Holy Trinity Church, Helsinki

Church in Helsinki, Finland

Holy Trinity Church
Finnish: Pyhän Kolminaisuuden kirkko Swedish: Heliga Treenighetskyrkan Russian: Храм Пресвятой Троицы


Location	Helsinki
Country	Finland
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox
Website	hos.fi/fi/kolminaisuuden-kirkko
History
Consecrated	1827 (1827)
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Carl Ludvig Engel
Administration
Diocese	Helsinki
Parish	Helsinki Orthodox

The Holy Trinity Church (Finnish: Pyhän Kolminaisuuden kirkko, Swedish: Heliga Treenighetskyrkan, Russian: Свято-Троицкая церковь) is a Finnish Orthodox Church located in the Kruununhaka district of Helsinki, on the corner of Unioninkatu and Rauhankatu. The church was built in the neo-classical style in 1826 under the direction of the architect Carl Ludvig Engel, and was dedicated and opened in the following year.^[1]^[2] The Holy Trinity services the city's orthodox community with Divine Liturgy held in both Church Slavic and Finnish.^[3]

The church is Helsinki's oldest Orthodox church.^[4] When Finland became 1808 autonomic Grand Duchy of Finland, a number of Russian civil servants, merchants and soldiers moved to Helsinki. They needed a place for worship, and the czar supported their efforts to get a church. In the 21st century, many of the churchgoers still speak Russian, but majority of them are immigrants born in the Soviet Union.^[5]

Gallery

Bell tower
Front
From the northern side, with Helsinki Cathedral in the background
Altar
Iconostasis

References

^ Holy Trinity Church, Helsinki
^ "Pyhän Kolminaisuuden kirkko; Kirkkokatu 17 & Unioninkatu 31 & Rauhankatu 18; Helsinki". Finna. Helsinki City Museum. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
^ "Pyhän Kolminaisuuden Kirkko" (in Finnish). Helsinki Orthodox Parish. Archived from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
^ "Holy Trinity Church". Visit Helsinki. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
^ "Seurakunta tutuksi". Ortodoksiviesti (in Finnish). Helsinki Orthodox Parish. 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2016.

External links

Holy Trinity Church, Helsinki (Homepage). [1]
Media related to Holy Trinity Church (Helsinki) at Wikimedia Commons

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