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Diocese Of Kuopio
The Diocese of Kuopio (, ) is a diocese within the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. It was founded in 1939. Bishops of Kuopio *Eino Sormunen, 1939–1962 *Olavi Kares, 1962–1974 *Paavo Kortekangas, 1974–1981 *Jukka Malmivaara, 1981–1984 *Matti Sihvonen, 1984–1996 *Wille Riekkinen, 1996–2012 *Jari Jolkkonen, 2012–present See also *Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland External links Lutheran districts established in the 20th century Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland dioceses, Kuopio {{Finland-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, opposite Estonia. Finland has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Helsinki. The majority of the population are Finns, ethnic Finns. The official languages are Finnish language, Finnish and Swedish language, Swedish; 84.1 percent of the population speak the first as their mother tongue and 5.1 percent the latter. Finland's climate varies from humid continental climate, humid continental in the south to boreal climate, boreal in the north. The land cover is predominantly boreal forest biome, with List of lakes of Finland, more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first settled around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period, last Ice Age. During the Stone Age, various cultures emerged, distinguished by differen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evangelical Lutheran Church Of Finland
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (; ) is a national church of Finland. It is part of the Lutheranism, Lutheran branch of Christianity. The church has a legal position as a national church in the country, along with the Orthodox Church of Finland. The church is a member of the World Council of Churches and the Conference of European Churches. It is also a member of the Porvoo Communion and is actively involved in ecumenical relations. With 3.6 million members , the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland is one of the largest Lutheran churches in the world. It is Finland's largest religious body; at the end of 2022, 65.2% of Finns were members of the church. The current primate (bishop), head of the Church is Tapio Luoma, Archbishop of Turku, who succeeded Kari Mäkinen on 3 June 2018. History Catholic bishopric The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland traces its lineage to the medieval Archdiocese of Turku, Diocese of Turku, which coincides geographically with p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin Rite
Latin Rite may refer to: *The Latin Church, a ''sui iuris'' church of the Catholic Church *The Latin liturgical rites, a family of Christian rites and uses which includes the Roman Rite *The Roman Rite The Roman Rite () is the most common ritual family for performing the ecclesiastical services of the Latin Church, the largest of the ''sui iuris'' particular churches that comprise the Catholic Church. The Roman Rite governs Rite (Christianity) ..., a Latin liturgical rite practiced in the Latin Church, particularly in reference to its celebration in Latin *The Pre-Tridentine Mass, the pre-Reformation celebration of Mass in the Latin liturgical rites, distinguished from Protestant liturgies * Western Rite Orthodoxy See also * Liturgical use of Latin * Latin Mass (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuopio Cathedral
Kuopio Cathedral (, ) is a stone Neoclassical-style Evangelical Lutheran church in Kuopio, Finland, and the seat of the Diocese of Kuopio. The cathedral was built between 1806 and 1815. There is a bust of in the square in front of the cathedral. According to George Renwick, during the , it was briefly used as a stable by the invaders. See also * |
Jari Jolkkonen
Jari Juhani Jolkkonen (born 5 March 1970) is a Finnish prelate who has been bishop of the Diocese of Kuopio since May 2012. Biography Born in Ilomantsi, Jolkkonen graduated as an undergraduate in 1989 and later gained a Master of Science in Theology in 1994. He undertook his Ph.D. in 2005 at the University of Helsinki. He ordained a priest in 1995 and served as Secretary General of the Bishop's Conference since 2007. He was also the secretary of Bishop Eero Huovinen, former Bishop of Helsinki. Jolkkonen is also a Docent The term "docent" is derived from the Latin word , which is the third-person plural present active indicative of ('to teach, to lecture'). Becoming a docent is often referred to as habilitation or doctor of science and is an academic qualifi ... of the University of Eastern Finland in his field of systematic theology, especially ecumenism. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the University of Eastern Finland. Jolkkonen received the Church Communi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tapio Luoma
Tapio Juhani Luoma (born 15 June 1962) is a Finnish prelate, who has been the Archbishop of Turku and Finland and Primate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland since 1 June 2018. Biography Born in Kurikka, Luoma was ordained priest in 1987. He acquired a doctorate in theology in 1999 with his dissertation concerning the relationship between theology and natural sciences. Luoma's dissertation is titled ''Incarnation and Physics: Natural Science in the Theology of Thomas F. Torrance'' and is published by Oxford University Press in 2002. He has worked as a chaplain in Peräseinäjoki between 1987 and 1998, and in Ilmajoki between 1998 and 2002. In 2002, he moved to Seinäjoki as parish priest. He also served as Broadcaster of the Broadcasting Corporation between 1986 and 1987. On 1 February 2012, he was consecrated as bishop of Espoo by Archbishop Kari Mäkinen and installed