Mitro Repo (born September 3, 1958) is a Finnish Orthodox Christian priest. He was member of the European Parliament from 2009 until 2014, elected as an independent candidate on the Social Democratic Party's ticket. He ran also in the 2014 election but received less than 9,000 votes compared to over 70,000 in the 2009 election, and was not re-elected.[1]
Repo's position on the Finnish Church's involvement in splitting the Estonian Orthodox Church led him into a conflict with metropolitan Johannes in the 1990s.[2]
Repo has been a popular speaker and commentator in radio and television talk shows. In addition to his church services, he has visited workers in their factories and financial and business leaders.
Repo was asked by several parties to run as a candidate in European Parliament elections, and he finally chose the Social Democrats. His decision to stand in the election led to a conflict between Repo and the church leadership. In the end, the Finnish Orthodox Church banned him from serving in religious services and wearing his trademark priestly outfit.[3][4]
His candidacy and election to the EU Parliament in 2009 aroused some interest in the international press, e.g., in Le Monde[5] and in The New York Times.[6]
mitro, repo, born, september, 1958, finnish, orthodox, christian, priest, member, european, parliament, from, 2009, until, 2014, elected, independent, candidate, social, democratic, party, ticket, also, 2014, election, received, less, than, votes, compared, ov. Mitro Repo born September 3 1958 is a Finnish Orthodox Christian priest He was member of the European Parliament from 2009 until 2014 elected as an independent candidate on the Social Democratic Party s ticket He ran also in the 2014 election but received less than 9 000 votes compared to over 70 000 in the 2009 election and was not re elected 1 Mitro Repo in February 2014Repo is a third generation priest He studied theology at the University of Helsinki Repo s position on the Finnish Church s involvement in splitting the Estonian Orthodox Church led him into a conflict with metropolitan Johannes in the 1990s 2 Repo has been a popular speaker and commentator in radio and television talk shows In addition to his church services he has visited workers in their factories and financial and business leaders Repo was asked by several parties to run as a candidate in European Parliament elections and he finally chose the Social Democrats His decision to stand in the election led to a conflict between Repo and the church leadership In the end the Finnish Orthodox Church banned him from serving in religious services and wearing his trademark priestly outfit 3 4 His candidacy and election to the EU Parliament in 2009 aroused some interest in the international press e g in Le Monde 5 and in The New York Times 6 During his term in the European Parliament Mitro Repo served in the committee for culture and education and the committee for the internal market and consumer protection 7 References edit Candidates Yle EU election pages May 26 2014 Vainamo Rauni March 17 1996 Arkkipiispa Johannes hyllytti pastorin Viron asioiden arvostelu ei miellyttanyt in Finnish Helsingin sanomat Mitro Revon vapauksia rajoitetaan in Finnish Demari May 27 2009 Mitro Repo sai piispoilta potkut politiikan vuoksi in Finnish Demari May 26 2009 En Finlande le pretre qui ne veut plus seulement prier in French Le Monde May 14 2009 Tagliabue John June 12 2009 In Finland a Man of Politics Without His Cloth The New York Times EP group Archived 2014 05 27 at the Wayback Machine SDP Finland External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mitro Repo amp oldid 1206936396, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
