Russian Orthodox Church in Finland
About 2,000 Orthodox Christians in Finland belong to the Russian Orthodox Church, organized into two parishes. There have also been plans to establish a separate Russian diocese in Finland. Parishes maintain five churches and chapels.
St. Nicholas Orthodox Parish (Finnish: Ortodoksinen Pyhän Nikolauksen Seurakunta, Russian: Свято-Никольский приход в Хельсинки) in Helsinki is the largest with 1,500 members of which 70 percent are Finnish citizens. The parish was established in 1927.
Roots in the 1920s' Private Orthodox Society in Vyborg (Finnish: Yksityinen kreikkalais-katolinen yhdyskunta Viipurissa), the Intercession Orthodox Parish (Finnish: Ortodoksinen Pokrovan seurakunta, Russian: приход Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы в Хельсинки) was officially formed in 2004, also in Helsinki, and has some 350 members today. Both have registered themselves as separate religious organizations.
Unlike the Finnish Orthodox Church, the Russian Orthodox Church in Finland follows the Julian calendar.
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