Nikolai-do Holy Resurrection Church
- Published on : 26/05/2014
- by : Japan Experience
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Read a guide to the Orthodox Holy Resurrection Cathedral in Ochanomizu, Tokyo known as the Nikolai-do.
Places of Worship: Holy Resurrection Cathedral, Nikolai-do ニコライ堂
Holy Resurrection Cathedral (ニコライ堂), Tokyo
The Holy Resurrection Cathedral - usually known as Nikolai-do, in the Kanda area of Tokyo - is the major cathedral of the Japanese Orthodox Church.
History
The present church dates from 1929 as the previous building (first built in 1891) was partially destroyed by the tremors and a later fire in the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923.
The present Byzantine-style building with its characteristic green onion domes was designed by the Japanese architect Shinito Okada.
The cathedral is commonly known as Nikolai-do after Saint Nicholas of Japan, the Russian-born Ivan Dimitrovich Kasatkin (1836-1912), who came to Hakodate in Hokkaido in 1860 and spent the rest of his life, including the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) spreading Orthodox Christianity in Japan and raising funds for the cathedral.
Saint Nicholas is buried in Yanaka Cemetery.
Nikolai-do
Nikolai-do, Ochanomizu district, Tokyo
Access - how to get to Nikolai-do
Nikolai-do
4-1-13 Surugadai
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo
101-0062
Tel: 03 3295 6879
The cathedral is close to Shin-Ochanomizu Station on the Chiyoda Line of the Tokyo subway and the Hijiribashi Exit of JR Ochanomizu Station.
Nikolai-do, Ochanomizu, Tokyo
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