The population of Finland is only about 55 1 000, and most of them believe in Christianity. Although the population of Orthodox Church only accounts for 1% of Finland's population, it is also the second largest church in Finland, and it has also left a relatively obvious mark on architectural culture.

There are several famous churches in Helsinki, such as Kadayanoga Peninsula in the southeast of Helsinki. There is a cathedral of Our Lady of Rest, designed by Russian architects and built in 1862- 1868. Finnish transliteration is also called Usbesky Church.

The influence of the Orthodox Church is related to history and geopolitics. More than half of eastern Finland borders Russia from south to north and is influenced by Russia geographically.

Historically, after the 1808 Finnish War, Finland was occupied by the Russian czar's army. After that, Finland broke away from Sweden and became the autonomous grand duchy of the Russian Empire, and the czar served as the grand duke until 19 17. Among them, the church of Usbesky was built to commemorate Russian Tsar Alexander II.

You can also see some touching pictures written in Russian in this church.

Since the split between East and West, Christianity has been divided into Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity. At present, the Orthodox Church is mainly distributed in the Balkans, Eastern Europe and Western Asia. The population distribution is as follows:

In terms of architectural style, the Orthodox Church has a saying called onion dome, and the number of domes comes from biblical stories, such as 3 heads, 5 heads, 13 heads, etc. Its style originated from Byzantine church, and was partially transformed after it was introduced into Russia, and the number of domes changed from one to multiple. The picture below shows the style of Byzantine church, which is famous for its big dome.