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===All-American Council===
According to the Statute of the Orthodox Church in America, the All-American Council is the "highest legislative and administrative authority within the Church."{{refn|name="council"|{{Cite web |title=Statute of the OCA – Article III – The All-American Council |url=http://oca.org/statute/article-iii |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105093933/http://oca.org/statute/article-iii |archive-date=2014-11-05 |access-date=2014-11-04 |website=OCA |language=en-US}}}}  The Council is composed roughly of the Metropolitan, all bishops, priests, and selected lay delegates. The purpose of the All-American Council is to discuss and vote on Church matters. When necessary, the Council has also elected new metropolitans.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

The period between All-American Councils is set at three years, although this is not always the case. The first thirteen Councils (held from 1907 to 1970) are referred to as All-American Sobors, reflecting the American Church's jurisdictional ties to the Russian Orthodox Church. The fourteenth Sobor (held in 1970) is jointly known as the 1st All-American Council, reflecting the autocephalous status of the OCA. The most recent All-American Council (20th) was held in July 2022 in Baltimore, Maryland.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.oca.org/history-archives/aacs/the-20th-all-american-council | title=All-American Councils - the 20th All-American Council | access-date=2022-08-01  | archive-date=2022-07-31  | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731190300/https://www.oca.org/history-archives/aacs/the-20th-all-american-council | url-status=live }}</ref>