HEINÄVESI, Finland — Early starts, strict routines and discipline: more and more young men in Finland are being drawn to the rigors of monastic life and its conservative values.
HEINÄVESI, Finland — Early starts, strict routines and discipline: more and more young men in Finland are being drawn to the rigors of monastic life and its conservative values.In such a secular and progressive country, where experts had expected the young to be less religious, Christianity has been gaining ground — among young men at least.
Around 63 percent of Finns are Evangelical Lutherans, with only one percent belonging to the Orthodox Church, the country's second largest national church, which is under the authority of the Patriarch of Constantinople in Istanbul.Although it traces its origins to neighboring Russia, Valamo monastery cut its ties to Moscow when Finland became an independent nation in 1917.
Finnish Men Baffle Experts By Embracing Monastic Life
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