RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Nicholas of Japan

1836 - 1912

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Nicholas (Kasatkin), Equal-to-the-Apostles, Archbishop of Japan, born Ivan Dmitrovich Kasatkin (Russian: Иван Дмитриевич Касаткин; 13 August [O.S. 1 August] 1836 – 16 February 1912) was a Russian Orthodox priest, monk, and bishop. He introduced the Eastern Orthodox Church to Japan. The Orthodox cathedral of Tokyo (metropolitan diocese of Japan), Tokyo Resurrection Cathedral, was informally named after him as Nikorai-do, first by the local community, and today nationwide, in remembrance of his work. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicholas of Japan is the 1,236th most popular religious figure (down from 1,115th in 2019), the 536th most popular biography from Russia (up from 547th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Russian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Nicholas of Japan ranks 1,236 out of 3,187. Before her are Violet Brown, Rafael Merry del Val, Maurizio Malvestiti, Antipope Adalbert, George Hamartolos, and Jürgen Moltmann. After her are Felix of Valois, Eisai, Clement Mary Hofbauer, Saint David, Jacob Baradaeus, and William Levada.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1836, Nicholas of Japan ranks 22. Before her are James Tissot, Jules Chéret, Hassan I of Morocco, Joseph Chamberlain, Princess Anna of Prussia, and Jarosław Dąbrowski. After her are Kalākaua, Norman Lockyer, Theodor Nöldeke, Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Nikolay Dobrolyubov, and Enomoto Takeaki. Among people deceased in 1912, Nicholas of Japan ranks 37. Before her are George Darwin, Mykola Lysenko, Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, James Paul Moody, Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria, and Henry Tingle Wilde. After her are William Booth, Princess Elisabeth of Saxony, Ion Luca Caragiale, Duchess Amalie in Bavaria, Isidor Straus, and Edward Wilson.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nicholas of Japan ranks 536 out of 3,761. Before her are Elem Klimov (1933), Ales Bialiatski (1962), Korney Chukovsky (1882), Vladimir Arsenyev (1872), Mikhail Fradkov (1950), and Alexander Pokryshkin (1913). After her are Marina Raskova (1912), Vladimir Bukovsky (1942), Leonid Gaidai (1923), Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819), Joseph M. Schenck (1876), and Nina Kulagina (1926).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Russia

Among religious figures born in Russia, Nicholas of Japan ranks 14. Before her are Patriarch Nikon of Moscow (1605), Nadezhda von Meck (1831), Eugen Sandow (1867), Basil Fool for Christ (1468), Aleksandr Akimov (1953), and Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova (1835). After her are Xenia of Saint Petersburg (1719), Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow (1865), Alexander Schmorell (1917), Tode Mongke (1282), Stephen of Perm (1340), and Anna Vyrubova (1884).

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