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Diocese Of Lapua
The Diocese of Lapua (, ) is one of nine dioceses within the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. The diocese was founded in 1956. The diocese attained national attention in September 2015, when Finnish media reported that the diocese had purchased a luxury penthouse apartment for the bishop's official residence. Due to the controversy, hundreds of Finns resigned from the church during the days following the media exposure. Eroakirkosta.fibr>Piispan virka-asunto lisäsi kirkosta eroamista/ref> Bishops of Lapua *Eero Lehtinen 1956–1974 *Yrjö Sariola 1974–1995 *Jorma Laulaja 1995–2004 *Simo Peura 2004–2022 * Matti Salomäki 2022– See also *Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland References Lapua Lutheran districts established in the 20th century Lapua Lapua (; sv, Lappo) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located next to the Lapua River in the region of South Ostrobothnia. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. ...
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Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several differ ...
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Evangelical Lutheran Church Of Finland
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ( fi, Suomen evankelis-luterilainen kirkko; sv, Evangelisk-lutherska kyrkan i Finland) is a national church of Finland. It is part of the Lutheran branch of Christianity. The church has a legal position as a national church in the country, along with the Orthodox Church of Finland. The church is a member of the World Council of Churches and the Conference of European Churches. It is also a member of the Porvoo Communion and is actively involved in ecumenical relations. With almost 3.7 million members , the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland is one of the largest Lutheran churches in the world. It is Finland's largest religious body; at the end of 2021, 66.5% of Finns were members of the church. The current head of the Church is Tapio Luoma, Archbishop of Turku, who succeeded Kari Mäkinen on 3 June 2018. History Catholic bishopric The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland traces its lineage to the medieval Diocese of Tur ...
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Latin Rite
Latin liturgical rites, or Western liturgical rites, are Catholic rites of public worship employed by the Latin Church, the largest particular church ''sui iuris'' of the Catholic Church, that originated in Europe where the Latin language once dominated. Its language is now known as Ecclesiastical Latin. The most used rite is the Roman Rite. The Latin rites were for many centuries no less numerous than the liturgical rites of the Eastern Catholic Churches, Eastern autonomous particular churches. Their number is now much reduced. In the aftermath of the Council of Trent, in 1568 and 1570 Pope Pius V suppressed the breviary, breviaries and missals that could not be shown to have an antiquity of at least two centuries (see Tridentine Mass and Roman Missal). Many local rites that remained legitimate even after this decree were abandoned voluntarily, especially in the 19th century. In the second half of the 20th century, most of the religious orders that had a distinct liturgical rit ...
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Lapua Cathedral
Lapua Cathedral ( fi, Lapuan tuomiokirkko; sv, Lappo domkyrka) is a church in Lapua, Finland, and the seat of the Diocese of Lapua. The neoclassical cathedral was designed by Carl Ludvig Engel and built in 1827. The cathedral's pipe organ is the largest in Finland. External links Carl Ludvig Engel buildings Lutheran cathedrals in Finland Cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominatio ... Churches completed in 1827 Buildings and structures in South Ostrobothnia Tourist attractions in South Ostrobothnia 1827 establishments in the Russian Empire Neoclassical church buildings in Finland {{Finland-church-stub ...
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Tapio Luoma
Tapio Juhani Luoma (born 15 June 1962) is a Finnish prelate, who has been the Archbishop of Turku and Primate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland since 1 June 2018. Biography Born in Kurikka, Luoma was ordained priest in 1987. He acquired a doctorate in theology in 1999 with his dissertation concerning the relationship between theology and natural sciences. Luoma's dissertation is titled ''Incarnation and Physics: Natural Science in the Theology of Thomas F. Torrance'' and is published by Oxford University Press in 2002. He has worked as a chaplain in Peräseinäjoki between 1987 and 1998, and in Ilmajoki between 1998 and 2002. In 2002 he moved to Seinäjoki as parish priest. He also served as Broadcaster of the Broadcasting Corporation between 1986 and 1987. On 1 February 2012, he was consecrated as bishop of Espoo by Archbishop Kari Mäkinen and installed as bishop on 12 February in Espoo Cathedral. He was elected as Archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of ...
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Penthouse Apartment
A penthouse is an apartment or unit on the highest floor of an apartment building, condominium, hotel or tower A tower is a tall Nonbuilding structure, structure, taller than it is wide, often by a significant factor. Towers are distinguished from guyed mast, masts by their lack of guy-wires and are therefore, along with tall buildings, self-supporting .... Penthouses are typically differentiated from other apartments by luxury features. The term 'penthouse' originally referred, and sometimes still does refer, to a separate smaller 'house' that was constructed on the roof of an apartment building. Architecturally it refers specifically to a structure on the roof of a building that is Setback (architecture), set back from its outer walls. These structures do not have to occupy the entire roof deck. Recently, luxury high rise apartment buildings have begun to designate multiple units on the entire top residential floor or multiple higher residential floors including the top ...
