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Holy Trinity Cathedral of Oulu

Holy Trinity Cathedral of Oulu
Finnish: Oulun Pyhän Kolminaisuuden katedraali
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65°00′22″N 025°27′31″E / 65.00611°N 25.45861°E / 65.00611; 25.45861Coordinates: 65°00′22″N 025°27′31″E / 65.00611°N 25.45861°E / 65.00611; 25.45861
Location Oulu
Country Finland
Denomination Eastern Orthodox
Website www.oulunortodoksinenseurakunta.fi
History
Former name(s) Holy Trinity Church
Consecrated 1958 (1958)
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Mikko Huhtela
Architectural type Cathedral
Completed 1957
Administration
Diocese Oulu
Clergy
Bishop(s) Elia, Metropolitan of Oulu

Holy Trinity Cathedral of Oulu (Finnish: Pyhän Kolminaisuuden katedraali) is an Eastern Orthodox cathedral in Oulu, Finland. The church is located in the Hollihaka district about one kilometre south of the city centre.

The church building was drawn by architect Mikko Huhtela and it was completed in 1957. The church was consecrated in October 1958 and dedicated to the Holy Trinity. In 1980 the Oulu Diocese of the Orthodox Church of Finland was created and the church was consecrated as a cathedral.


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