Japanese Orthodox Church

E659988

Christian denomination Eastern Orthodox Church

The Japanese Orthodox Church is an Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination in Japan that grew from 19th-century Russian missionary efforts and is known for integrating Orthodox faith with Japanese language and culture.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Orthodox Church in Japan	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian denomination ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
associatedWithCity	Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithCountry	Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	Nicholas of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
ChristianTradition	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
classification	autonomous Eastern Orthodox Church in Japan ⓘ
communionWith	Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
denominationalFamily	Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
founder	Nicholas of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Nicholas Kasatkin NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundingPeriod	19th century ⓘ
governance	episcopal polity ⓘ
hasClergyType	bishops ⓘ deacons ⓘ priests ⓘ
hasDoctrine	Nicene Creed NERFINISHED ⓘ Seven Ecumenical Councils NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEthnicContext	Japanese ⓘ
hasPractice	Divine Liturgy NERFINISHED ⓘ fasting ⓘ monasticism ⓘ sacramental worship ⓘ veneration of icons ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Tokyo ⓘ
integratesWith	Japanese culture ⓘ Japanese language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfScriptureTranslation	Japanese ⓘ
liturgicalLanguage	Church Slavonic NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek ⓘ Japanese ⓘ
mainCathedral	Holy Resurrection Cathedral, Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ Nikolai-do NERFINISHED ⓘ
missionaryOrigin	Russian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
missionFocus	evangelization of Japanese people ⓘ
motherChurch	Russian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Nicholas of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
origin	Russian Orthodox missionary activity ⓘ
primaryLanguageOfEvangelization	Japanese ⓘ
primaryScripture	Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
rite	Byzantine Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ
territorialJurisdiction	Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
theology	Eastern Orthodox theology ⓘ
usesCalendar	Julian calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ Revised Julian calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
worshipStyle	liturgical ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Nicholas of Japan → founderOf → Japanese Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Orthodox Church in Japan