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==History==
In July 1897 the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]] resolved to send [[missionaries ]] to Korea by decision of the [[Holy Synod]]. [[Archimandrite]] Ambrose Gountko led the three person team, but was refused permission to enter the country.
In 1900, a more hospitable atmosphere between Russia and Korea allowed for a second [[missionary]] team led by Archimandrite Chrysanthos Shehtkofsky to begin an outreach in Seoul. He was joined in Korea by Hierodeacon Nicholas Alexeiev of the original team, and chanter Jonah Leftsenko. On [[February 17]], 1900 in a make-shift [[chapel]] the first known Orthodox [[Divine Liturgy]] was celebrated in the Korean peninsula.