Orthodox-eastern-church definition
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The Orthodox Eastern Church in Hungary is subject to the authority of the metropolitan of Carlowitz and the archbishop of Nagyszeben (Hermannstadt); under the former are the bishops of Bacs, Buda, Temesvar, Versecz and Pakracz, and under the latter the bishops of Arad and Karansebes.
The supreme governing body in the Russian branch of the Orthodox Eastern Church is known as the Holy Synod.
The Roman Catholic Church holds his festival on the 3rd of February, the Orthodox Eastern Church on the 11th.