Father Michael celebrating a mass at the Valamo monastery in Uusi-Valamo, near Heinavesi, in southeastern Finland. Photos: AFP
Early starts, strict routines and discipline: more and more young men in Finland are being drawn to the rigours of monastic life and its conservative values.
In such a secular and progressive country, where experts had expected the young to be less religious, Christianity has been gaining ground – among young men at least.
