Arto Kai Antturi (born

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, 10 June 1961)Katharos – Kirjailijat
is a Finnish Lutheran priest. He has previously been the vicar for the parish of

Pitäjänmäki Pitäjänmäki () is a district located on the westernmost district of Helsinki, Finland, near the border with Espoo. There are many IT and machine manufacturing companies in the area, especially around the Valimo railway station. Such companie ...

Arto Antturi’s father was the

Pentecostal Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement

minister Kai Antturi. Arto Antturi graduated with a master’s degree in

theology Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

from the

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in 1989. For most of the 1990s, he worked as a research and teaching assistant in the Department of

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at the same university. He received a scholarship from the

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Foundation in 1992. In 1997, he received a grant from the

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. He has studied at

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, USA. Later, Antturi lived with his family in

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for two years, serving as a priest for the

Finnish Seamen’s Mission The Finnish Seamen's Mission ( fi, Suomen Merimieskirkko ry, sv, Finlands Sjömanskyrka rf) was established in 1875. It was established to help Finns travelling abroad, particularly seafarers and migrant workers. It is a Christian organisation whi ...

. At the beginning of 2000, he was appointed as the Executive Director of the Helsinki-based Thomas Community. In 2003, he became a priest in the Cathedral parish and in 2010 became a chaplain in that parish. He served as chaplain at the

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from 2010 to 2014. He took his office as vicar of

on 1 January 2015. Antturi has been involved in various media work and public duties. In 1987, Antturi co-founded the gospel band Exit and played bass in the band from 1987 to 1991. He was a deputy councillor in Helsinki City Council for the Centre Party in 1997. He has served as the editor of the Thomas Community from 2000 to 2003, as well as a columnist for other magazines, including that for Radio Dei. He has broadcast devotions on

Yle Yleisradio Oy (Finnish, literally "General Radio Ltd." or "General Broadcast Ltd."; abbr. Yle ; sv, Rundradion Ab, italics=no), translated to English as the Finnish Broadcasting Company, is Finland's national public broadcasting company, founde ...

Radio 1. In 2009, Antturi ran a fundraising campaign at the Narinkka Square in Helsinki called “The Priest and The Idiot”, in which he read Dostoevsky's work ''

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'' for 10 euros a page. This was to raise funds for World Vision’s work with poor families in

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Arto Antturi for Pitäjänmäki Vicar
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