Kirkkokari

Kirkkokari ("the Church Islet", also known as Saint Henry's Island) is a small island in Lake Köyliö in Köyliö municipality, Satakunta, Finland.

It is the only Roman Catholic pilgrimage site in Finland and one of the few in Nordic countries.

[1] According to tradition, Saint Henry was murdered by Lalli on the ice of Lake Köyliö by the Kirkkokari island in the winter of 1156.

[1] The Finnish Roman Catholic Church organizes an annual pilgrimage to Kirkkokari via the Saint Henry's Way.

It ends on a memorial service in Kirkkokari on the last pre-Midsummer Sunday.

Memorial of Christianization of Finland