as bishop on 12 February in Espoo Cathedral. He was elected as Archbishop of the Evangelical Luthe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, provinces were administratively associated in a larger unit, the Roman diocese, diocese (Latin ''dioecesis'', from the Greek language, Greek term διοίκησις, meaning "administration"). Christianity was given legal status in 313 with the Edict of Milan. Churches began to organize themselves into Roman diocese, dioceses based on the Roman diocese, civil dioceses, not on the larger regional imperial districts. These dioceses were often smaller than the Roman province, provinces. Christianity was declared the Empire's State church of the Roman Empire, official religion by Theodosius I in 380. Constantine the Great, Constantine I in 318 gave litigants the right to have court cases transferred from the civil courts to the bishops. This situa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eino Sormunen
Eino is a Finnish and Estonian masculine given name. The name is thought to be the Finnic form of the given name Henri. Both Finnish and Estonian languages belong to the Finno-Ugric language group through their being Uralic languages.Language relationships are from other Wikipedia articles. Another possible origin of the name is the German Enewald (Aginwald). People with the given name Eino include: * Eino Forsström (1889–1961), Finnish gymnast * Eino Friberg (1901–1995), Finnish-American writer * Eino Hanski (1928–2000), Swedish-Finnish-Russian-Karelian author, dramatist and sculptor * Eino Heino (1912–1975), Finnish cinematographer * Eino Rudolf Woldemar Holsti (1881–1945), Finnish politician, journalist and diplomat * Antti Eino Juntumaa (born 1959), Finnish boxer * Eino Jutikkala (1907–2006), Finnish historian *Eino Ilmari Juutilainen (1914–1999), Finnish Air Force fighter pilot * Eino Kaila (1890–1958), Finnish philosopher, critic and teacher * Eino K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olavi Kares
Olavi is a Finnish masculine given name from Olav/Olaf name. Notable people with the name include: *Olavi Ahonen (1923–2000), Finnish film actor * Olavi Alakulppi (1915–1990), Finnish cross country skier who competed in the 1930s * Olavi Hänninen (1920–1992), Finnish designer * Joose Olavi Hannula (1900–1944), Finnish colonel and historian * Olavi Kuronen (1923–1989), Finnish ski jumper who competed in the 1950s * Olavi Laiho (1907–1944), the last Finn to be executed in Finland * Olavi Larkas (1913–1984), Finnish Olympic fencer and modern pentathlete * Olavi Litmanen (born 1945), Finnish former international footballer * Olavi Mäenpää (1950–2018), Finnish politician and chairman of Suomen Kansan Sinivalkoiset, a far right political party * Olavi Ojanperä (1921–2016), Finnish sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1950s * Olavi Paavolainen (1903–1964), Finnish essayist, journalist, travel book writer, poet, and cosmopolitan *Olavi Rove Olavi Rove (29 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paavo Kortekangas
Paavo is an Estonian and Finnish masculine given name, cognate to "Paul". The Finnish patronymic surname Paavolainen is derived from it. It may refer to: * Paavo Aaltonen (1919–1962), Finnish gymnast and a three-time Olympic champion * Paavo Aarniokoski (1893–1961), Finnish politician * Paavo Aho (1891–1918), Finnish track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics * Paavo Arhinmäki (born 1976), Finnish politician, former Minister for Culture and Sport and a former member of the Finnish Parliament * Paavo Berg (1911–1941), Finnish fighter ace *Paavo Berglund (1929–2012), Finnish conductor * Paavo Cajander (1846–1913), Finnish poet and translator *Paavo Haavikko (1931–2008), Finnish poet and playwright *Paavo Heininen (1938–2022), Finnish composer and pianist * Paavo Hukkinen (1911–1988), German-Finnish actor * Paavo Hynninen (1883–1960), former Finnish diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs *Paavo Järvi (born 1962), Estonian-American conduct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jukka Malmivaara
Jukka () is a common Finnish given name for males. History Jukka is an old variant of the name Johannes, a biblical name spread over to Finland through Sweden with the introduction of Christianity. Jukka remained a nickname for people registered by authorities as Johan, Johannes, Juho etc., and did not appear in official records until the late 19th century.Thchurch record archiveon the website of th/ref> The name was added to the official list of first names in the Finnish almanac managed by thin 1950, and its name day is June 24, also the name day of Johannes and other variants, and the traditional midsummer day, or ''Juhannus''. Popularity The name Jukka enjoyed the highest popularity in the years 1960–1979, though it was much used during the previous two decades as well. The 1980s and 1990s saw a marked decline in the name's popularity, and in recent years not many children have been named Jukka.Thname service on the website of thPopulation Register Centre of Finland As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matti Sihvonen
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Matti may refer to: * Matti (given name), people with the given name * Matti (surname), people with the surname * Matti, Karnataka, a village in India * '' Matti: Hell Is for Heroes'', a 2006 film about Matti Nykänen See also * Masa (other) * Mati (other) Mati may refer to: Geography *Mati, Davao Oriental, Philippines, a city ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Mati ** Mati Protected Landscape, a protected area in Davao Oriental, Philippines ** Mati Airport, Davao Oriental, Philippines *Mati, a barangay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
