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 , legendary bishop of Segovia in the 1st century , active in Hungary in the 10th century , Constantinopolitan letter writer in the 12th century Hierotheos, religious name of John Komnenos Molyvdos (1657–1719), Greek Orthodox metropolitan and scholar (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 (born 1977), Bulgarian Orthodox bishop
See also
Book of Hierotheos, purported work of Hierotheos the Thesmothete