Peacemaker Priest in Finland
- Presenter: Rev. Mikko Rakushin Kendō Ijäs, Ph.D
- Subject: Peacemaker Circle, Practice, ZPI Affiliate
Finnish visual artist and researcher of prehistory of art Rev. Mikko Rakushin Kendō Ijäs Ph.D has been building a socially engaged Buddhist practice group in Helsinki, Finland together with his wife Maija Myōshō Ijäs since 2017. Reverend Mikko will talk about his experiences of what does it mean to be a priest of foreign religion in a new environment and how does it feel like to build a new kind of community in a new country. Mikko has also been involved with the Bearing Witness retreat at Auschwitz-Birkenau since 2017 and has also served as a retreat photographer and clown.
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