Ieronymos II of Athens

Styles of
**Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens**
Styles of; Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens
Reference style	His Beatitude
Spoken style	Your Beatitude (Makariótate), Déspota
Religious style	Archbishop

His Beatitude

Ieronymos II
His Beatitude; Ieronymos II
Archbishop of Athens
Native name	Ιερώνυμος B΄
Church	Church of Greece
See	Athens
Installed	7 February 2008
Predecessor	Christodoulos
Other post(s)	Metropolitan of Thebes and Levadeia (1981–2008)
Orders
Ordination	10 December 1967
Consecration	4 October 1981
Personal details
Born	Ioannis Liapis; 10 March 1938 (age 86); Oinofyta, Boeotia, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Denomination	Greek Orthodoxy
Profession	Theologian
Alma mater	University of Athens; University of Graz; University of Regensburg; University of Munich

Ieronymos II (Template:Lang-el, pronounced [ʝeˈronimos]; born 10 March 1938) is the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece and as such the primate of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece. He was elected on 7 February 2008.^[1]

Early life and career

He was born Ioannis Liapis (Template:Lang-el, Iōánnēs Liápēs) in Oinofyta, Boeotia.^[2] He is an Arvanite.^[3]

Ieronymos holds degrees in archaeology, Byzantine studies, and theology from the University of Athens. He has undertaken postgraduate studies at the University of Graz, the University of Regensburg and the University of Munich.^[2] Following a stint as lector in Christian archaeology at the Athens Archaeological Society under professor Anastasios Orlandos, he taught as a philologist in Lycée Léonin and he was ordained deacon and then presbyter in the Orthodox Church in 1967.^[2]

Ieronymos served as Protosyncellus of the Metropolis of Thebes and Livadeia, abbot of the monasteries of the Transfiguration of Sagmata and Hosios Loukas, and Secretary, later Archsecretary, of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece. In 1981 he was elected Metropolitan Bishop of Thebes and Levadeia. In addition to his pastoral ministry, Ieronymos has been pursuing his work on Christian archaeology and has published two major textbooks: "Medieval Monuments of Euboea" (1970), and "Christian Boeotia" (2006). In 1998, he unsuccessfully contested the election to the throne of the archbishopric of Athens.^[2]

On 7 February 2008, Ieronymos was elected the new Archbishop of Athens and All Greece by the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece,^[4] receiving 45 out of 74 votes in a two-ballot process.^[5] He formally took office on 16 February 2008.

As of 2016, Ieronymos, is involved in a dispute with Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople over who has ecclesiastical authority over certain parts of Greece.^[6]

On 16 April 2016, he visited, together with Pope Francis and Bartholomew I of Constantinople, the Mòria camp in the island of Lesbos, to call the attention of the world to the refugee issue.^[7]

Titles

The official title of the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece is:

His Beatitude Ieronymos II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece;

in Greek:

Η Αυτού Μακαριότης ο Αρχιεπίσκοπος Αθηνών και Πάσης Ελλάδος Ιερώνυμος Β'

Social and political views

In 2012, Ieronymos criticized racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia and the Golden Dawn party, saying that "The church loves all people, including those who are black, white or non-Christians."^[8]

Notes and references

^ "Greek Orthodox bishops elect leader" Archived 2008-02-13 at the Wayback Machine, CNN.com/europe. Accessed 7 February 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Ο μητροπολίτης Θηβών εξελέγη νέος Αρχιεπίσκοπος", (in Greek), Accessed 7 February 2008.
^ Bintliff, John (2003), "The Ethnoarchaeology of a “Passive” Ethnicity: The Arvanites of Central Greece" in K.S. Brown and Yannis Hamilakis, eds., The Usable Past: Greek Metahistories, Lexington Books. p.139
^ "Bulletin of the Church of Greece. Accessed 7 February 2008.
^ "New Leader Named for Greek Orthodox Church, New York Times, 2008-02-07
^ "Pope Francis skips many niceties in announcing a visit to Lesbos". The Economist. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
^ Pope Francis visits Lesbos. The Guardian. Published: 16 April 2016
^ "Greek Jews fight neo-Nazi party".

