§ 338. Notice of a meeting for incorporation. Notice of a meeting for the purpose of incorporating a congregation, to which this article is applicable, shall be given as follows:
1. The notice shall be in writing and shall state in substance that a meeting of the members of such congregation will be held at a stated place, date and hour for the purpose of incorporating such congregation, electing laymen trustees thereof and selecting a corporate name thereof.
2. The notice shall also state that the appropriate ecclesiastical authority has given sanction and permission, required under this article, for the incorporation.
3. The notice must be signed by at least six persons of full age who are then members in good and regular standing of such congregation by admission into full communion and membership therewith, in accordance with the rules and regulations thereof, and of the governing ecclesiastical body of the Byelorussian Autocephalic Orthodox Church and who have statedly worshipped with such congregation and have regularly contributed to its financial support, according to its usages, for at least one year or since it was formed.
4. Such notice shall be publicly read at two successive regular meetings for public worship or at special meetings of such congregation on the two Sundays immediately preceding the meeting for incorporation; and at least fifteen days before the meeting for incorporation, by the first named of the following persons who is present thereat, to wit: The minister in charge of such congregation, officiating minister thereof, or one of the persons qualified to sign such notice in the order of their age beginning with the oldest.
5. A copy of such notice shall be posted conspicuously on the outside of the main entrance to the usual place of worship, or at the place where the special meetings are to be held, at least fifteen days before the meeting for incorporation.
6. A copy of such notice shall be sent by mail postpaid at least ten days prior to the date set for the meeting for incorporation to each member in good and regular standing by admission into full communion and membership therewith, in accordance with the rules and regulations thereof, and of the Byelorussian Autocephalic Orthodox Church, at his last known address as same appears in the records of the congregation.
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