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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]] [[vow]]s vows 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.
*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 Theological Academy |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 Orthodox Seminary (Tokyo, Japan)|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.
*1906: [[Andronik of Perm|Hieromonk Andronik]] is consecrated Bishop of Kyoto.
*1907: Bp. Nicholas is elevated to Archbishop of All Japan, establishing the Church of Japan as a separated, independent diocese. Bp. Andronik departed for Russia due to poor health. Abp. Nicholas asks for an auxiliary.
*1908: Bp. [[Sergius (Tikhomirov) of Japan| Sergius (Tikhomirov)]] arrives in Japan as Bishop of Kyoto, auxiliary to Abp. Nicholas.
*1911: Fiftieth anniversary of Abp. Nicholas' arrival in Japan is celebrated.
*1912: Abp. Nicholas dies on [[February 16 ]] of heart failure. Bp. Sergius is recognized by the [[Holy Synod]] of Russia as successor to Abp. Nicholas and is elevated to Archbishop.
==After Nicholas of Japan (1912-1945)==
*1917: The revolutions in Russia caused loss of financial support for the Church of Japan.
*1923: The Great Kanto earthquake of [[September 1 ]] caused severe damage to Holy Resurrection Cathedral and other building of the cathedral complex. Abp. Sergius expends major effort to raise funds and restore the cathedral.*1929: The re-built Holy Resurrection Cathedral is re-consecrated on [[December 15]].
*1931: Abp. Sergius is elevated to Metropolitan of All Japan by the Holy Synod of Russia.
*1940: Militarized Japanese government enacts laws requiring all religious organizations in Japan to have Japanese in leadership positions. Metr. Sergius and non-Japanese staff retire. Metr. Sergius chooses to remain in Japan.
*1941: Priest [[Nicholas (Ono) of Japan|Nicholas Ono]] elected bishop by the general council. He is consecrated Bishop Nicholas by Abp. [[Nestor (Anisimov) of Kamchatka |Nestor]] of Harbin after Fr. Ono's wife enters a Harbin [[monastery]]. Bp. Nicholas is first Japanese to be consecrated a bishop.
*1944-45: Major Orthodox churches in Osaka, Nagoya, Shizuoka, Kagoshima, Nagasaki, and Sendai are destroyed in World War II air raids.
*1945: After being arrested, Metr. Sergius dies mysteriously while under house arrest on [[August 15]], five days before the war ended. Church of Japan enters temporarily under the jurisdiction of the [[Metropolia|North American ]] [[diocese ]] of the [[Church of Russia]] (commonly referred to as the ‘'Metropolia'').
==Post World War II (1946-Present)==
*1962: Abp. [[Vladimir (Nagosky) of San Francisco|Vladimir (Nagosky)]] succeeds Abp. Nikon.
*1969: Fr. [[Theodosius (Nagashima) of Japan|Theodosius (Nagashima)]] is consecrated Bishop of Kyoto.
*1970: As part of the autocephaly granted to the [[Metropolia]] in the United States, the Church of Japan was granted autonomy under the Church of Russia. Also, the Church of Russia recognized the sainthood [[saint]]hood of Abp. Nicholas as the Equal of the Apostles and Evangelizer of Japan. Abp. Vladimir was elevated by Patriarch [[Alexis of Moscow]] to Metropolitan of all Japan.
*1971: Bp. [[Seraphim (Sigrist) of Sendai|Seraphim (Sigrist)]] is elected Bishop of Sendai.
*1972: Bp. Theodosius (Nagashima) of Kyoto succeeds Metr. Vladimir as Archbishop of Tokyo and Metropolitan of All Japan due to poor health.
*1985: The Orthodox Version of [[New Testament]] in Japanese is reprinted.
*1999: Frs. [[Daniel (Nushiro) of Japan|Daniel (Nushiro)]], [[Seraphim (Tsujie) of Sendai|Seraphim (Tsujie)]] and [[Peter (Arihara) of Yokohama|Peter (Arihara)]] are consecrated Bishop of Kyoto, Sendai and Yokohama respectively. Metr. Theodosius (Nagashima) dies. , and is succeeded by [[Daniel (Nushiro) of Japan|Daniel (Nushiro]]) as Archbishop of Tokyo and Metropolitan of All Japan (formally elevated in 2000).*2000: Bp. [[Daniel (Nushiro) of Japan|Daniel (Nushiro)]] is elevated enthroned Archbishop of Tokyo and Metropolitan of All Japan. Bp. [[Peter (Arihara) of Yokohama|Peter (Arihara)]] dies.
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