2013 New York Consolidated Laws
RCO - Religious Corporations
Article 3-B - (50-AA - 50-MM) PARISHES OR CHURCHES OF THE HOLY ORTHODOX CHURCH IN AMERICA
50-AA - Application for incorporation.

 
    § 50-aa. Application for incorporation. An unincorporated congregation
  of  the Holy Orthodox Church in America, or a congregation acknowledging
  the historic apostolic eastern confession and order in this  state,  may
  apply  to  the  archbishop  who  is the ecclestiastical administrator of
  Metropolitan Synod, Holy Orthodox Church in America for  permission  and
  sanction  to incorporate such church. When such permission aforesaid has
  been obtained in writing over the signature and seal of such archbishop,
  such  church  may  become   an   incorporated   church   by   executing,
  acknowledging  and  filing a certificate of incorporation as hereinafter
  provided.
    Any  religious  order,  biblical  seminary  for  the  preparation   of
  candidates  for  the ministry, leading to ordination and the granting of
  credentials of ecclesiastical degrees of orders in sacred  theology,  or
  religious  society  established for evangelical efforts or the relief of
  the poor and needy, which is intended to be an auxiliary organization of
  the Holy Orthodox Church in America, where a chapel for the  conduct  of
  worship  is  provided, shall be deemed a congregation to all intents and
  purposes, and may be incorporated  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  this
  article as a congregation of the Holy Orthodox Church in America.