@@LS-oq3qh Well. Divided between Finland and Russia. The borders between the states have moved a lot through history. I WW2 Stalin took the most of Finnish Karelia. 400 000 refugees to western parts of Finland. Savvas parents were among those.
@@lurke77 That's one of the tragic moments of Finnish history. Considering that Karelia was the source of inspiration for Fennomania movement and even has a village named "Kalevala" which is not in Finland, it's like Finns lost one of their parts of history during WW2. But, the fate which awaited the baltics(Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians) were the worst. They lost their entire countries. There are peoples who say( i don't know if that is true or not) that Estonians who used to be mostly lutherans were so devastated and so plunged in despair that they lost faith in God. And according to them, that would be why Estonia is the most atheist country in Europe. Although i am not a christian, i always find it sad that so many beautiful churches(lutherans and orthodox) in Estonia are not attended by many people like they were use to be.
Did you ask the monk if he´s a heavy metal fan?
Finland is so METAL that the finnish christian friars are METAL whether they like it or not.
Well, the guy is Swedish... ;-)
Well. He is actually a Carelian borrn an bred in Sweden. Conveted to Orthodoxy and moved to Finland, closer to his Carelian roots.
@@lurke77 Karelia... A region in Finland culturally important for Finns.
@@LS-oq3qh Well. Divided between Finland and Russia. The borders between the states have moved a lot through history. I WW2 Stalin took the most of Finnish Karelia. 400 000 refugees to western parts of Finland. Savvas parents were among those.
@@lurke77 That's one of the tragic moments of Finnish history. Considering that Karelia was the source of inspiration for Fennomania movement and even has a village named "Kalevala" which is not in Finland, it's like Finns lost one of their parts of history during WW2. But, the fate which awaited the baltics(Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians) were the worst. They lost their entire countries. There are peoples who say( i don't know if that is true or not) that Estonians who used to be mostly lutherans were so devastated and so plunged in despair that they lost faith in God. And according to them, that would be why Estonia is the most atheist country in Europe. Although i am not a christian, i always find it sad that so many beautiful churches(lutherans and orthodox) in Estonia are not attended by many people like they were use to be.