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The Orthodox Church of Finland or Finnish Orthodox Church (Finnish: Suomen ortodoksinen kirkko, lit. 'Finnish Orthodox Church'; [2] Swedish: Ortodoxa kyrkan i Finland [3]) is an autonomous Eastern Orthodox archdiocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.
The Finnish Orthodox Church disengaged from the Russian Orthodox Church in 1923 as a result of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Independence of Finland.Some of the Orthodox in Finland wanted to retain the traditional Russian ways, like the use of Church Slavonic in liturgy and the Julian calendar, so they formed their own congregation. [2]
On the back of the cathedral, there is a plaque commemorating Russian Emperor Alexander II, who was the sovereign of the Grand Duchy of Finland during the cathedral's construction. Main cathedral of the Finnish Orthodox Church in the diocese of Helsinki, Uspenski Cathedral is claimed to be the largest orthodox church in Western Europe. [10]
Finland is a predominantly Christian nation where 63.6% of the Finnish population of 5.6 million are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland , 33.6% are unaffiliated, 1.0% are Orthodox Christians, 0.9% are other Christians and 0.9% follow other religions like Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, folk religion etc. [1] These ...
Turku Orthodox Church This page was last edited on 3 July 2020, at 06:49 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
This is the list of cathedrals in Finland sorted by denomination. Helsinki Cathedral. ... Cathedrals of the Finnish Orthodox Church: Uspenski Cathedral in Helsinki;
The church was built in the neo-classical style in 1826 under the direction of the architect Carl Ludvig Engel, and was dedicated and opened in the following year. [1] [2] The Holy Trinity services the city's orthodox community with Divine Liturgy held in both Church Slavic and Finnish. [3] The church is Helsinki's oldest Orthodox church. [4]
Pages in category "Orthodox Church of Finland" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...