Yep. It was a time of dispersal. Christ sent the apostles out as sheep to the slaughter. But at every moment, Christ was the only head of His church.
The Orthodox explicitly regard Christ as the head of the church.
“For the husband is the head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the Church; and He is the Savior of the body. Therefore just as the Church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the Church and gave Himself for it” (Ephesians 5:23)"