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*1853: Ioann Kasatkin enters the Smolensk Theological Seminary.
*1857: Ioann Kasatkin graduated from the Smolensk Theological Seminary.
*1860: Ioann Kasatkin takes [[monasticism|monastic vows ]] [[vow]]s as Nicholas and is [[ordination}ordained ]] a [[priest]].*1861: Fr. Nicholas meets Abp. Innocent of Kamchatka and discusses his [[missionary ]] experience in Alaska. Fr. Nicholas arrives at the Russian Consulate in Hakodate to begin his service to the consulate and begin his missionary efforts with the Japanese.
*1865: Fr. Nicholas meets [[Paul Sawabe|Takuma Sawabe]] in a confrontation over the teaching of Christianity in Japan. After listening to Fr. Nicholas, Sawabe becomes Fr. Nicholas' first student and disciple.
*1868: Fr. Nicholas performs his first baptisms [[baptism]]s of Japanese converts in April: Sawabe received the name Paul, Sakai became John, and Urano became James.*1870: Fr. Nicholas is elevated to the rank of [[archimandrite]], and the [[Holy Synod ]] of the [[Church of Russia ]] grants financial support for Fr. Nicholas' mission to Japan.*1871: Fr. Nicholas moves his [[missionary]] efforts to Tokyo.
*1872: Fr. Nicholas baptizes his first class of ten [[catechumen]]s in Tokyo.
*1873: Fr. Nicholas buys property in Tokyo at Surugadai in Kanda for his headquarters and there establishes schools for catechumens and the Russian language.
*1874: In May, Fr. Nicholas convened the first general council of the [[Church of Japan]].
*1875: The first mission school away from Tokyo was opened in Osaka which became the center for Orthodoxy in southern part of Japan. The second general council of the Church was convened on [[July 12]]. At the council, the first Japanese were chosen to be ordained as [[clergy]]: Paul Sawabe as a priest and John Sakai as a deacon. Ordinations were made by Bishop Paul of East Siberia.
*1878: Fr. Vladimir Sokolovsky, a graduate of Kazan Academy becomes dean of the Russian language school at Kanda Surugadai.
*1880: Archimandrite Nicholas is consecrated Bishop of Revel, an auxiliary of the Archdiocese Riga. Bp. Nicholas established the Tokyo Seminary by merging the mission and language schools.
*1884: Ground at Kanda Surugadai were blessed for the erection of a cathedral.
*1891: The [[cathedral ]] at Kanda Surugadai is completed and is consecrated in the name of the [[Holy Resurrection Cathedral (Tokyo, Japan)|Holy Resurrection]] on March 8. The cathedral is known more affectionally as Nicolai-do, the House of Nicholas.
*1903: The general council established, at Bp. Nicholas' recommendation, a financial plan for the independence of the Church.
*1904: The Russo-Japanese War begins. Bp. Nicholas decides to remain in Japan but not celebrate any public services.