Ieronymos II of Athens

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University of Munich
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Ieronymos II (

Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece. He was elected on 7 February 2008.[1]

Ieronymos served as

Levadeia. He 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,[2] He formally took office on 16 February 2008.

Early life and background

Ieronymos was born in

Arvanite descent.[3][4]

Ieronymos holds degrees in

University of Munich.[5]

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.[5]

Titles

Styles of
Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens
Reference style
His Beatitude
Spoken styleYour Beatitude (Makariótate), Déspota
Religious styleArchbishop

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'

Ecclesiastical affairs

Ieronymos served as

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.[5]

On 7 February 2008, Ieronymos was elected the new Archbishop of Athens and All Greece by the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece,[6] receiving 45 out of 74 votes in a two-ballot process.[7] He formally took office on 16 February 2008.

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]

On 16 April 2016, he visited, together with

refugee crisis.[9]

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."[10]

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Greek Orthodox bishops elect leader" Archived 2008-02-13 at the Wayback Machine, CNN.com/europe. Accessed 7 February 2008.
  2. ^ "Bulletin of the Church of Greece. Accessed 7 February 2008.
  3. ISBN 9789027273918
    .
  4. ^ Bintliff (2003: 139).
  5. ^ a b c "Ο μητροπολίτης Θηβών εξελέγη νέος Αρχιεπίσκοπος", (in Greek), Accessed 12 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Bulletin of the Church of Greece. Accessed 7 February 2008.
  7. New York Times
    , 2008-02-07
  8. ^ "Greek Jews fight neo-Nazi party". 5 November 2012.
  9. ^ Pope Francis visits Lesbos. The Guardian. Published: 16 April 2016
  10. ^ "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
    .

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Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by
Christodoulos
Archbishop of Athens and All Greece

2008–present 		Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded byas Speaker of the Parliament Order of precedence of Greece
Archbishop of Athens and All Greece 		Succeeded byas Leader of the Opposition
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