page_title: Orthodox Church of Finland
section_title: Diocese of Helsinki
hierarchical_section_title: Orthodox Church of Finland / Dioceses and bishops / Diocese of Helsinki
caption_attribution_description: English: The Holy Trinity Cathedral – the Greek Orthodox church in Oulu, Finland. Oulu is one of the three orthodox dioceses in Finland headed by Metropolitan Panteleimon (in April 2002). The church was designed by architect Mikko Huhtela and completed in 1957. Suomi: Pyhän Kolminaisuuden katedraali eli Oulun ortodoksinen kirkko Oulun Heinäpäässä. Kirkon on suunnitellut arkkitehti Mikko Huhtela, ja se on valmistunut 1957.
context_page_description: The Orthodox Church of Finland is an autonomous Eastern Orthodox archdiocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. The church has a legal position as a national church in the country, along with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.
  With its roots in the medieval Novgorodian missionary work in Karelia, the Orthodox Church of Finland was a part of the Russian Orthodox Church until 1923. Today the church has three dioceses and 59,000 members that account for 1.1 percent of the native population of Finland. The parish of Helsinki has the most adherents.
context_section_description: The Diocese of Helsinki has the most members, over 28,000. The Diocese of Helsinki is the seat of the archbishop. The diocese is divided into eight parishes, with 50 priests. The main church of the diocese is Uspenski Cathedral in Helsinki. Characteristic to the diocese is the large number of members who have recently immigrated to Finland, especially in the Helsinki parish where several churches also officiate at the service in foreign languages, including Russian, English, Greek and Romanian.
  The current bishop is Archbishop Leo (Makkonen). He was appointed in 2018.
caption: Holy Trinity Cathedral in Oulu, completed in 1957
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