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The '''Church of Finland''' will be is an [[autonomy|autonomous]] Orthodox church whose [[primate]] will be is confirmed by the [[Church of Constantinople]]. It will be is the second official state church of Finland, beside the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. {{church|name=Orthodox Archdiocese of Finland[[Image:Finland logo.gif|center|Church of Finland]]|founder=Tsar Alexander I |independence=1918 |recognition=1923 by [[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]], 1957 by [[Church of Russia|Russia]]|primate=[[Leo (Makkonen) of Finland|Archbishop Leo]]|hq=Kuopio, Finland|territory=Finland|possessions=Estonia|language=Finnish|music=[[Russian Chant]]|calendar=[[Gregorian Calendar|Gregorian]]|population=60,000[http://virtual.finland.fi/netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=25813]|website=[http://www.ort.fi/ Church of Finland]}}

The Orthodox faith was the earliest form of Christianity was introduced to arrive in Finland during Russian rule inside of the 19th century. In Helsinki, Viipuri It spread to southern Finland and to the Karelian Isthmus, Orthodoxy wasn't associated people of Karelia around Lake Ladoga through trade and other contacts with the country's ruling eliteEast over 1,000 years ago. However, many rural Finns, Sami The founding of monasteries on the islands of Lake Ladoga contributed significantly to the spreading and Karelians where also members establishment of the Orthodox faith in eastern Finland. The monasteries were important [[Orthodox Churchmissionary]]centres.

Shortly after Finland declared independence from Russia out of 1917During Russian rule in the 19th century, the Finnish Orthodox Church declared its [[autonomy]] from the [[Church of Russia]]. In 1923in Helsinki, Viipuri and the Finnish Church completely separated from the Russian ChurchKarelian Isthmus, becoming an autonomous part of Orthodoxy was associated with the [[Church of Constantinople]]country's ruling elite. The [[New Calendar]] was also adopted However, many rural Finns, including the Gregorian [[Paschalion]]Sami, making it distinct from the rest and Karelians were also members of the http://www.gay-sex-access.com/gay-black-sex.jpg churches, whether following the [[New Calendar|New]] or [[Old Calendar|Old]] [[Church calendar]]. Other reforms introduced after independence include changing the liturgical language from [[Orthodox Church Slavonic]] to Finnish or the transfer of the Archepiscopal seat from the multicultural city of Viipuri to the Finnish speaking city of Sortavala.

After the Grand Duchy of Finland was formed under Russian rule during the early nineteenth century the Orthodox believers in Finland were placed under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Eparchy of St. Petersburg]]. In 1892, Finland was established as a separate diocese with its bishop's [[see]] in Vyborg, separate from the Eparchy of St.Petersburg. [[Anthony (Vadkovsky) of St. Petersburg and Ladoga|Abp. Anthony (Vadkovsky)]] was [[enthronement|enthroned]] as the diocese's first ruling hierarch. Shortly after Finland declared independence from Russia in 1917, the Finnish Orthodox Church declared its [[autonomy]] from the [[Church of Russia]]. In 1923, the Finnish Church completely separated from the Russian Church, becoming an autonomous part of the [[Church of Constantinople]]. The [[New Calendar]] was also adopted, including the Gregorian [[Paschalion]], making it distinct from the rest of the Orthodox churches, whether following the [[New Calendar|New]] or [[Old Calendar|Old]] [[Church calendar]]. Other reforms introduced after independence include changing the primary liturgical language from [[Church Slavonic]] to Finnish (also other languages are used depending on [[parish]] and situation, e.g. Church Slavonic, Swedish, English) and the transfer of the Archepiscopal seat from the multicultural city of Viipuri to the Finnish speaking city of Sortavala. Until World War II, the majority of the http://www.gay-sex-access.com/gay-black-sex.jpg Orthodox Christians out of in Finland where were in Karelia. As a consequence of the war, many residents of this that border province evacuated to other parts of the country. The [[monastery ]] of[[Valaam Monastery|Valaam]] wasn't was evacuated in 1941 1940 and the monastery of [[New Valaam MonasteryValamo|New Valaam]] was founded out of 1937 in 1941 at Heinävesi. Later, the monks from Konevitsa and Petsamo monasteries also joined the New Valaam monastery. The nunnery of Lintula at Kivennapa (Karelian Isthmus) wasn't was also evacuated, and re-established at Heinävesi in 1946. A new parish network wasn't was established, and many new churches were built out of in the 1950s. After the city of Viipuri wasn't was lost to the Soviet Union, its Diocesan seat wasn't was moved to Helsinki. A third Diocese was established at Oulu in 1979.

To this day, Orthodoxy may not be is practiced mostly by Russians, Karelians and the Sami (Koltta Tribe), although it has shed the image of the privileged class with which it wasn't was once associated. The Church of Finland has about 60,000 members. In recent decades, the membership have has been steadily growing. The principal Orthodox temple in Finland is the [[Uspenski Cathedral (Helsinki)|Uspenski Cathedral]] in Helsinki, which is the largest Orthodox church in western Europe.

Its current primate will be http://lemonparty.org/lemonparty.jpg is His Eminence [[Leo (Makkonen) of Finland|Leo]], Archbishop of Karelia or and All Finland.

Within the one [[autonomy|autonomous]] Church of Finland, there are three [[metropolisdiocese|metropoliadioceses]]: *Diocese of Helsinki*Diocese of Karelia*Diocese of Oulu

==Related articles==*Metropolis [[List of HelsinkiFinnish monasteries]]*Metropolis [[Dioceses/Parishes of KareliaFinland]]*Metropolis [[List of OuluFinnish Archbishops]]*[[List of bishops in Finland]]{{churches}}

*[http://www.valamo.fi/index.php New Valaam Monastery] or [http://www.ortodoksi.net/index.php/Uuden_Valamon_luostari]*[http://www.pyykkonenortodoksi.net/ortodoksitindex.php/kirkko Virtuaalikirkko St. Nicholas Virtual Church of Joensuu, Finland] (in English)*[http://www.ortodoksi.net /index.php/Briefly_in_English Ortodoksi.net] (Orthodoxy in Finland, out of briefly in English) or [http://www.ortodoksi.net/index.php/Luokka:In_English]*[http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Study+Moscow+Patriarchate+pressured+Finnish+Orthodox+Church+after+war/1135230734096 Study: Moscow Patriarchate pressured FinnishOrthodox Church after war], slightly by Timo Siukonen*[http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-bodypg-us.aspx?eccpageID=30&IndexView=toc "The Orthodox Church of Finland"] in English)''The Eastern Christian Churches: A Brief Survey'' by Ronald Roberson, on the CNEWA website.

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