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Official Residence
An official residence is the House, residence of a head of state, head of government, governor, Clergy, religious leader, leaders of international organizations, or other senior figure. It may be the same place where they conduct their work-related functions. List of official residences, by country Afghanistan *Arg, Kabul, Arg (Cabinet of Afghanistan, Cabinet) Albania * Prime Minister's Office (Albania), Prime Minister's Office * Pallati i Brigadave * Ish-Blloku (former residence of Enver Hoxha) Algeria * El Mouradia Palace, El Mouradia Presidential Palace Angola * Presidential Palace Antigua and Barbuda * Government House (Antigua & Barbuda), Government House (List of Governors-General of Antigua and Barbuda, Governor-General) Argentina * Casa Rosada (President of Argentina, Presidential office) * Quinta de Olivos (Presidential residence) * Chapadmalal Residence (Summer House) Armenia * President's Residence, Yerevan, President's Residence * Prime Minister's Residence, ...
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Eroakirkosta
Eroakirkosta.fi is a Finnish website which offers an electronic service for resigning from Finland's state churches; the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and the Finnish Orthodox Church. "Eroa kirkosta" translates to "resign from the church". The website was created by Freethinkers of Tampere, an organisation that supports a formal separation of church and state, and opened on 21 November 2003. The Finnish law on freedom of religion was updated on 1 August 2003 and then allowed resigning from religions without a visit to a bureau. Because eroakirkosta.fi is not maintained by magistrates, the website can not directly resign a person from a church. Instead, the website forwards the filled-in resignation forms to magistrates who then complete the resignation. Resignations through e-mail are allowed because the Finnish law requires resignations to be "in writing" but not " signed". Eroakirkosta.fi also gives the user the alternative to print the resignation form and send it throu ...
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Eero Lehtinen
Eero is an Estonian and Finnish masculine given name (pronounced: /e:ro/). Notable people with the name include: * Eero Aarnio (born 1932), Finnish interior designer * Eero Aho (born 1968), Finnish actor * Eero Akaan-Penttilä (born 1943), Finnish politician * Eero Antikainen (1906–1960), Finnish trade union leader and politician * Eero Berg (1898–1969), Finnish athlete * Eero Böök (1910–1990), Finnish chess player and engineer * Eero Elo (born 1990), Finnish ice hockey player * Eero Endjärv (born 1973), Estonian architect * Eero Epner (born 1978), Estonian art historian and playwright * Eero Erkko (1860–1927), Finnish journalist and politician * Eero Haapala (born 1989), Finnish long jumper * Eero Haapalainen (c. 1880 – 1937), Finnish Communist leader * Eero Hämeenniemi (born 1951), Finnish composer, musician and writer * Eero Heinonen (born 1979), Finnish musician and bass player in The Rasmus * Eero Heinäluoma (born 1955), Finnish politician and former Spea ...
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Yrjö Sariola
Yrjö, a masculine Finnish given name that is the equivalent of George, may refer to: * Yrjö von Grönhagen, (1911–2003), Finnish anthropologist * Yrjö Jylhä, (1903–1956), Finnish poet * Yrjö Kilpinen (1892–1959), Finnish composer * Yrjö Kokko (1903–1977), Finnish author * Yrjö Lindegren (1900–1952), Finnish architect * Yrjö Mäkelin (1875–1923), shoemaker * Yrjö Nikkanen (1914–1985), Finnish athlete * Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen (1830–1903), freiherr, senator, professor, historian, and politician * Yrjö Sirola (1876–1936), Finnish writer and socialist politician * Yrjö Sotamaa, Finnish architect * Yrjö Väisälä (1891–1971), Finnish astronomer and physicist * Yrjö Vartia, economist See also * *George (given name) George () is a masculine given name derived from the Greek Geōrgios (; , ). The name gained popularity due to its association with the Christian martyr, Saint George (died 23 April 303), a member ...
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Jorma Laulaja
Jorma can refer to: *Jorma (name), Finnish given name *Jorma (album), released by Kaukonen in 1979 *Jorma (wine), a Finnish wine *nowadays in Finnish language ''jorma'' is a very well-known slang word that means penis A penis (plural ''penises'' or ''penes'' () is the primary sexual organ that male animals use to inseminate females (or hermaphrodites) during copulation. Such organs occur in many animals, both vertebrate and invertebrate, but males do n ...
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Simo Peura
Simo or SIMO may refer to: People * Simo (given name), a given name * Simo (surname), a surname * Simone "Simo" Teti, of Paris & Simo * Simo (footballer) (Wassim Keddari Boulif), Spanish footballer nicknamed ''Simo'' Other uses * SIMO (band), an American rock band formed in 2010 * Simo (society), a secret society in West Africa * ''Simo'' (weevil), a beetle genus in the tribe Peritelini * Simo, Finland, a municipality of Finland * SIMO TCI (''Salón Internacional de Mobiliario de Oficina / Tecnologías de la Comunicación e Información''), an annual trade fair in Spain * Simo (Single input, multiple outputs), a characterization of control systems in system analysis * Silicon Motion, a semiconductor and solid-state drive manufacturer traded as SIMO See also * * Simon (given name) * Samo (other) Samo (died 658) was a Slavic king. Samo may also refer to: Music *Samo (singer) (born 1975), Mexican singer * ''Samo'' (Stoja album), 2000 * ''Samo'' (Nina Kraljić albu ...
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