
Why visit
High on a hill of pines and spruces rises Kymi's Empire-style cruciform church, palely limewashed, crowned by a large wooden central dome and a timber bell tower joined to the north arm.
Look for: Above the windows of the vivid yellow walls stand Aarre Aaltonen's reliefs made for the church's centenary; on the altar hangs Berndt Godenhjelm's Gethsemane painting from 1865.
About this site
Kymi church has an open position on a tall pine and spruce-forested hill. The cruciform church has a large wooden dome in the centre. The north transept arm of the Empire-style whitewashed stone church has a tall bell tower whose upper part is of wood. The church hall walls are strongly yellow; above the chamfered corner window openings are Aarre Aaltonen's relief images made for the church's centenary, with the motifs: the Sermon on the Mount, the Good Shepherd, Silent Night, and Let the Children Come to Me.
The altarpiece with a Gethsemane motif was painted by Berndt Godenhjelm in 1865. The altar's large glass candleholders are a gift from the workers of Karhula glassworks. The 43-stop organ was manufactured by the Danish organ builders Bruno Christensen & Sønner in 1991. The church bells are bells purchased for Pernaja Forsby ironworks church in 1736.
On both sides of the church are cemetery areas. On the church hill there is a white-plastered two-storey parish hall from 1929, designed by architect Ilmari Launis.
Official description (Museovirasto) — machine-translated from Finnish
- Municipality
- Kotka
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