Nikolay Cathedral

The Nikolay Cathedral, also known as the Orthodox cathedral of Tokyo, is a significant religious building in Japan's capital. It was founded by Nikolay Kasatkin, a prominent missionary who became the first Orthodox archbishop of Japan and was later canonized as a saint in 1970. The Japanese Orthodox Church, to which the cathedral belongs, was established through Kasatkin's efforts and has maintained an indigenous character, being self-governing with Japanese priests trained in a Tokyo seminary. The church received its autonomous statute in 1970 from the patriarchate of Moscow. The Nikolay Cathedral is one of the largest religious structures in Tokyo and serves a community of approximately 30,000 members across dioceses in Tokyo, Kyoto, and Sendai.1