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St. Nicholas to Japan
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St. Nicholas to Japan

1861–1912 · 3 stops

A young priest who built the Japanese Orthodox Church over fifty years.

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    1. St. Petersburg

      Ivan Kasatkin becomes a monk with the name Nicholas, to serve the Russian consulate chapel in Japan.

    2. Hakodate

      He arrives in 1861, studies Japanese for years, and baptizes his first converts, among them a former samurai.

    3. Tokyo

      He builds Holy Resurrection Cathedral, “Nikolai-do,” and translates the services. At his repose the Japanese Church has some 30,000 faithful.

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