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| | Holy Resurrection Cathedral (Tokyo, Japan) - OrthodoxWiki |
 | | The Holy Resurrection Cathedral, commonly called Nikolai-do, in Surugadai, Kanda district, Tokyo, Japan is the main cathedral of the Japanese Orthodox Church. |
 | | It is located on Surugadai knoll in Kanda, on property purchased in 1872 by the future Archbishop Nicholas (Kasatkin), now St. Nicholas of Japan, for his mission headquarters to preach Orthodox Christianity to the Japanese people. |
 | | Construction of the cathedral began in 1884, to plans prepared by Michael A. Shchurupov, a Moscow architect. |
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