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Misiunea internă și externă a Ortodoxiei finlandeze
The Internal and External Mission of Finnish Orthodoxy

Author(s): Vlad Toader
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Facultatea de Teologie Ortodoxă Alba Iulia
Keywords: Orthodox Archdiocese of Finland; mission work;;inner mission; mission abroad

Summary/Abstract: The Orthodox Church of Finland is a relatively young church but with a rich and complicated history. Because of the protestant environment in which it exists, it developed certain particular traits wich can be found also in its mission work. This relatively small comunity does a rich both inner and foreign mission, throung a variety of means. At home it works through brotherhoods, youth camps, lay accademies, etc and abroad in countries in Eastern Europe and Africa doing both catechising and humanitarion work.

  • Issue Year: XIX/2014
  • Issue No: Suppl_2
  • Page Range: 289-300
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Romanian