Helena Konttinen

Helena Konttinen (18 June 1871 in Uukuniemi (today's Parikkala and part of Russia), Finland – 24 April 1916 in Uukuniemi, Finland) was a Finnish Christian prophet, a "sleeping preacher", whose religious activities were between the years 1893 and 1916, mostly located at Uukuniemi.[1] Konttinen was married and she had four children.

Helena Konttinen.

Konttinen's activity resulted in revivalism called "uukuniemiläisyys".

References
  1. Stjerna, Kirsi (October 2001). "Finnish Sleep-Preachers: An Example of Women's Spiritual Power". Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. 5 (1): 102–120. doi:10.1525/nr.2001.5.1.102.

Literature
  • Aarni Voipio: Sleeping Preachers: a Study in Ecstatic Religiosity, Helsinki, 1951.


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