Alexey Rantala
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Aleksi | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Joensuu | |
| Native name | Aleksi Rantala |
| Church | Orthodox Church of Finland |
| See | Joensuu |
| Installed | 2 March 1980 |
| Term ended | 22 January 1984 |
| Predecessor | Leo (Makkonen) |
| Successor | Ambrosius (Jääskeläinen) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1980 |
| Consecration | 2 March 1980 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pertti Rantala 13 April 1941 |
| Died | 22 January 1984 (aged 42) Joensuu, Finland |
| Buried | New Valaam monastery |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox Christianity |
Bishop Alexey (Finnish: Piispa Aleksi, secular name Pertti Rantala) (b. 13 April 1941, Liperi, Finland – d. 22 January 1984, Joensuu, Finland) was a Vicar Bishop of the Orthodox Church of Finland. He held the titular see of Joensuu under the Archbishop of Karelia and All Finland from 1980 until his death in 1984.[1]
Pertti Rantala was born 13 April 1941 in Northern Karelian village of Korpivaara in the Liperi municipality. His parents Aleksi and Anna Rantala were Karelian refugees from the Impilahti municipality on the northern coast of Lake Ladoga. He completed his primary and secondary education in Heinävesi and then afterwards studied at and graduated from the Niittylahti high school.[2][3]
Work in the Church
In 1960, he started theological studies at the Orthodox Theological Seminary of Finland. He graduated from there in 1966 and then got work as the teacher of the Orthodox Religion in the Jyväskylä area. He worked there until 1973, after which he went to work as the traveling cantor in the Ilomantsi area. In 1977, he started studies of Russian language and literature in the Joensuu university.[4][5]
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