Category: Finland

New Era Begins for Finnish Orthodox Church as Archbishop Elias Installed

OCP- December 17, 2024

OCP News Service – 17/12/2024 Helsinki – Finland: On December 15, 2024, a historic event unfolded at the Uspenski Cathedral as Archbishop Elias was installed ... Read More

Metropolitan Elia Elected New Archbishop of Helsinki and Finland

OCP- December 1, 2024

OCP News Service – 01/12/2024 Helsinki – Finland: In a historic decision, Metropolitan Elia of Oulu has been elected as the new Archbishop of Helsinki ... Read More

Coptic Bishop Abakir Fosters Ties with Finnish Orthodox Church

OCP- August 1, 2024

Gerges Mounir Hanna - OCP News Service – 01/08/2024 Helsinki – Finland: During his pastoral visit to Finland, His Grace Bishop Abakir, Bishop of the ... Read More

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