Summer Services I: Announcements Near the Festival Area

Summer services (Suviseurat in Finnish) is the annual meeting of Conservative Laestadian movement. Leastadians are part of the Finnish Lutheran Church.

Summer services is the biggest spiritual meeting in Finland and one of the biggest summer festivals gathering somewhat 80000 people every year.

The four day program consist of sermons, hymns and the songs of Zion. The program is transmitted with the aid of loudspeakers all over the 270 acres festival area.

In 2018 Summer services were held in Äänekoski.

In this recording you can hear a sermon from the loudspeaker near the festival entrance. Spiritual program in the festival lasts for 14 hours in a row almost non-stop every day. In the background you can hear a car taking deliveries to the festival area.

Sound, photo : Antti Makkonen