<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article explores the nationalization of the Orthodox liturgical tradition in Finland in the 1920s-30s. It was a process through which the Finnish Orthodox tried to remove signs of Russian heritage from their church culture in order to prove their loyalty to the newly independent Republic of Finland. The analysis of the national discourse reveals how the contemporary writers justified the nationalizing reforms.</p></abstract>

The article explores the nationalization of the Orthodox liturgical tradition in Finland in the 1920s-30s. It was a process through which the Finnish Orthodox tried to remove signs of Russian heritage from their church culture in order to prove their loyalty to the newly independent Republic of Finland. The analysis of the national discourse reveals how the contemporary writers justified the nationalizing reforms.

The Nationalization of Liturgy in the Orthodox Church of Finland in the 1920s-30s

Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu

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The article explores the nationalization of the Orthodox liturgical tradition in Finland in the 1920s-30s. It was a process through which the Finnish Orthodox...

The Nationalization of Liturgy in the Orthodox Church of Finland in the 1920s-30s

Online veröffentlicht: 22. Aug. 2017

Seitenbereich: 154 - 172

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ress-2017-0012

Schlüsselwörter
nationalization, Finnicization, Orthodox Church of Finland, liturgical reform, liturgical adaptation

© 2017 Maria Takala-Roszczenko, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Nationalization of Liturgy in the Orthodox Church of Finland in the 1920s-30s

Online veröffentlicht: 22. Aug. 2017

Seitenbereich: 154 - 172

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ress-2017-0012

Schlüsselwörternationalization, Finnicization, Orthodox Church of Finland, liturgical reform, liturgical adaptation

© 2017 Maria Takala-Roszczenko, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
nationalization, Finnicization, Orthodox Church of Finland, liturgical reform, liturgical adaptation