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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." The Holy Trinity services the city's orthodox community with Divine Liturgy held in both Church Slavic and Finnish.

The church is Helsinki's oldest Orthodox church. 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.

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See also※

• Finnish Orthodox Church
• Uspenski Cathedral

References※

External links※

• Holy Trinity Church, Helsinki (Homepage). ※
• Media related to Holy Trinity Church (Helsinki) at Wikimedia Commons

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