Confirmation courses abroad
Confirmation course (“ripari”) is an integral part of Finnish youth culture. Confirmation instruction for young Finns living abroad is organized, among others, by the Seamen’s Churches in Hamburg and London, Finnish home parishes, and Christian organizations.
The Finnish Seamen’s Church organizes confirmation instruction in London for young people living in the United Kingdom. Read more (in Finnish) about confirmation courses in London.
Other Providers of Confirmation Instruction
Young people belonging to the Finnish Seamen’s Church in Northern Germany district can participate in confirmation camps in Finland organized by Saksan suomalaisen kirkollisen työn keskus, SKTK (Finnish Church Work Centre in Germany). More detailed information (in Finnish) is available on the SKTK website.
Parishes in Finland organize a wide range of confirmation instruction options every year. As a first step, it is recommended to contact the priest responsible for confirmation instruction in your own parish (the parish of which you were most recently a member while living in Finland). Parish websites can be found (in Finnish) via the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland’s parish directory.
Various Christian organizations in Finland also organize confirmation instruction. More information about confirmation options offered by Christian organizations can be found on each organization’s website. Information about these organizations is available (in Finnish) in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland’s organization directory.
International confirmation instruction in Finland is organized, among others, by the Finnish Association for Children and Youth and the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission.
