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

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Statements (46)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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