Uspenski Cathedral

Uspenski Cathedral
Finnish: Uspenskin katedraali Swedish: Uspenskijkatedralen[1]
60°10′06″N 024°57′36″E / 60.16833°N 24.96000°E / 60.16833; 24.96000
Location	Helsinki
Country	Finland
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox
Website	hos.fi/uspenskin-katedraali (in Finnish)
History
Dedication	Dormition of Virgin Mary
Consecrated	1868 (1868)
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Aleksey Gornostayev
Architectural type	Cathedral
Style	Russian Revival architecture
Administration
Diocese	Helsinki

Uspenski Cathedral (Finnish: Uspenskin katedraali, Swedish: Uspenskijkatedralen)^[2] is a Greek Orthodox or Eastern Orthodox cathedral in Helsinki, Finland, and main cathedral of the Orthodox Church of Finland, dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos (the Virgin Mary). Its name comes from the Old Church Slavonic word uspenie, which denotes the Dormition. It is the largest Greek Orthodox church in Northern Europe.^[3]