Metropolitan of Oulu is the title of the Orthodox bishop of the Oulu Diocese of the

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 Cons ...

. 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

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