The main task of the Sixth Sobor, held in New York on October
5-8, 1937, was to assess the initiatives undertaken by
Metropolitan THEOPHILUS since the last council. In an effort
toward jurisdictional unity, Bishop ADAM (Philipovsky) and his
Carpatho-Russian Diocese had been accepted into the Metropolia.
Moreover, Metropolitan THEOPHILUS had traveled to Serbia where,
under the leadership of the Serbian Patriarch, an agreement was
signed by the leading hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church
Outside of Russia (ROCOR) along with other exiled Russian
hierarchs throughout the world forging a peaceful coexistence.
Under this agreement, the American Church was to retain her
administrative autonomy while maintaining close relations with
the ROCOR Synod and being accountable to it only in matters of
faith. The parallel jurisdictions of the Metropolia and ROCOR
were thus eliminated and the four ROCOR hierarchs in North
America along with their clergy and parishes were integrated
into the Metropolia. The vote of the Si