奥班斯基教堂（乌斯佩斯基大教堂）

站在可以眺望海港的教堂广场，可以感受到那神圣与庄严，经历百多年风霜雨雪，还能保持如此完整，令人敬佩可惜的是没能走进去，因为我太晚来了～

这天我自芬兰城堡搭船回市区时，便顺道走了上去。地点就离露天市集广场不远，有好几个景点都在那附近。乌斯本斯基在俄文是升天的意思。这个建筑是俄国统治时期所遗留下来，拜占廷式的风格，又结合斯拉夫的金色洋葱俄罗斯风格的教堂，也是在赫尔辛基重要的三大教堂之一。

中文一般叫乌斯佩斯基教堂，号称斯堪地那维亚半岛上最大的希腊东正教教堂，我感觉也是芬兰唯一一家看的有点金碧辉煌，高端大气上档次的教堂。了解一些东正教的历史再去看会有跟深入的了解，外行的也就是去看看热闹。

教堂就在国会大厦附近, 交通方便, 教堂是免费参观, 可入内照像,教 堂内很宏伟, 设计很具艺术之美, 在教堂内, 感觉很平静, 很安宁, 好像与主同在一样, 而在教堂外的广场亦非常美观宏伟, 是拍照的好地方.

在北欧清冷的冬季，这座颜色如火的教堂很温暖人心。他外表和我们的哈尔滨的圣索非亚很像，颜色、风格都接近。只是规模，要比索非亚大的多。教堂不要门票，免费进去，但我们还是捐了一些零钱。内部辉煌，高大，人们进去之后都不自觉地放低了声音。

堪称代表赫尔辛基的建筑。坐落在海边的高地上，雪地里的红砖和绿屋顶很显眼。离市中心很近，可以步行过去。里面的装饰、绘画、枝形吊灯等相当不错，值得一看。

We visited the Uspenski Cathedral on day one of our visit to Helsinki, clearly visible from many parts of Helsinki our first visit was on a Sunday at the end of one of the mass. Inside the cathedral is well preserved and is clearly constantly being maintained. If you know nothing about orthodox christianity then this is a good place to start - steeped in history and tradition it is well worth a visit.No photos from inside on this occasion as we felt awkward about doing that while the mass was still in progress

This cathedral is seriously stunning! Located right near the port, it would be hard to miss it! I just so happened to stumble across it before I went off to Suomenlinna and I'm very glad I stopped by. You can go inside as well, and what's inside is even more impressive. I'm not religious myself, however it's hard not to appreciate the attention to detail both in and outside of the cathedral. You don't need to be here for long, so it's a great place to visit on the way to a main activity.

The cathedral is absolutely stunning -both outside and in. You can go in free of charge and look around and although it is smaller inside than it looks from the exterior it's well worth the visit. Nice views of the city from outside too!

Beautyful architecture and beautyful decoration. We were lucky to attend a church service, which was very solemn and ambient. Outside you can enjoy a terrific vue from the church square.

This church is very imposing and near the port. Intense and ornate decoration. Certainly worth a visit - unlikely to spend much more than 30 minutes though. Check opening times before visiting. Tram number 4 (or 4T) goes to church from Helsinki town centre.

I like the style of the church.Inside it looks different as expected, it's very clean and white, not many gold figures and all that stuff. But find out yourself :)

Visit at Easter time and see the orthodox celebration! Then the church is full of lilys and their perfume is very strong. Afterwards, choose the famous Russian restaurent nearby or walk to old Kauppahalli through at the traditoinal market square. You may have a cup of coffee in a tent and a donat or "lihapiirakka", finnish meatpie at the fish market. Nice view from top of the small hill.

This is a fine solidly built edifice. We also sat through a service, with soothing singing, candles and incense. Not to be missed.

The building is very picturesque perched on top of a rocky hill and makes for nice photos with snow on the rocks. The inside is not as elaborate as I expected but nice and peaceful.