Summer Services is the annual summer festival of the Conservative Laestadian community, which is one of the religious movements within the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Finland. The event takes place annually the turn of June and July. Visitors from about 40 countries attend this week-long event. During the past few years, Summer Services have attracted about 80 000 visitors.
All people are welcome to Summer Services and attendance is free of charge.
The program focuses on God’s word, consisting of sermons, congregational singing and personal meetings. In addition to the sermons kept in the large service tent, a communion service is arranged on Saturday and a Sunday service with liturgy on Sunday. Sunday services are also arranged in several nearby churches in cooperation with the local parishes.
For more information on Summer Services, visit www.suviseurat.fi.