Helsingin pitäjän kirkon hautausmaa in Tikkurila, Uusimaa

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Get directions Kirkkotie 45, Vantaa
Tikkurila, Vantaa Municipality, Uusimaa 01510 Finland

Coordinates: 60.28323, 24.98482
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Finnish: Pyhän Laurin kirkon hautausmaa

The Church of St. Lawrence

A Church by the River
Standing in the old Helsinki Parish Village, in present-day Vantaa, the Church of St. Lawrence dates back to c. 1460. Its outward appearance is reminiscent of several other medieval stone churches in eastern Uusimaa Province, namely those in Porvoo, Pernaja, Pyhtää, and Sipoo.

Helsinge, or Helsinki Parish, is known to have been populated by Swedish-speaking people by the 14th century. Documentary evidence shows that a wooden church stood here as early as 1401. The patron saint of the wooden church was Sankt Lars, better known as Saint Lawrence or Laurentius, a deacon martyred in Rome in the year 258.

The parish village with its church was favourably located on the coastal road between Turku and Viipuri. A branch of the salmon-rich River Vantaa ran through the village as well. A traveller approaching the village on the great coastal road, known as the King's Road, could see the Church of St. Lawrence from afar, since the village was surrounded by fields, and there were no other big buildings to block the view. Helsinge was an established centre of population by the time Helsinki was founded in parish territory in 1550.

In medieval times, the interior of the Church of St. Lawrence was dark. The windows were smaller than at present, and candles were the only alternative sources of light. There were no pews. The outer walls were whitewashed. Lack of heating made the church cold and damp in wintertime. For the common people the church's massive stone walls were both a reminder of man's smallness before God and a visible expression of the combined power of the Roman Catholic Church and her loyal supporter, the secular government.

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