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Eastern Christianity
Orthodox Church of Finland
| Doctrines | On all major issues the
Orthodox Church of Finland is in agreement with other Eastern Orthodox
Churches. (See Eastern Orthodoxy.)
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| History | Christianity was brought
to Finland in the twelfth century by Russian monks. In 1919 Finland
gained independence from Russia, enabling the Finnish church to separate
itself from the authority of the Russian Orthodox Church. In 1923 the
Finnish church placed itself under the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of
Constantinople. This transition was only recognised by the Russian church
in 1957.
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| Symbols | Festal icons, Christ as
Pantocrator, Mary as Theotokos. (See Eastern
Orthodoxy.)
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| Adherents | The church has 56,762
members (Europa Publications Limited 1995, 1:1158).
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| Headquarters/ Main Centre | Karjalankatu 1, 70110 Kuopio; tel. (971) 2622611;
fax. (971) 2618017.
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