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Orthodox Church in Japan
日本ハリストス正教会
Holy Resurrection Cathedral in Tokyo
Location
Territory
Japan
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Statistics
Population - Total
9,249[1]
Information
Denomination
Eastern Orthodox
Sui iuris church
Autonomous Orthodox Church within the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate (the status of autonomy not recognized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople[2])
Established
10 April 1970 by the Moscow Patriarchate
Language
Classical Japanese
Current leadership
Metropolitan of All Japan and Archbishop of Tokyo
Seraphim (Tsujie) of Sendai
Website
www.orthodoxjapan.jp
The Orthodox Church in Japan or Orthodox Church of Japan (Japanese: 日本ハリストス正教会, romanized: Nihon Harisutosu Seikyōkai, OCJ), also known as the Japanese Orthodox Church (Russian: Японская православная церковь, romanized: Yaponskaya pravoslavnaya tserkov') is an autonomous Eastern Orthodox church within the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate. ハリストス (Harisutosu) is a transcription from the Russian word for "Christ," Христос (Khristos).
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