The Orthodox Church in America (OCA) is an Eastern Orthodox Christian church based in North America. The OCA consists of more than 700 parishes, missions, communities, monasteries and institutions in the United States, Canada and Mexico. In 2011, it had an estimated 84,900 members in the United States.
The Orthodox Church of Finland or Finnish Orthodox Church 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.
The Orthodox Church in Japan or Orthodox Church of Japan, also known as the Japanese Orthodox Church is an autonomous Eastern Orthodox church within the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate. ハリストス is a transcription from the Russian word for "Christ," Христос.
Metropolitan Herman was the primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). As the head of the OCA, he was the Archbishop of Washington and New York, and Metropolitan of All America and Canada. He was elected Metropolitan on 22 July 2002, replacing Metropolitan Theodosius (Lazor), who retired due to health problems related to a series of strokes.
Kari Makkonen is a Finnish retired professional ice hockey player and coach. He played in the Finnish Elite League with Ässät for 16 seasons. Makkonen played one National Hockey League season with the Edmonton Oilers.
Vivica Sophia Jansson is the daughter of cartoonist Lars Jansson and the niece of the famous Finnish writer and painter Tove Jansson. Jansson has worked as a Spanish language teacher, creative/artistic director, chairman, and majority shareholder of Oy Moomin Characters, Ltd, and provided direct oversight together with her father for the 1990 Moomin animated series.
Kari Mäkinen is the former archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. He was elected the 14th Archbishop of Turku and Finland on 11 March 2010, he was installed on 6 June 2010, and he retired on 1 June 2018. His successor, the 15th Archbishop Tapio Luoma was installed on 3 June 2018. His predecessor was Jukka Paarma. Previously Mäkinen served as vicar of Ulvila and since 2006 as Bishop of Turku.
Metropolitan John was the Orthodox Archbishop of Karelia and All Finland from 1987 to 2001.
Metropolitan Ilarion is the metropolitan of the autonomous Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada. Prior to his election to metropolitan, he was bishop of Edmonton and the Western eparchy.
Archbishop George is bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, bishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand, and former abbot of the Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne, West Virginia.
Metropolitan Cornelius was an Estonian metropolitan bishop of Tallinn and All Estonia, the head of the Estonian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate.
Irineu is a former bishop of the Orthodox Church of America, the Auxiliary Bishop of Dearborn Heights, vicar of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America. He was consecrated on November 2, 2002. Since June 29, 2017 he is no longer part of the ROEA Diocese and the OCA.
Metropolitan Elia is the current metropolitan of Oulu of the Finnish Orthodox Church. He was consecrated on 11 January 2015. He follows in this position Metropolitan Panteleimon, who retired in June 2013. His home church is the Holy Trinity Cathedral of Oulu.
Ambrosius is the retired Metropolitan of Helsinki. He matriculated from the Joensuu Lyceum in 1964. He completed the degree of Master of Theology at Helsinki University in 1968. He also completed the degree of Master of Political Science in 1972.
The Holy and Ancient Archdiocese of Jerusalem, All Palestine, and All the Near East or the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem, is a Metropolitan Archdiocese of the Coptic Orthodox Church, which is part of the wider communion of the Oriental Orthodox Church. It is headed by the Coptic Orthodox Metropolitan Archbishop of Jerusalem, the incumbent being Metropolitan Archbishop Antonious of Jerusalem since 2016. Its jurisdiction covers those Coptic Orthodox Christians living in the Near East; with churches and monasteries in the State of Israel, State of Palestine, the State of Kuwait, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Lebanese Republic, the Syrian Arab Republic, and the Republic of Iraq. The adherents are largely of Coptic Egyptian descent, mainland Coptic migrants and their descendants. The archdiocese is based at St Anthony's Monastery, in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, beside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
St. Nicholas Cathedral is the main church of the Kuopio Orthodox Parish in Väinölänniemi, Kuopio, Finland, and also the seat of the Orthodox Diocese of Karelia. The church was completed in 1903 and is dedicated to the memory of Saint Nicholas. The church, built between 1902 and 1903, was designed by the master builder Aleksander Isakson from Vyborg. The facade is plastered and painted to look like red brick, but there is also genuine brick under the plaster. In appearance, it resembles red-brick simultaneous garrison churches. The iconostasis was made at the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in Saint Petersburg and was donated by Nikolay Bobrikov, the Governor-General of Finland. There are eight bells in the cathedral.
Bishop Sergei is the vicar bishop of the Helsinki Orthodox Diocese, with the title of Bishop of Hamina. He was consecrated in January 2022. Before this, he served as the hegumen of the New Valamo monastery during 1997–2011 and 2012–2021).
The Order of the Holy Lamb is a semi-official ecclesiastical order of Finland awarded by the Orthodox Church of Finland. Under the patronage of the Finnish state, its Grand Master is the Archbishop of the Orthodox Church of Finland. The order can be awarded to anyone regardless of religion or nationality who have made services to the Church.
The Klaukkala Orthodox Church, also known as St. Nectarios Church, is the 20th-century wooden Orthodox church located in Klaukkala, an urban area in the Nurmijärvi municipality in Uusimaa, Finland. The church was named after the Greek saint Nectarios of Aegina. The church also keeps the relic of Nectarios.
