of Dallas|Dmitri (Royster)]] of New England.  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 y Olmos) of Mexico]], 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.

The thirteenth council was held in Orlando, Florida on [[July 21]]-26, 2002. The theme for the council was: ''The Parish Community: Our Life in Christ''. The principal business of the council was the election of a new Metropolitan to succeed Metr. [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius (Lazor)]], who had voluntarily retired because of reportedly poor health. While Bp. [[Seraphim (Storheim) of Ottawa|Seraphim of Ottawa and Canada ]] received a majority of votes on the first ballot, the election proceeded to a second vote by the Synod of Bishop since the majority of two thirds for election was not met. The Synod of Bishops selected Abp. [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Herman]] (Swaiko) of Philadelphia as the new Metropolitan. In the first ballot there were 267 votes for Bishop Seraphim, 141 for Archbishop Herman, 52 for Bishop JOB, 47 for Archbishop [[Nathaniel (Popp) of Detroit]], 47 for Bishop [[Nikolai (Soraich) of Sitka]], 45 for Archbishop [[Dmitri (Royster) of Dallas]], 12 for Bishop [[Basil (Essey) of Wichita|Basil (Essey)]], 2 for Archbishop [[Kyrill (Yonchev) of Pittsburgh]], 3 for Bishop [[Tikhon (Mollard) of Philadelphia]], 1 for Bishop [[Nikon (Liolin) of Boston|Nikon]], 3 for Fr. [[Michael Dahulich]] , 2 for [[Philip (Saliba) of New York|Metropolitan Philip]], 2 for Fr. Eugene Tarris, 2 for [[Demetrios (Trakatellis) of America|Archbishop Demetrios]], 2 for Fr. Irinej Dobrijevich, 1 for Fr. Christopher Calin , 1 for Fr. Vladimir Wendling, 1 for Bishop Nicholas, 1 for Archimandrite [[Tikhon (Mollard) of Philadelphia|Tikhon]], 1 Hierodeacon Yakov, and 9 invalid ballots. In the second ballot there were 473 votes for Bishop Seraphim, 223 for Archbishop Herman, 151 for Bishop JOB, 107 for Bishop Nikolai, 94 for Archbishop Nathaniel, 73 for Archbishop Dmitri, 32 for Bishop Basil (Essey) , 19 for Fr. [[Alexander Golitzin]], 18 for Bishop Nikon, 16 for Bishop Tikhon, 15 for Fr. Michael Dahulich , 12 for Archbishop Kyrill, 8 for Metropolitan Philip, 5 for Archbishop [[Peter (L'Huillier) of New York]], 5 for Fr. Irinej Dobrijevich, 5 for Archimandrite Tikhon, 3 for Archbishop Demetrios, 3 for Fr. Vladimir Wendling, 2 for Fr. David Brum, 2 for Fr. Eugene Tarris, 2 for Bishop Dimitrios, 2 for Fr. Basil Summer, 1 for Bishop Nicholas, 1 for Fr. Christopher Calin, 1 Hierodeacon Yakov, 1 for Fr. James Paffhausen, 1 for Dr. Albert Rossi, and 1 for Fr. Ireney Rochon.