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Ieronymos II | |
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| Archbishop of Athens and All Greece | |
 Ieronymos II in 2008 | |
| Native name | Ιερώνυμος B΄ |
| Church | Church of Greece |
| See | Athens |
| Installed | 7 February 2008 |
| Predecessor | Christodoulos |
| Previous post | Metropolitan of Thebes and Levadeia (1981–2008) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 10 December 1967 |
| Consecration | 4 October 1981 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ioannis Liapis 30 March 1938 |
| Denomination | Greek Orthodoxy |
| Profession |
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| Education | University of Athens University of Graz University of Regensburg LMU Munich |
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Ieronymos II (Greek: Ιερώνυμος B’, romanized: Ierōnymos II, pronounced [ieˈronimos]; born 30 March 1938) is the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, the primate of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece. He has held the position of Archbishop since his election on 7 February 2008.[1]
Titles
[edit]| Styles of Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens | |
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| Reference style | His Beatitude |
| Spoken style | Your Beatitude (Makariótate), Déspota |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
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'
Early life and background
[edit]Ieronymos was born in Oinofyta, Boeotia and is of Arvanite descent.[2][3]
Ieronymos holds degrees in archaeology, Byzantine studies, and theology from the University of Athens. Additionally, he undertook postgraduate studies at the University of Graz, the University of Regensburg and LMU Munich.[4]
Following a brief time as a lector in Christian archaeology at the Athens Archaeological Society under the guidance of Professor Anastasios Orlandos, he taught as a philologist in Lycée Léonin. Subsequently, in 1967, Ieronymos was ordained Deacon and later Presbyter in the Orthodox Church.[4]
Ecclesiastical affairs
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Prior to his episcopal ministry, Ieronymos served in various roles, including Protosyncellus of the Metropolis of Thebes and Livadeia, abbot of the monasteries of the Transfiguration of Sagmata and Hosios Loukas, and Secretary (later Chief Secretary) of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece. In 1981, he was elected as Metropolitan of Thebes and Levadeia. He has published two major textbooks: "Medieval Monuments of Euboea" (1970), and "Christian Boeotia" (2006).
On 7 February 2008, Ieronymos was elected the new Archbishop of Athens and All Greece by the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece,[5] receiving 45 out of 74 votes in a traditional Orthodox episcopal election process.[6] He was formally enthroned on 16 February 2008.
Social and political views
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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."[7]
On 16 April 2016, together with Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, he visited the Mòria camp on the island of Lesbos, to call the attention of the world to the refugee crisis.[8]
On 16 February 2024, when gay marriage was legalized in Greece, he condemned the new law as a "new reality that seeks only to corrupt the homeland's social cohesion."[9]
Notes and references
[edit]- ↑ "Greek Orthodox bishops elect leader" Archived 2008-02-13 at the Wayback Machine, CNN.com/europe. Accessed 7 February 2008.
- ↑ Matthias Hüning; Ulrike Vogl; Olivier Moliner (31 May 2012). Standard Languages and Multilingualism in European History. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 158. ISBN 9789027273918.
- ↑ Bintliff (2003: 139).
- 1 2 "Ο μητροπολίτης Θηβών εξελέγη νέος Αρχιεπίσκοπος", (in Greek), Accessed 12 November 2020.
- ↑ "Bulletin of the Church of Greece Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 7 February 2008.
- ↑ "New Leader Named for Greek Orthodox Church, New York Times, 2008-02-07
- ↑ "Greek Jews fight neo-Nazi party". 5 November 2012.
- ↑ Pope Francis visits Lesbos. The Guardian. Published: 16 April 2016
- ↑ "Greece legalizes same-sex marriage – DW – 02/15/2024". Deutsche Welle.
- 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. ISBN 0-7391-0383-0.
External links
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- Archdiocese of Athens Archived 2010-09-16 at the Wayback Machine Official website (in Greek)
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