New York Laws
Article 3-C - Parishes or Churches of the American Patriarchal Orthodox Church
53-A - Provisions Governing Meetings for Incorporation.

(a) The name of the proposed corporation;
(b) The number of laymen trustees thereof, the names of the persons
elected as laymen trustees, the terms of office for which they were
respectively elected as laymen trustees;
(c) An exact copy of the resolution which provides for the clerical
trustees by virtue of their offices;
(d) The county and town, city or village in which the principal place
of worship is or is intended to be located.
2. On filing such certificate in the office of the county clerk of the
county in which such church is or is intended to be located, such church
shall be a corporation by the name stated in the certificate, and the
persons therein stated to be elected clerical and laymen trustees of
such church shall be the trustees therefor for their respective terms
and until their successors are elected.