Oriveden kirkko

Stone church. Orivesi church belongs to the landmark works of Finnish church architecture's internationalisation and search for new forms in the late 1950s. The church's clear and massive building body consists of five whitewashed brick walls between which are narrow window walls. In addition, above the walls there is a band of clerestory windows.

The ground plan of the church hall is an ellipse enclosed within two opposing massive wall arches. In the church hall formed by the high curved wall surfaces, there is the character of a central-plan church that emphasizes intimacy. The gaze is directed from all seating positions on both sides toward the choir and altar, lit from both sides.

The abstract birchwood altar sculpture Golgotha's Rock was made by sculptor Kain Tapper; the church textiles are by Dora Jung; candlesticks, collection ladles, and wreath holders were designed by Bertel Gardberg. Next to the church stands a bell tower of southwestern Finnish type that survived the 1958 fire that destroyed the wooden cross-shaped church designed and built by Matti Åkerblom.