Background
He was born Ioannis Liapis (Greek: Ιωάννης Λιάπης, Iōánnēs Liápēs) in Oinofyta, Boeotia.
He was born Ioannis Liapis (Greek: Ιωάννης Λιάπης, Iōánnēs Liápēs) in Oinofyta, Boeotia.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
He was elected on 7 February 2008. He is an Arvanite. 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.
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.
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. He formally took office on 16 February 2008.
The official title of the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece is:.
In 2012, Ieronymos criticized racism, antisemitism and the Golden Dawn party, saying that "The church loves all people, including those who are black, white or non-Christians.".