query: religion finnish orthodox church
supports: The Christian Church is a term generally used to refer to the whole group of people belonging to the Christian religious tradition throughout history. In this understanding, the "Christian Church" does not refer to a particular Christian denomination but to the body of all believers. Some Christians believe that the term "Christian Church" or "Church" applies only to a specific historic Christian institution (e.g., the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and Oriental Orthodoxy). The Four Marks of the Church first expressed in the Nicene Creed are unity, holiness, catholicity, and apostolicity. Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, who serves as the focal point for the religion. It is the world's largest religion, with over 2.4 billion followers, or 33% of the global population, known as Christians. Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the savior of humanity whose coming as the Messiah (the Christ) was prophesied in the Old Testament. The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland is a national church of Finland. It is part of the Lutheran branch of Christianity. The Eastern Orthodox Church, also known as the Orthodox Church, or officially as the Orthodox Catholic Church, is the second largest Christian church and one of the oldest current religious institutions in the world. The Eastern Orthodox Church teaches that it is the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church established by Jesus Christ in his Great Commission to the apostles. It practices what it understands to be the original Christian faith and maintains the sacred tradition passed down from the apostles. The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ("Oikoumenikó Patriarkhío Konstantinoupóleos", ;  "Roman Orthodox Patriarchate") is one of the fourteen autocephalous churches (or "jurisdictions") that together compose the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is headed by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, currently Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople.  The Ecumenical Patriarch ("His Most Divine All-Holiness the Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch") is the Archbishop of ConstantinopleNew Rome and ranks as "primus inter pares" (first among equals) among the heads of the several autocephalous churches that make up the Eastern Orthodox Church, and is widely regarded as the representative and spiritual leader of the 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide. The term "Ecumenical" in the title historically referred to the Ecumene, a Greek designation for the civilised universe, i.e. the Roman Empire, and legally stems from Canon 28 of the Council of Chalcedon. The Finnish Orthodox Church ( Finnish : Suomen ortodoksinen kirkko ; Swedish : Finska Ortodoxa Kyrkan ) is an autonomous Eastern Orthodox archdiocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople . The Church has a legal position as a national church in the country , along with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland . With its roots in the medieval Novgorodian missionary work in Karelia , the Finnish Orthodox Church was a part of the Russian Orthodox Church until 1923 . Today the church has three dioceses and 58,000 members that account for 1.1 percent of the population of Finland . The parish of Helsinki has the most adherents . A national church is a Christian church associated with a specific ethnic group or nation state. The idea was notably discussed during the 19th century, during the emergence of modern nationalism.
candidates: catholic church christian christianity church eastern orthodox church evangelical lutheran church
answer: eastern orthodox church