RT Article
T1 Practical and Pastoral Perspectives on Inter-confessional Marriage in the Finnish Orthodox Context
JF Review of ecumenical studies, Sibiu
VO 10
IS 3
SP 309
OP 334
A1 Metso, Pekka
LA English
PB [publisher not identified]
YR 2018
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1695787943
AB In this article, the phenomenon of inter-confessional marriages and families is studied in the context of Finnish Orthodoxy. The focus is on the wedding services, religious upbringings and participation in Church life from the perspective of inter-confessional marriages/families: How does the ecumenical reality influence them? Sociologically, the family has a central role in relation to beliefs, religious practices and activities. The religious upbringing of most Orthodox children takes place in a family of two Christian traditions. In the lived reality of the Finnish Orthodox population, the co-existence of two traditions (Orthodox and non-Orthodox) in inter-confessional marriages is not always non-problematic. In dialogue with the Lutheran Church, the Orthodox Church of Finland has aimed to promote harmony and mutual respect for the two traditions in inter-confessional families, as well as to fortify the Orthodox identity of its members.
K1 Eucharist
K1 Finland
K1 Lutheranism
K1 Orthodoxy
K1 Baptism
K1 ecumenical relations
K1 inter-confessional marriage
K1 religious upbringing
DO 10.2478/ress-2018-0026