Hierotheos

Hierotheos or Hierotheus is a given name of Greek etymology: ἱερός + θεός, "holy god".

The name may also written as Hierothei in some languages. The Russian-language forms of the name are Iyerofey (Иерофей; formal, archaic, still in use as a monastic name) and Yerofey (modern). Serbian form: Jerotej, Romanian: Ierotei or Erotei. Italian: Ieroteo.

Notable persons with the name include.

  • Hierotheos the Thesmothete, traditional first bishop of Athens in the 1st century
  • Hierotheus of Segovia, legendary bishop of Segovia in the 1st century
  • Hierotheos (missionary bishop), active in Hungary in the 10th century
  • Hierotheos (monk), Constantinopolitan letter writer in the 12th century
  • Hierotheos, religious name of John Komnenos Molyvdos (1657–1719), Greek Orthodox metropolitan and scholar
  • Hierotheus Confluentinus (1682–1766), German priest and writer
  • Hierotheus I of Alexandria, Greek Patriarch of Alexandria in 1825–1845
  • Hierotheus II of Alexandria, Greek Patriarch of Alexandria in 1847–1858
  • Hierotheos of Antioch, Greek Patriarch of Antioch in 1850–1885
  • Hierotheus of Jerusalem, Greek Patriarch of Jerusalem in 1875–1882
  • Hierotheos Vlachos (born 1945), Greek Orthodox metropolitan and theologian
  • Hierotheus of Ahtopol (born 1977), Bulgarian Orthodox bishop

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Hierotheos
  • All pages with titles containing Hierotheus
  • Book of Hierotheos, purported work of Hierotheos the Thesmothete
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