St. Nicholas of Japan

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St. Nicholas of Japan was a 19th-century Russian Orthodox missionary and bishop who founded the Japanese Orthodox Church and played a key role in spreading Eastern Orthodoxy in Japan.

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St. Nicholas of Japan canonical 2
Saint Nicholas of Japan 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian missionary
Eastern Orthodox saint
Russian Orthodox bishop
founder of the Japanese Orthodox Church
alsoKnownAs Nicholas Kasatkin
Nicholas of Japan
Saint Nicholas of Japan
birthName Ivan Dmitrievich Kasatkin
canonizationStatus glorified as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church
commemoratedOn February 16 (Julian calendar) in the Orthodox Church in Japan
February 3/16 in some Eastern Orthodox calendars
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire
educatedAt St. Petersburg Theological Academy
fieldOfWork Christian mission in East Asia
inculturation of Orthodox Christianity in Japan
founded Orthodox Church in Japan
founderOf Japanese Orthodox Church
hasTitle Enlightener of Japan
Equal-to-the-Apostles
influenced development of Japanese Orthodox liturgical tradition
growth of Eastern Orthodoxy in East Asia
languageOfWorkOrName Church Slavonic
Japanese
Russian
memberOf Russian Orthodox Church
notableFor establishing a native Japanese Orthodox community
spreading Eastern Orthodoxy in Japan
training Japanese Orthodox clergy
notableWork translation of Orthodox catechism into Japanese
translation of Orthodox liturgical texts into Japanese
translation of the Bible into Japanese
occupation bishop
missionary
theologian
translator
placeOfBirth Smolensk Governorate, Russian Empire
placeOfMissionaryWork Hakodate, Japan
Japan
Tokyo, Japan
linked to: Tokyo
positionHeld Archbishop of All Japan
head of the Japanese Orthodox Church
religion Eastern Orthodoxy
religiousOrder Russian Orthodox clergy
veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Church
Orthodox Church in Japan
Russian Orthodox Church

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Nicholas of Japan alsoKnownAs St. Nicholas of Japan
Ivan Dmitrievich Kasatkin alsoKnownAs St. Nicholas of Japan
St. Nicholas of Japan alsoKnownAs Saint Nicholas of Japan
linked to: St. Nicholas of Japan