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Father '''Anatoly Tikhai''' was a [[hieromonk]] who came to Japan in the early 1870s to assist Fr. Nicholas in his [[missionary ]] work in Japan. Initially, the future St.[[ Nicholas of Japan]] assigned Fr. Anatoly to his original church in Hakodate on Hokkaido island in northern Japan. During his years in Japan before he returned to Russia due to illness, [[Archimandrite]] Anatoly organized and taught schools in Hakodate and Osaka as well as serving as dean of the language school and organizing the [[Tokyo Orthodox Seminary (Tokyo, Japan)|seminary]] in Tokyo.
==Life==
Fr. Anatoly was originally from Bessarabia. He graduated from the [[Kiev Theological Academy|Kiev Theological Seminary ]] and lived on [[Mount Athos]] for four years before he was assigned to assist Fr. Nicholas with his mission work in Japan.
The hieromonk Anatoly arrived in Japan during December 1871 while Fr. Nicholas' activities were still centered in Hakodate. After reviewing the status of the missionary effort in Japan with Fr. Anatoly, Fr. Nicholas assigned Fr. Anatoly to the existing [[parish]] at Hakodate, thus continuing the community that had formed there. This allowed Fr. Nicholas to move his activities to Edo (Tokyo).
*[[Yakov Tikhai]]
[[Category:Athonite Fathers]]
[[Category:Missionaries]]
[[Category:Monastics]]
[[Category:Kiev Academy Graduates]]
[[ro:Anatolie Tihai]]
