Soome õigeusu peapiiskopkonna kanoonilised piirid ja seda puudutav arutelu 1945−1957
The Canonical Borders of the Finnish Orthodox Archdiocese and the Related Debate, 1945-1957

Summary/Abstract: The Orthodox Church of Finland found itself in a difficult situation after the war, when the Moscow Patriarchate began to demand that the Church of Finland return to its canonical jurisdiction. The Finnish Orthodox Church had joined the Patriarchate of Constantinople in 1923, because the connection with Moscow no longer worked. In addition, in the newly independent Republic of Finland, no organization could operate with an administrative connection abroad, and especially not in Moscow. The Russian Church was in a difficult situation after the Bolshevik revolution starting in 1917. A new era between the State and the Church began after the Second World War. At that time, Stalin assumed that the Russian Church could become a new factor of influence in Europe. Therefore, opportunities to operate abroad were restored to the Church. In connection with all this, the Russian Church wanted to bring the Finnish Church back under its power. There was a strong political purpose in the background. However, the project was never realized because the Finns doubted the project. Finland began to delay the issue, and Moscow eventually gave up its demands in 1957.

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