Location Helsinki Denomination Eastern Orthodox Functional status Active Architectural style Empire style Architect Carl Ludvig Engel | Country Finland Consecrated 1827 (1827) Phone +358 20 7220649 Diocese Helsinki | |
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Website hos.fi/fi/kolminaisuuden-kirkko Address Unioninkatu 31, 00100 Helsinki, Finland Similar Tammisalo Church, Uspenski Cathedral - Helsinki, Töölö Church, Meilahti Church, German Church | ||
The Holy Trinity Church (Finnish: Pyhän Kolminaisuuden kirkko, Swedish: Heliga Treenighetskyrkan) is an 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 masses 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 is immigrants born in the Soviet Union.