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*1972 [[OCA]] receives the Mexican National Catholic Church, creating its [[Exarchate of Mexico (OCA)|Exarchate of Mexico]].
*1973 The [[All-American_Council#Third_All-American_Council|Third All-American Council]] of the OCA was held in Pittsburgh, PA.
*1974 The [[All-Diaspora_Councils#III_All-Diaspora_Council|Third All-Diaspora Council]] of ROCOR was held in Jordanville, New York; [[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 Metr. [[Philip (Saliba) of New York]] and Metr. [[Michael (Shaheen) of Toledo]] by the uniting of the two Syrian archdioceses into one [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]], led by Metr. Philip; The [[All-American_Council#Fourth_All-American_Council|Fourth All-American Council]] of the OCA is held in Cleveland, Ohio.
*1976 Reception into the [[OCA]] of the [[ROCOR]]'s [[Bulgarian Diocese in Exile]] and its hierarch, Bishop [[Kyrill (Yonchev) of Pittsburgh|Kyrill (Yonchev)]].
*1990 Contact between [[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]] and the [[OCA]] resumes.
*1992 Founding of [[International Orthodox Christian Charities]] (IOCC); the [[All-American_Council#Tenth_All-American_Council|Tenth All-American Council]] of the OCA was held in Miami, Florida.
==Ligonier and Beyond (1994-present)==
*1994 [[Ligonier Meeting]] in Western Pennsylvania at the [[Antiochian Village]] held by the majority of Orthodox hierarchs in North America votes to do away with the notion of Orthodox Christians in America being a "[[diaspora]]" and pledges to work together in missions; [[glorification]] of St. [[Alexis of Wilkes-Barre]]; [[Orthodox Christian Mission Center]] becomes a [[SCOBA]] agency and changes to its current name; glorification in Russia of Ss. [[John Kochurov ]] and [[Alexander Hotovitsky]]; glorification by [[ROCOR]] of St. [[John Maximovitch]].