External links

Archdiocese of Athens Official website (in Greek)

Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by Christodoulos	Archbishop of Athens and All Greece 2008 – present	Incumbent

[1] "Greek Orthodox bishops elect leader" Archived 2008-02-13 at the Wayback Machine, CNN.com/europe. Accessed 7 February 2008.

[μητροπολίτης-2] "Ο μητροπολίτης Θηβών εξελέγη νέος Αρχιεπίσκοπος", (in Greek), Accessed 7 February 2008.

[3] Bintliff, John (2003), "The Ethnoarchaeology of a “Passive” Ethnicity: The Arvanites of Central Greece" in K.S. Brown and Yannis Hamilakis, eds., The Usable Past: Greek Metahistories, Lexington Books. p.139

[4] "Bulletin of the Church of Greece. Accessed 7 February 2008.

[5] "New Leader Named for Greek Orthodox Church, New York Times, 2008-02-07

[6] "Pope Francis skips many niceties in announcing a visit to Lesbos". The Economist. Retrieved 14 April 2018.

[7] Pope Francis visits Lesbos. The Guardian. Published: 16 April 2016

[nogoldendawn-8] "Greek Jews fight neo-Nazi party".

[note_n0-9] The ROC severed full communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 2018, and later severed full communion with the primates of the Church of Greece, the Patriarchate of Alexandria, and the Church of Cyprus in 2020.

[note_n1-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Autocephaly or autonomy is not universally recognized.

[note_n3-11] UOC-MP was moved to formally cut ties with the ROC as of May 27th 2022.

[note_n2-12] Semi-autonomous part of the Russian Orthodox Church whose autonomy is not universally recognized.

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v t e Bishops and Archbishops of Athens
Bishops of Athens	Hierotheos the Thesmothete Dionysius the Areopagite Narcissus Publius Quadratus Leonidas Olympius Pistus Clematius Modestus Athanasius I Anatolius John I John II Contias Theocharistus Marinus John III
Metropolitans of Athens	Gregorius I Adamantius John IV Theodosius Hypatius Demetrius I Germanus I Demetrius II Gabriel I Gregorius II Cosmas Nicetas I Sabbas I Anastasius Sabbas II George I Nicetas II Constantine Philip Theodegius Michael I Leo I Leo II John V Nicetas III Nicephorus Gerasimus George II Bourtzes Nicholas Hagiotheodorites Michael II Theophylactus George III George IV Michael Choniates Meletius I^§ Elias^§ Neophytus I^§ Anthimus I^§ Nicodemus^§ Dorotheus I of Athens Macarius I Gerbasius Phantinus Theodorus Isidore Dorotheus II Anthimus II Neophytus II Laurentius Callistus Sophronius I Nicanor Theophanes I Neophytus III Samuel Nathanael Anthimus III Cyril I Metrophanes Theophanes II Sophronius II Daniel Anthimus IV Jacob I Athanasius II Macarius II Anthimus V Cyril II Meletius II Jacob II Zacharias Anthimus VI Bartholomew Neophytus IV Bartholomew Gabriel II Benedict Athanasius III Benedict Athanasius III Gregorius III Dionysius II Gregory IV Anthimus VII Neophytus V Michael IV Theophilus Anthonius of Athens Procopius I Germanus II Procopius II Theocletus I of Athens Meletius III Theocletus I
Archbishops of Athens and All Greece	Chrysostomos I Damaskinos Chrysanthus Damaskinos Spyridon Dorotheus III Theocletus II Jacob III Chrysostomos II Ieronymos I Seraphim Christodoulos Ieronymos II
^§: Titular due to the Latin rule over Athens

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