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'''Hierotheus I of Alexandria''', also '''Ierotheos I of Alexandria''', was the Patriarch of Alexandria of the [[Church of Alexandria]] from 1825 to 1845. He continued the work of his predecessors in re-organizing the Patriarchate of Alexandria in a friendly environment under Viceroy Mohammed Ali of Egypt. The period of his Patriarchate was particularly significant for the Church of Alexandria.

Little is known of the early life of Patr. Hierotheus before he became Patriarch of Alexandria. Hierotheus He was born after the mid-eighteenth century in Larissa in Thessaly and was elected the ruling [[patriarchbishop]], in 1825, after Patr. a number of [[Theophilus II (Pankostas) of Alexandria|Theophilus IIsee]] was s before he became [[deposition|deposedPatriarch]] by of Alexandria. According to an inscription in the Church of St. Nicholas in Almyros, he was the Patriarchate bishop of Constantinople for abandoning his [[see]]Zitounio in 1802. The Patriarchate In 1819, he was acting under pressure from the [[Ottoman empire|Ottoman]] government during Metropolitan of Paronaxia, and between 1820 and 1824 he was the Greek war Metropolitan of independenceNicaea.

Hierotheus was elected [[patriarch]], in October 1825, possibly on October 14, after Patr. [[Theophilus II (Pankostas) of Alexandria|Theophilus II]] was [[deposition|deposed]] by the Patriarchate of Constantinople for abandoning his [[see]]. Theophilus had remained at his birth place, Patmos, from 1818 to 1825. Patriarch Chrysanthus of Constantinople with Patriarch [[Polycarp I of Jerusalem|Polycarp]] of Jerusalem had acted to have the see occupied under pressure from the [[Ottoman empire|Ottoman]] government during the Greek war of independence. Patr. Hierotheus I led the [[Church of Alexandria]] during the rule of Mohammed Ali the Viceroy of Egypt who had established good relations with the Hellenic community of Egypt. Hierotheus, thus, continued the restoration and expansion of ecclesiastical properties in Egypt. In He established Greek schools in Cairo and Alexandria. Also, in collaboration with Michael Tositsas, the Greek Consul and members of the Hellenic Community in Egypt, in 1842, Patr. Hierotheus sponsored the establishment of the Hellenic-Arabic School of Cairoin 1842. Also, among Among the many projects he pursued were the renovation of the [[Monastery]] of St. Savvas in Alexandria and , with funds provided by Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, the Church of St. Nicholas in Cairo. He also established a guest house to host the poor.  Patr. Hierotheos was also confronted with the activities of Uniate [[priest]]s in Syria, who since they wore Orthodox style clerical dress, led to misguidance of Syrian Christians. Through the initiative of Patr. Hierotheos, the Orthodox were able to get the sultan to issue a [[Ottoman Turk Documents|firman]] requiring the Uniate [[monk]]s to change their clothing.