Editing Helsinki (section)

=== Religion ===
In 2023, the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland|Evangelical Lutheran Church]] was the largest religious group with 46.1% of the Helsinki population. Other religious groups made up 4.5% of the population. 49.4% of the population had no religious affiliation.<ref>[https://pxdata.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11ra.px Key figures on population by region, 1990-2023] Statistics Finland</ref>

The most important churches in Helsinki are [[Helsinki Cathedral]] (1852), [[Uspenski Cathedral]] (1868), [[St. John's Church, Helsinki|St. John's Church]] (1891), [[Kallio Church]] (1912) and [[Temppeliaukio Church]] (1969).

There are 21 Lutheran congregations in Helsinki, 18 of which are Finnish-speaking and 3 are Swedish-speaking. These form Helsinki's congregationgroup. Outside that there is Finland's German congregation with 3,000 members and Rikssvenska Olaus Petri-församlingen for Swedish-citizens with 1,000 members.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://evl.fi/ota-yhteytta|title=Ota yhteyttä|website=Evl.fi|access-date=16 December 2021}}</ref>

The largest [[Orthodoxy|Orthodox]] congregation is the Orthodox Church of Helsinki. It has 20,000 members. Its main church is the [[Uspenski Cathedral]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hos.fi/yhteystiedot/tietoa-seurakunnasta/|title=Tietoa seurakunnasta|website=Hos.fi|access-date=16 December 2021}}</ref> The two largest [[Catholicism|Catholic]] congregations are the [[Cathedral of Saint Henry]], with 4,552 members, established in 1860 and [[St. Mary's Church, Helsinki|St Mary's Catholic Parish]], with 4,107 members, established in 1954.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tilastotietoja |url=https://katolinen.fi/helsingin-hiippakunta/tilastotietoja/ |website=Katolinen kirkko Suomessa}}</ref>

[[File:Helsinki Helsingfors Synagogue 02.png|thumb|left|[[Helsinki Synagogue]] in 2020]]
There are around 30 mosques in the Helsinki region. Many linguistic and ethnic groups such as [[Bangladeshis]], [[Kosovo Albanians|Kosovars]], [[Kurds]] and [[Bosniaks]] have established their own mosques.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kielimoskeija: Kallion moskeijassa lapsista kasvatetaan pakistanilaisia |url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/kielimoskeija_kallion_moskeijassa_lapsista_kasvatetaan_pakistanilaisia/8374875 |website=Yle Uutiset|date=28 October 2015 }}</ref> The largest congregation in both Helsinki and Finland is the {{ill|Helsinki Islamic Center|fi|Helsinki Islam Keskus}}, established in 1995. It has over 2,800 members {{as of|2017|lc=yes}}, and it received €24,131 in government assistance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://minedu.fi/documents/1410845/4935909/2018+uskonnolliset+yhdyskunnat.pdf/d311612c-ac42-4181-901c-41f2e4b4a8c7/2018+uskonnolliset+yhdyskunnat.pdf.pdf|title=OKM - Avustukset rekisteröityjen uskonnollisten yhdyskuntien toimintaan v. 2018|website=Minedu.fi|access-date=16 December 2021}}</ref>

In 2015, imam {{ill|Anas Hajar|fi|Anas Hajjar}} estimated that on big celebrations around 10,000 Muslims visit mosques.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vaikuttajaimaami: "Pääkaupunkiseudulle tarvitaan jopa viisi suurmoskeijaa" |url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/vaikuttajaimaami_paakaupunkiseudulle_tarvitaan_jopa_viisi_suurmoskeijaa/8412539 |website=Yle Uutiset|date=28 October 2015 }}</ref> In 2004, it was estimated that there were 8,000 Muslims in Helsinki, 1.5% of the population at the time.<ref>{{cite web |date=19 February 2004 |title=Tietokulma &#124; Islam Helsingissä |url=https://www.hs.fi/kaupunki/art-2000004203725.html |website=Helsingin Sanomat}}</ref> The number of people in Helsinki with a background from Muslim majority countries was nearly 41,000 as of 2021, representing over 6% of the population.

The main synagogue of Helsinki is the [[Helsinki Synagogue]] from 1906, located in [[Kamppi]]. It has over 1,200 members, out of the 1,800 [[Jews in Finland]], and it is the older of the two buildings in Finland originally built as a synagogue, followed by the [[Turku Synagogue]] in 1912.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.rky.fi/read/asp/r_kohde_det.aspx?KOHDE_ID=1601 | title= Helsingin synagoga | work= RKY | publisher= Museovirasto | access-date= 30 December 2020 | language=fi}}</ref> The congregation includes a synagogue, Jewish kindergarten, school, library, Jewish meat shop, two Jewish cemeteries and an retirement home. Many Jewish organizations and societies are based there, and the synagogue publishes the main Jewish magazine in Finland, ''{{ill|HaKehila|fi}}''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jchelsinki.fi/tietoa-meista/helsingin-synagoga/|title=Helsingin synagoga|website=Jchelsinki.fi|access-date=16 December 2021}}</ref>