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During the Second World War, the Church was an important factor in Finnish nationalism.

The common nationalist cry during the war was Kodin, uskonnon ja isänmaan puolesta (; ).

However, during the war, the church participated actively in social work, becoming closer to the labour movement.

The military chaplains, who shared the life of the common soldiers for several years, also grew closer to the life of the working class.

After the war's end, these so-called asevelipapit / vapenbrödra präster () continued their work in factories and elsewhere in the society.

Liturgical, family and youth works emerged as new forms of Church activity and the position of laity within the Church was strengthened.

The so-called fifth revivalist movement also begun as a result of revivals experienced during the war.

Two Finnish archbishops, Martti Simojoki and Mikko Juva, were former military chaplains, their terms of archepiscopy covering two decades.