The metropolitan bishop Ieronimos of Thebes and Levadia is the new archbishop of Athens and the primate of the Orthodox Church of Greece. He was elected this morning by the Holy Synod, gathered since 9 am in the Cathedral of Athens, for the election of the successor of H.B. Christodoulos, who died on 28th January, aged 69. The metropolitan bishop Ieronimos was elected at the second poll with 43 votes for, out of the 74 voting members of the Holy Synod.
