Orthodox Church of Finland

Orthodox Church of Finland
Uspenski Cathedral in Helsinki
Type	National church
Classification	Eastern Orthodox
Polity	Episcopal
Primate	Leo of Helsinki and all Finland
Bishops	5
Priests	c. 140
Dioceses	3
Parishes	12
Monasteries	2
Language	Finnish, Swedish, Skolt Sami, Church Slavonic, Greek
Headquarters	Helsinki, Finland
Territory	Finland
Possessions	Finnish Orthodox Parish in Sweden
Independence	1921 (Autonomy granted from Moscow Patriarchate) 1923 (Autonomy granted from Ecumenical Patriarchate)
Recognition	Autonomy granted and recognised in 1923 by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and in 1957 by the Russian Orthodox Church.
Members	57,613[1]
Official website	ort.fi

The Orthodox Church of Finland or Finnish Orthodox Church (Finnish: Suomen ortodoksinen kirkko, lit. 'Finnish Orthodox Church';^[2] Swedish: Ortodoxa kyrkan i Finland, lit. 'Orthodox Church in Finland'^[3]) is an autonomous Eastern Orthodox archdiocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. The church has a legal position as a national church in the country, along with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.^[4]

With its roots in the medieval Novgorodian missionary work in Karelia, the Orthodox Church of Finland was a part of the Russian Orthodox Church until 1923. Today the church has three dioceses and 54,895 members in Finland, accounting for almost one percent of the native population of Finland. The parish of Helsinki has the most adherents. There are also 2,700 members living abroad.^[5]