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La Comunión de Porvoo es la comunidad formada por un acuerdo entre trece Iglesias europeas que se consideran herederas plenas del cristianismo católico y apostólico no obstante ser también protestantes.
The Porvoo Communion is a communion of 15 predominantly northern European Anglican and Evangelical Lutheran churches, with a couple of far-southwestern European (in the Iberian Peninsula) church bodies of the same denomination.
DEFINITION. The Porvoo Communion is a communion of 15 Anglican and Evangelical Lutheran churches in Europe. The communion was established in 1992 by a theological agreement entitled the Porvoo Common Statement which establishes full communion between and among these churches. MEMBERS.
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The town received its name from a Swedish medieval fortress near the river Porvoonjoki, which flows through the town. The name Porvoo is the Fennicised version of the Swedish name Borgå, which is derived from borg, meaning "castle" and å, "river".
The coat of arms of Porvoo, based on the medieval seal of the city, is "Azure [blue], a tulip-shaped letter C argent [silver]." The main object in the arms has been interpreted as either a fire iron or the letter C, referring to the Latin word for "castle" (Latin: castrum). A version of the arms redrawn by Gustaf von Numers was approved for officia...
The area of Porvoo has been inhabited since the Stone Age. In prehistoric times, the river Porvoonjoki was a route of commerce for Finnish tribal Tavastians who primarily inhabited the inland regions. The Tavastians also had some permanent settlements in the area, such as the village of Hattula (later Strömsberg), which was named after an inland Ta...
Old Town
The town is famed for its "Old Town" (Vanhakaupunki in Finnish, Gamla Stan in Swedish), a dense medieval street pattern with predominantly wooden houses from the 17th and 18th centuries. The Old Town came close to being demolished in the 19th century by a new urban plan for the city, but the plan was canceled due to a popular resistance headed by Count Louis Sparre. With the need for growth, a plan was envisioned for a new town built adjacent to the Old Town, following a grid plan, but with h...
Later developments
By the end of the 20th century, there was pressure to develop the essentially untouched western side of the river. There was concern that growth would necessitate the construction of a second bridge across the river into the town, thus putting further strain on the aging wooden town. An architectural competition was held in 1990, the winning entry of which proposed building the second bridge. Plans for the western side of the river have progressed under the direction of architect Tuomas Siito...
Population
The city of Porvoo has 51,247 inhabitants, making it the 19th most populous municipality in Finland. The Porvoo regionhas a population of 59,481. In Porvoo, 8.2% of the population has a foreign background, which is slightly below the national average.
Languages
The city of Porvoo is officially bilingual, with both Finnish and Swedish as official languages. The majority of the population - 32,732 people or 63.9% - speak Finnish as their first language. There are 14,445 Swedish speakers in Porvoo, or 28.2% of the population. 7.9% of the population of Porvoo have a mother tongue other than Finnish or Swedish. As Englishand Swedish - or Finnish for Swedish speakers - are compulsory school subjects, functional bilingualism or trilingualism acquired throu...
Immigration
In 2022, there were 4,201 persons with a migrant background living in Porvoo, or 8.2% of the population.[note 1] The number of residents who were born abroad was 4,121, or 8.0% of the population. The number of persons with foreign citizenship living in Porvoo was 2,728. Most foreign-born citizens came from the Estonia, former Soviet Union, Sweden and Vietnam. The relative share of immigrants in Porvoo's population is slightly below the national average. Moreover, the city's new residents are...
In 2011, there were 20,312 jobs in Porvoo, distributed as follows: primary production 1.6 per cent, processing 32.5 per cent and services 64.7 per cent. In December 2012, the unemployment rate in Porvoo was 8.4 per cent, compared to an average of 10.7 per cent in the rest of the country. At that time, there were 3,389 business locations in the city...
The local team Borgå Akilles plays the sport of bandy, in the highest division, Bandyliiga, and has become Finnish champions twice. Sami Hyypiä, a former football player for Liverpooland the Finnish national team, originated from Porvoo. Lauri Happonen, better known as Cyanide, a retired League of Legendsprofessional player, is from Porvoo.
Food
A well-known Porvoo delicacy, a Runeberg torte, was developed by a local pastry master, and it is said that J. L. Runeberg ate them for breakfast. Fredrika Runeberg, the wife of the national poet also made tortes for her husband using the substances that happened to be found in the cupboards: wheat and breadcrumbs, biscuit crumbs, almonds, apple jamand sugar. In addition to Runeberg torte, the second parish dish in Porvoo was grilled herring with onion rings and dill in the 1980s. Pellinki's...
Literature
J. L. Runeberg, today known as the "national poetof Finland", lived in Porvoo from 1837 until his death. His home has served as a museum since 1882. Borgå Gymnasium[fi] in Porvoo is home to Finland's oldest public library from 1728. The oldest works in the library, which consists of rare works, are from the 15th century, and the collection includes, among other things, Mikael Agricola's original Se Wsi Testamentifrom 1548. Today it functions as a museum library and is not open to the public.
Porvoo is on the route of the E18 road from Helsinki to Saint Petersburg, and the Porvoo Highway (part of the Finnish national road 7) along that route is one of the most important transport connections to Helsinki. Other important road connections are the Finnish Regional road 170 going via Sipoo to Helsinki, which continues from the East Helsinki...
Results of the 2015 Finnish parliamentary electionin Porvoo: 1. Swedish People's Party: 27.3% 2. Social Democratic Party: 16% 3. National Coalition Party: 15.4% 4. True Finns: 14.6% 5. Centre Party: 10.9% 6. Green League: 7.9% 7. Left Alliance: 4.2% 8. Christian Democrats: 1.8% Distribution of the city council seats following the 2012 Finnish munic...
De Wikipedia, la enciclopedia encyclopedia. La Comunión de Porvoo es la comunidad formada por un acuerdo entre trece Iglesias europeas que se consideran herederas plenas del cristianismo católico y apostólico no obstante ser también protestantes.
11 de ene. de 2023 · The Porvoo Communion, which unites the Anglican Churches in Great Britain, Ireland, and the Iberian Peninsula and Lutheran Churches in Nordic countries, the Baltic, and Great Britain, met in Madrid, Spain, in October 2023 for its thematic consultation on ’Life in the Eucharist’.
The Porvoo Communion is a communion of 15 predominantly northern European Anglican and Evangelical Lutheran churches, with a couple of far-southwestern European (in the Iberian Peninsula) church bodies of the same denomination. It was established in 1992 by a theological agreement entitled the Porvo
