The Russian Orthodox Church in Finland ( fi, Venäjän ortodoksinen kirkko Suomessa, russian: Русская православная церковь в Финляндии) is a semi-autonomous part of the Russian Orthodox Church formed in 1926. An official headquarters of the Moscow Patriarchate, led by Father Viktor Lyutik, was opened in Helsinki in 1999. The Russian Orthodox Church in Finland is organized in two parishes, ''St. Nikolaos Orthodox Parish in Helsinki'' and the ''Intercession Orthodox Parish''. They are maintaining six churches in Helsinki, Turku,

Pori ) , website www.pori.fi Pori (; sv, Björneborg ) is a city and municipality on the west coast of Finland. The city is located some from the Gulf of Bothnia, on the estuary of the Kokemäki River, west of Tampere, north of Turku and north-w ...

and Sastamala. Total number of registered members is some 3,000, most of them hold Finnish citizenship. The largest community is the St. Nikolaos Orthodox Parish with more than 2,400 members.St. Nicholas Orthodox Parish, Helsinki
Retrieved 8 June 2014. The Spaso-Preobrazenskaja community in Tampere is under the jurisdiction of the

Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (russian: Ру́сская Правосла́вная Це́рковь Заграни́цей, lit=Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, translit=Russkaya Pravoslavnaya Tserkov' Zagranitsey), also called Ru ...

History

The Finnish Orthodox Church disengaged from the Russian Orthodox Church in 1923 as a result of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Independence of Finland. Some of the Orthodox in Finland wanted to retain the traditional Russian ways, like the use of

Church Slavonic Church Slavonic (, , literally "Church-Slavonic language"), also known as Church Slavic, New Church Slavonic or New Church Slavic, is the conservative Slavic liturgical language used by the Eastern Orthodox Church in Belarus, Bosnia and Herzeg ...

in liturgy and the Julian calendar, so they formed their own congregation. The first parish, ''Private Orthodox Society'', was established in Vyborg. From 1931 to 1945 Russian Orthodox Church in Finland was under the

Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ( el, Οἰκουμενικὸν Πατριαρχεῖον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, translit=Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos, ; la, Patriarchatus Oecumenicus Constanti ...

Churches

*Church of the Protection of the Theotokos,

Munkkiniemi Munkkiniemi ( sv, Munksnäs, Helsinki slang: ''Munkka'') is a neighbourhood in Helsinki. Subdivisions within the district are Vanha Munkkiniemi, Kuusisaari, Lehtisaari, Munkkivuori, Niemenmäki and Talinranta. The land in Munkkiniemi was from the ...

, Helsinki *Saint Nicholas Church,

Hietaniemi The Hietaniemi cemetery ( fi, Hietaniemen hautausmaa, sv, Sandudds begravningsplats) is located mainly in the Lapinlahti quarter and partly in the Etu-Töölö district of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. It is the location for Finnish state fu ...

, Helsinki *Church of Xenia of Saint Petersburg, Mellunmäki, Helsinki *Church of the Dormition, Turku *Church of Our Lady of Kazan,

*Church of St. Serafim of Sarov, Sastamala

References

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{{Christianity in Finland Eastern Orthodoxy in Finland Russian Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodox Church bodies in Europe