HERITAGE ATLAS — USSR

Church of the Protection of the Mother of God, Helsinki (Munkkiniemi)

Покровский храм в Хельсинки (Мунккиниеми)
FinlandХельсинки1951–1953Public buildings
The church of the Pokrov (Protection) community, registered in Vyborg in 1926 and active in Helsinki since 1940. In June 1951 the community bought a plot with a house in the Munkkiniemi district, where the church was built by parishioners in 15 months to a design by the architect Ilmari Ahonen and consecrated on 1 February 1953. The parish belongs to the Patriarchal Parishes in Finland of the Moscow Patriarchate.
Храм Покровской общины, зарегистрированной в 1926 году в Выборге и с 1940 года действующей в Хельсинки. В июне 1951 года община купила участок с домом в районе Мунккиниеми, где по проекту архитектора Илмари Ахонена силами прихожан за 15 месяцев была построена церковь, освящённая 1 февраля 1953 года. Приход входит в Патриаршие приходы в Финляндии Московского патриархата.

Property abroad

EraChurch
FunctionChurch
Present ownerOrthodox Pokrov Parish in Helsinki (Patriarchal Parishes in Finland, Moscow Patriarchate)
Acquisitionpurchased, 1951
StatusIn use
As of2022-09
According to the Religions in Finland directory (updated September 2022), the Pokrov parish is active under the Moscow Patriarchate.

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