Metropolitan Sergius (Tikhomirov) of Japan (1871-1945) was a Russian clergy and monk of Russian Orthodox Church and later Japanese Orthodox Church. Jump to: navigation, search 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. ... Jump to: navigation, search A Roman Catholic monk A monk is a person who practices monasticism, adopting a strict religious and ascetic lifestyle, usually in community with others following the same path. ... Jump to: navigation, search Christ the Redeemer, a well-known Russian Orthodox icon from Zvenigorod. ... The Japanese Orthodox Church (日本ハリストス正教会) is an autonomous church of Eastern Orthodoxy, under the omophor of the Russian Orthodox Church. ...

He was born on June 16, 1871 in a village of Guzi near Novgorod, Russia, in the family of a rural priest. He studied well, entered in the St. Petersburg Theological Academy and graduated in 1896. He then taught theology at the St. Petersburg Theological Seminary and in 1899 became the prefect of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy, in the rank of archimandrite. In 1905 he was raised to episcopacy and consecrated Bishop of Iamburg, vicar to the Archbishop of St. Petersburg at the age of 35 years. Throughout his tenure at the Academy, he was a prolific preacher as well as an author of a number of works on Church history of his native Novgorod region. Jump to: navigation, search 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Velikiy Novgorod (Но́вгород) is the foremost historic city of North-Western Russia, situated on the highway (and railway) connecting Moscow and St Petersburg. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Archimandrite (Greek: ἀρχιμανδρίτης - archimandrites) is a title in the Greek Orthodox Church for a superior abbot who has the supervision of several abbots and monasteries appointed by a bishop. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1908 he was sent to Japan to become a successor to Archbishop Nicholas (Kasatkin). Having acquainted himself with Japan and quickly mastered a language, Sergius showed himself a committed spokesmen for the Orthodox faithful of Japan's recent acquisitions in Southern Sakhalin (Japan acquired Southern Sakhalin or Karafuto in Japanese, as a result of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905) and secured the return of confiscated Church property to the faithful. In 1912 Archbishop Nicholas reposed and Sergius took over as the ruling bishop of the Japanese Orthodox Mission. After a brief respite, he had to face the tremendous difficulties caused to the life of the Japanese Mission by the Russian Revolution. No aid from Russia meant a loss of almost the entire budget of the Japanese Orthodox Mission. The Mission, thus, had to severely cut back on its activity but survived. Jump to: navigation, search 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Saint Nikolai of Japan, Nikolai Kasatkin (born Ioan Dimitrovich Kasatkin August 1 of Julian calendar/ August 13 of Gregorian calendar, 1836 ; died February 16, 1912) was a Russian Orthodox priest, monk, and saint. ... Sakhalin is a large elongated island in the North Pacific, lying between 45° 50 and 54° 24 N, in the Russian Far East. ... Sakhalin is a large elongated island in the North Pacific, lying between 45° 50 and 54° 24 N, in the Russian Far East. ... Jump to: navigation, search Greater Manchuria, Russian (outer) Manchuria is region to upper right in lighter Red; Liaodong Peninsula is the wedge extending into the Yellow Sea The Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905) was an extremely bloody conflict that grew out of the rival imperialist ambitions of Russia and Japan... Jump to: navigation, search 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1912 was a leap year starting on Monday. ... Jump to: navigation, search The phrase Russian Revolution can refer to the following events in the history of Russia. ...

In 1923 the Great Kantō earthquake destroyed the headquarters of the Japanese Orthodox Church, severely damaging the Tokyo Resurrection Cathedral. Raising funds for its restoration became the central activity of Sergius and the Japanese faithful for the next years, and they succeeded in independently raising a vast sum and restoring the Cathedral by 1929. In 1931, the then Archbishop Sergius was elevated to the rank of Metropolitan by the Moscow Patriarchate. However, the 1930's saw the rise of militarism and nationalism in Japan, with the new climate being heavily prejudiced against Christianity and all things foreign. Sergius was eventually ousted from his position at the head of the Japanese Church in 1940, in order for the Church to be able to comply the newly-issued Japanese government demand for all ruling clergy in the Japanese religious organizations to be native. Sergius spent the wartime years in obscurity, was arrested by the Japanese special police in 1945 on suspicion of being a Soviet Russian spy. Upon his release, his health was terminally undercut and he died soon, on August 10, 1945, a mere five days before the end of World War II. His remains rest side by side those of St. Nicholas of Japan, in the Yanaka cemetery in Tokyo. Jump to: navigation, search 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Great Kanto Earthquake The Great Kanto Earthquake (関東大震災 Kantō daishinsai) struck the Kanto plain on the Japanese main island of Honshu at 11:58 on the morning of September 1, 1923. ... Tokyo Resurrection Cathedral, commonly called Nicorai-do (literally: The Temple of Nikolai) in Japan, is the main cathedral of the Japanese Orthodox Church. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... When the word metropolitan (from the Greek metera = mother and polis = town) is used as an adjective, as in metropolitan bishop, metropolitan France, or metropolitan area it can mean: of or characteristic of a metropolis; see also metropolitan area, Metropolitan Police, Metropolitan Railway of or belonging to the home territories... Saint Basils Cathedral, a well-known Russian Orthodox church situated in Moscow The Russian Orthodox Church (Русская Православная церковь) is that body of Christians who are united under the Patriarch of Moscow, who in turn is in communion with the other patriarchs and primates of the Eastern Orthodox Church. ... Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented Science Nuclear fission discovered by Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassmann Pluto, the ninth planet from the Sun, is discovered by Clyde Tombaugh British biologist Arthur Tansley coins term ecosystem War, peace and politics Socialists proclaim The death of Capitalism Rise to... Jump to: navigation, search 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search State motto (Russian): Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Socialist republics/ Communist state Area  - Total  - % water Largest on the planet 22,402,200 km² ?% Population  - Total  - Density 3rd before collapse... Jump to: navigation, search August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb. ... Saint Nikolai of Japan, Nikolai Kasatkin (born Ioan Dimitrovich Kasatkin August 1 of Julian calendar/ August 13 of Gregorian calendar, 1836 ; died February 16, 1912) was a Russian Orthodox priest, monk, and saint. ...