Ieronymos II

Greek archbishop
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Also known as: Ioannis Liapis
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1938, Oinofyta, Greece (age 86)

Ieronymos II (born 1938, Oinofyta, Greece) is the archbishop of Athens and all Greece (from 2008) and head of the Orthodox Church of Greece. Liapis first pursued an academic career. He earned degrees in theology and philosophy from the University of Athens and did postgraduate work in Austria and Germany. He was an assistant to the head of the Archeological Society of Athens and taught in high schools in Athens and its suburbs. He was ordained a deacon and presbyter in 1967 and assumed the position of coadjutor metropolitan of Thebes and Livadia, which he held until 1978. He also ...(100 of 289 words)