There are not many so old buildings in Finland, so this church is really precious.
Imagine, how many people in all these hundreds of years were baptised and got married in this place. How many prayers they brought there.
In the old times, there was a special bench situated in the centre of the church.
Parishioners who have sinned, were obliged to sit on that bench during the Holy Mass.
All people present in the church could see who were the sinners, and also what they did, cause there were different places on the bench for different kinds of sins.
It was kind of redemption, paying off the sins.
In the last picture: the new church of Sipoo situated on the other side of the road.
Sipoon vanha kirkko eli Pyhän Sigfridin kirkko Keskiaikainen harmaakivikirkko rakennettu vuosina 1450-1454.
Suomesta ei löydy monia tosi vanhoja rakennuksia, siis tämä kirkko on oikeasti mielenkiintoinen. Ennen vanhaan, kirkon keskellä oli penkki, jossa messun aikana istuivat synnintekijät syntien anteeksiantamuksen saamiseksi. Penkissä istuminen oli lunastus. Kaikki kirkossa olevat ihmiset näkivät syntiä tehneet ja minkälaisia syntiä nämä olivat tehneet, koska penkissa oli eri kohdat eri syntejä varten. Viimeisessä kuvassa: uusi kirkko vanhaa kirkoa vastapäätä.
