Russian-style Orthodox church to be built in East of Helsinki.

Helsingin Sanomat:

The Orthodox Congregation of St. Nicholas, which functions under the authority of the Moscow Patriarchate, and which has operated in Finland since 1927, plans to build a new church in the Itäkeskus suburb in the east of Helsinki.

The small congregation, with about 1,500 members, has found that its present facilities are being stretched to the limit, thanks to increased immigration from Russia.

The congregation’s main church building, next to the Orthodox cemetery in Hietaniemi, was built in 1937, and it was expanded in 1952. A few years ago the congregation opened a small church in the Vesala area in the east of Helsinki.