Wilderness Church

The Pielpajärvi Wilderness Church is located about ten kilometers from Inari Church Village, north of Lake Inarijärvi.

Pielpajärvi was previously a winter village of Inari, where they gathered on the market, to listen to circulating preachers, and to handle ecclesiastical ordinances, but there has never been a village there. The taxpayers also came there to collect their annual taxes. At its worst, the Inari had to pay taxes to three different parties: Denmark, Sweden and Russia.

The first church, Queen Kristina Church, was completed between Pielpajärvi between 1646 and 1648. The church decayed and the new church was completed in 1760.

There were church huts on the church field where the people lived during the church. In the late 19th century, there was also a parsonage and a crowd, a stable and a barn and a few houses. There has never been a cemetery in Pielpajärvi because the deceased were buried in the islands.

The church remained in use until the end of the 19th century. In 1895, a new church began to be built in the mouth of the Juutuanjoki River. At that time, a permanent settlement had been created in the village of Inari and the church was to be transferred there. The bombing destroyed the Inari Church in 1940. That summer, the Pielpajärvi Wilderness Church was re -introduced and a midsummer church was celebrated. Since then, Midsummer God has been held annually in Pielpajärvi.

Today, the Pielpajärvi Wilderness Church is a popular wedding church during the summer.

According to some reports, the maid that killed his child would have buried his child on the foundation of the clock tower, but no evidence could be found when repairing the church in the 1960s. However, it is claimed that the restless soul sometimes cries in the clock tower alone. The central tree of the clock tower is circulated by the text by the builders, which belongs: The Lord thanks everyone who is Elos.

The church was repaired around 1846, when the doors of Sakaristo were also raised, as J. W. Durchman, the then chaplain, complained that he was not able to increase the giving of the church people if the priest hit his head at the door and he was half -collections.