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Archbishop department of Finnish Orthodox church to be established in Helsinki

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Archbishop department of Finnish Orthodox church to be established in Helsinki


29.11.2017

pixabay.comSenior religious officials of Finnish Orthodox Church will move its department from Kuopio to Helsinki. This decision was made at the public annual assembly of the Finnish Orthodox Church, according to Yle website.

It is noteworthy that the department was placed in Karelia when Finnish Orthodox Church was managed by Moscow Patriarchy, but after WWII these territories became property of USSR and the senior religious management moved Archbishopric eparchy to Kuolio city at the Kallavesi lake.

The department will be moved to Helsinki at the beginning of March 2018, when Metropolitan Amvrosy will retire. The Finnish Orthodox Church Archbishop Leo Makkonen will be appointed Archbishop of Helsinki and All Finland.

The Orthodox congregation of Finland reaches around sixty thousand people at present and occupies the third place after Evangelic Lutherans and Muslims.

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