Designed by Carl Ludvig Engel in the Empire style, this Orthodox church in Helsinki was completed in 1826 and consecrated by Bishop Nikanor of Tallinn in August 1827. It is the oldest in the city still in regular liturgical use. The iconostasis rests on Ionic columns, many icons have metal covers donated by merchants, and a large icon of the Tikhvin Mother of God came from a warship due to be scrapped.
Services are held mainly in Church Slavonic, with occasional services in Finnish. Six steps and a high threshold lead to the main door, so a wheelchair user needs two helpers, and there is no induction loop or accessible toilet. A café opens here in summer.
