He was born under the Ottoman Empire, at Prodromos village in Limassol District in 1845 and died under British sovereignty, in 1916. He studied in Jerusalem at the Theological School of the Holy Cross (Θεολογική Σχολή του Τιμίου Σταυρού) between 1866-72. He was a teacher of the Greek School of Nicosia. He was elected legislature of Nicosia-Kyrenia but he gave up because he didn't find the name of himself in the election directories for vote. Then he was member of the Law Council of Cyprus between (1889-1911). After the death of Sophronius II, he was elected Archbishop of Cyprus in 1909.