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[[Image:LEO mantia virallinen.sized.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Archbishop Leo]] His Beatitude the Most Reverend Archbishop '''Leo (Makkonen) of Karelia and All Finland''', [[primate]] of the [[Church of Finland]], was born in Pielavesi in eastern Finland on [[June 4]], 1948. After completing studies in 1972 at the [[Kuopio Orthodox Seminary]], he was [[ordination|ordained ]] [[deacon]] on [[July 20]], 1973, and [[priest]] two days later.

He was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated ]] [[Bishop ]] of Joensuu on [[February 25]], 1979, then served as [[Metropolitan ]] of Oulu from 1980-to 1996. From 1996-to 2001 he served as Metropolitan of Helsinki, before taking up his post as [[Archbishop ]] of Karelia in 2001.

From 1979-to 1994 he served as chair of the [[Fellowship of Saints Sergius and Herman]].

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*[http://www.ortodoksi.net/tietopankkiindex.php/henkilot/arkkipiispa_leo.htm Leo_%28arkkipiispa%29 Archbishop Leo / Ortodoksi.net](Finnish)*[http://www.ort.fi/fi/kirkko_palvelee/hpk/karjalan_hpk/karjalan_piispapiispa/index.php Official web site of Archbishop Karjalan ja koko Suomen arkkipiispa Leo ] (in Finnish)]*[http://orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/resources/hierarchs/finland/current.htm#leo_arch_karelia Current Hierarchs of the Church of FinlandListing] from at the Orthodox Research Institute