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Religion
in School
Places of Worship in Finland
/ Contact Information
Anglican
Catholic
International
Evangelical Church - Multi-lingual
Services
Islamic
Jewish
Lutheran
Orthodox
Additional
Information
There
has been complete freedom of religion in Finland since 1923.
There are two national churches in Finland, the Lutheran
and the Orthodox churches. The Evangelical Lutheran Church
is the country’s largest denomination; ninety percent
of the population is baptised Lutheran and one per cent Orthodox.
There are also Catholic, Jewish and Islamic congregations
as well as numerous smaller religious communities.
More detailed information on the history
and development of religion in Finland, including other churches
and religious communities, can be found at This
Is Finland: http://finland.fi.
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Religion
in School
Schools provide religious teaching according
to the confession of the majority of the pupils in the school.
If at least three pupils belong to a particular denomination,
their parents or guardians can demand instruction in that
confession. Pupils who do not belong to any denomination
study different philosophies of life, if their parents or
guardians so wish.
Places of Worship in Finland / Contact Information
Anglican
The Chaplaincy cares for the pastoral needs
of Anglicans and Episcopalians in Helsinki and throughout
Finland.
Service times and additional information
available at:
The
Anglican Church in Finland's
Web site
Contact Information:
The Chaplaincy of St. Nicholas,
Helsinki, Mannerheimintie 19 A 7
00250 Helsinki
Tel: (09) 490 424
Fax: (09) 447 987
E-mail: rupert.moreton@icon.fi
Catholic
Information available from:
The
Catholic Church in Finland's Web site (some
English sections at bottom of main menu)
or the Catholic Information Centre
:
Pyhän Henrikin aukio 1,
00140 Helsinki
Tel: 208 350751
Fax: (09) 61294770
E-mail info@catholic.fi
International
Evangelical Church - Multi-lingual Services
In Helsinki, services are performed weekly
in English, Amharic, Arabic and Chinese.
Service
times and locations - click
'Worship With Us'
Additional information at the IEC's
Web site:
Contact information:
Ruoholahdenkatu 16,
FI-00180 Helsinki
Tel: (09) 5868 770
E-mail: office@church.fi
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Islamic
The
Islamic Society of Finland has a comprehensive Web
site in Arabic, English and Finnish.
Contact Information:
Office:
Lönnrotinkatu 22 A 3,
00120 Helsinki
Mosque:
Lönnrotinkatu 22 C 34
00120 Helsinki
Tel: (09) 278 2551/3/6
E-mail: rabita@rabita.fi
Jewish
Service times and locations, and additional
information including community organizations are available
at the Jewish
Community of Helsinki, Finland's Web site
Contact Information:
Malminkatu 26,
00100 Helsinki
Tel: (09) 586 03121
Fax: (09) 694 8916
E-mail: Dan Kantor dan.kantor@jchelsinki.fi
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Lutheran
Comprehensive information (English, Finnish
and Swedish) available at:
The
Evangelical Lutheran Church
of Finland's Web site
Contact Information:
Church House - the central office of the Lutheran Church
Satamakatu 11,
Helsinki
Postal address:
POB 185,
00161 Helsinki
Tel: (09) 18021
Fax: (09) 1802 350
E-mail: kirkkohallitus@evl.fi
English-language congregations in other
cities:
Turku
Cathedral International Congregation
Rev. Mia Wittaniemi,
Eerikinkatu 3 A (5th fl. "Kasvatusasiainkeskus".), BOX 922,
20101 Turku
Tel: (02) 261 7308
E-mail: mia.wittaniemi@evl.fi
Tampere:
Evangelical Congregations Parishes in Tampere
Rev. Veli-Pekka Järvinen,
Office: Satakunnankatu 11 A, 33101 Tampere
Tel: (03) 219 0352
E-mail: veli-pekka.jarvinen@tampere-evlsrk.fi
Oulu:
International Christian Fellowship
Oulu parishes: Isokatu 17, 90100 Oulu
Tel: (08) 3161 300
E-mail: tuomiokirkkosrk.oulu@evl.fi
Orthodox
The
Orthodox Church of Finland's Web Site (Finnish only).
Finland-wide directory of churches and contact
information::
http://www.ort.fi/sivut_srk/seurakunnat.php3
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