In the Eastern Orthodox Churches, the title is used variously. In the Greek Churches archbishops are ranked above metropolitans in precedence, as in the case of Archbishop Demetrios of America, who is the Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, and primates of local churches below patriarchal rank are generally designated as archbishops. The reverse is true for the Slavic Churches (Russian Orthodox, Bulgarian Orthodox, Serbian Orthodox Church and Macedonian Orthodox Church) and the Romanian Orthodox Church, where metropolitans rank above archbishops and the title can be used for primatial sees as well as important cities. In neither case do metropolitans have any special authority over other ruling bishops within their provinces.