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Metropolitan Of Oulu
Metropolitan of Oulu is the title of the Orthodox bishop of the Oulu Diocese of the Orthodox Church of Finland. The position was created in 1980, when the diocese was created. History When Archimandrite Elia was ordained as the Metropolitan of Oulu on January 11, 2015, the Orthodox Church of Finland received a new bishop at the Holy Trinity Cathedral of Oulu sv, Heliga Treenighetens katedral , native_name_lang = , image = Holy Trinity Oulu 20100110.JPG , coordinates = , location = Oulu , country = Finland , denomination = .... The Archbishop Leo of Karelia were present at the ordination and installation. There was over 300 visitors from all over Finland who participated in the event. References {{reflist Orthodox Church of Finland Oulu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orthodox Church Of Finland
The Orthodox Church of Finland ( fi, Suomen ortodoksinen kirkko, lit=Finnish Orthodox Church; sv, Ortodoxa kyrkan i Finland, lit=Orthodox Church in Finland; ) is an autonomous Eastern Orthodox archdiocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. The church has a legal position as a national church in the country, along with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. With its roots in the medieval Novgorodian missionary work in Karelia, the Orthodox Church of Finland was a part of the Russian Orthodox Church until 1923. Today the church has three dioceses and 54,895 members in Finland, accounting for almost one percent of the native population of Finland. The parish of Helsinki has the most adherents. There are also 2,700 members living abroad. Structure and organization Along with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, the Orthodox Church of Finland has a special position in Finnish law. The church is considered to be a Finnish entity of public nature. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suomen Tietotoimisto
Finnish News Agency ( fi, Suomen Tietotoimisto, STT; sv, Finska Notisbyrån, FNB) is a Finnish news agency, established in 1887 and based in Helsinki. STT's majority owner is Sanoma Media Finland of the Sanoma Group. The Finnish public service broadcaster Yle is among the minority shareholders. STT is a sister agency of the Swedish wire service TT, Norwegian NTB, and Danish Ritzau Ritzaus Bureau A/S, or Ritzau for short, sometimes stylized as /ritzau/, is a Danish news agency founded by Erik Ritzau in 1866. It collaborates with three other Scandinavian news agencies to provide Nordic News, an English-language Scandinavia .... References External links Suomen Tietotoimisto STT News agencies based in Finland Mass media in Helsinki 1882 establishments in Finland Mass media companies established in 1882 21st-century Finnish politicians {{Finland-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Trinity Cathedral Of Oulu
sv, Heliga Treenighetens katedral , native_name_lang = , image = Holy Trinity Oulu 20100110.JPG , coordinates = , location = Oulu , country = Finland , denomination = Eastern Orthodox , previous denomination = , churchmanship = , membership = , attendance = , website = , former name = Holy Trinity Church , consecrated date = , bishop = Elia, Metropolitan of Oulu , status = , functional status = Active , heritage designation = , designated date = , architect = Mikko Huhtela , architectural type = Cathedral , style = , groundbreaking = , completed date = 1957 , construction cost = , closed date = , demolished date = , capacity = , parish = , diocese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Makkonen
Archbishop Leo (Makkonen) of Helsinki and All Finland, head of the Finnish Orthodox Church, was born in Pielavesi in eastern Finland on June 4, 1948. After completing studies in 1972 at the Kuopio seminary, he was ordained deacon on 20 July 1973 and priest two days later. He was consecrated Bishop of Joensuu on 25 February 1979, then served as Metropolitan of Oulu from 1980–1996. From 1996-2001 he served as Metropolitan of Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ..., before taking up his post as Archbishop of Karelia; he was confirmed on 27 October 2001. From 1979-1993 he served as chair of the Fellowship of Saints Sergius and Herman. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Makkonen, Leo 1948 births Living people Finnish Karelian people People from Pielavesi 20th- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambrosius, Metropolitan Of Helsinki
Ambrosius (birth name ''Risto Jääskeläinen'', b. 10 August 1945 Tohmajärvi, Finland,) is the retired Metropolitan of Helsinki. He matriculated from the Joensuu Lyceum in 1964. He completed the degree of Master of Theology at Helsinki University in 1968. He also completed the degree of Master of Political Science in 1972. Career, ordinations and consecrations Risto Jääskeläinen worked as the rector of the Nurmes Evangelical School during 1967–1968 and as a lecturer of the Orthodox Theological Seminary of Finland during 1969–1970. He has been a research fellow in the United States in 1969, in Hungary in 1969–1970, in the United Kingdom during 1971–1975, in the Soviet Union in 1979, and again in the United States during 1986–1987. He was ordained a Lutheran minister in 1969, but he resigned from Lutheran priesthood in 1975. In 1974 he worked as an acting lecturer in University of Joensuu and during 1975–1976 acting assistant professor in the same university. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elia (metropolitan)
Elia is a name which may be a variant of the names Elias, Elijah, Eli or Eliahu, and may refer to: People * Aelia (gens) or Elia, a ''gens'' of Ancient Rome Mononymic * Elia or Elijah, a biblical prophet * Elia, a pen-name of Charles Lamb First name *Elia Abu Madi, (1890–1957), Lebanese poet * Elia Barceló (born 1957), Spanish writer * Elia Goode Byington (1858–1936), American journalist *Elia Cmíral (born 1950), Czech film composer * Elia Dalla Costa (1872–1961), Italian cardinal and Archbishop of Florence *Elia del Medigo (1458–1493), Greek rabbi * Elia Favilli (born 1989), Italian cyclist * Elia Frosio (1913–2005), Italian cyclist * Elia Galera (born 1973), Spanish actress * Elia Kaiyamo (born 1951), Namibian politician *Elia Kazan (1909–2003), American director and producer *Elia Legati (born 1986), Italian football player * Elia Levita (1469–1549), German Hebrew scholar * Elia Liut (1894–1952), Italian aviator * Elia Luini (born 1979), Italian rower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
