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==Life==
He was born Georgios S. Vlachos in Ioannina, Epirus, Greece, in 1945 and graduated from the theological school of the University of Thessaloniki. He was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] in1971in 1971, taking the monastic name Hierotheos, followed by his ordination as a [[priest]] in 1972. He served at the [[Archbishop]]'s House of Offices in Athens, as a preacher and Youth Director. He was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] [[bishop]] on [[July 20]], 1995, and elected Metropolitan of Nafpaktos and St. Vlasios in the same year.
He taught Greek for several semesters and gave lectures on Orthodox [[ethics]] to the students of the [[St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology (Tripoli, Lebanon)|St. John of Damascus Theological School]] at the University of the Patriarchate of Antioch, in northern Lebanon.
