Category: Finland

Finnish Archbishop Blasts Moscow Patriarchate: “No Trace of Orthodoxy Left”

OCP- June 11, 2024

OCP News Service and ort.fi – 11/06/2024 Helsinki – Finland: In a scathing speech, Archbishop Leo of Helsinki and All Finland accused the Patriarchate of Moscow ... Read More

Archbishop Leo of Finland Announces Retirement, Successor to be Elected in November

OCP- May 20, 2024

OCP News Service and ort.fi – 20/05/2024 Helsinki – Finland: Archbishop Leo of Helsinki and All Finland, head of the Finnish Orthodox Church since 2001, has ... Read More

Finnish Orthodox Church Welcomes Ukrainians, Rejects UOC Outpost

OCP- May 5, 2024

OCP News Service and ort.fi – 05/05/2024 Helsinki – Finland: The Finnish Orthodox Church has opened its doors to Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war, regardless of ... Read More

Finnish Orthodox Church Prays for Peace in the Holy Land

OCP- October 29, 2023

OCP News Service – 29/08/2023 Helsinki – Finland: Archbishop Leo of Helsinki and all of Finland have reached out to Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem with ... Read More

Finnish President Received Ecumenical Patriarch

OCP- September 13, 2023

ec-patr. OCP News Service – 13/09/2023 Helsinki – Finland: President of the Republic of Finland, Sauli Niinistö received Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I on 12 September 2023 ... Read More

Finnish Orthodox Church Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Autonomy

OCP- September 11, 2023

https://ec-patr.org/ OCP News Service – 11/09/2023 Helsinki – Finland: The 100th-anniversary celebration of the autonomy of the Orthodox Church in Finland, known as the Finnish ... Read More

First Armenian Cross in Finland Installed in St. Herman of Alaska Finnish Orthodox Church in Tapiola

OCP- August 22, 2023

https://www.hos.fi/ https://www.hos.fi/ OCP News Service – 22/08/2023 Helsinki – Finland: First Armenian Cross in Finland Installed in St. Herman of Alaska Finnish Orthodox Church in ... Read More

The Palestinian Ambassador to Finland Expressed Appreciation for Archbishop Leo of Finland’s Stance Regarding the Burning of the Holy Book

OCP- August 22, 2023

https://ort.fi/ Finish Orthodox Church – OCP News Service – 22/08/2023 Helsinki – Finland: Archbishop Leo of Helsinki and the whole of Finland was received by the ambassador ... Read More

“Burning the Holy Book is Not Part of Freedom of Speech” : Archbishop Leo of Finland

OCP- July 30, 2023

Finish Orthodox Church – OCP News Service – 29/07/2023 Helsinki – Finland: Archbishop Leo of Helsinki and the whole of Finland, through his statement on ... Read More