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==History==
Annunciation Cathedral developed from the efforts of early missionaries sent by Bishop [[Nicholas of Japan|Nicholas (Kasatkin})]], the Apostle to Japan, during the latter decades of the nineteenth century. The initial [[missionary]] in the Kyoto district was Pavel Nakakouji, a catechist who visited the city in 1880. By 1889, a meeting hall was acquired in the central district of the city and a full time catechist, Kiril Sasaba (Masakichi), was assigned to the mission under the supervision of Father John Ono (Shogoro), the [[priest]] in the neighboring city of Osaka.
In 1890, a missionary [[hieromonk]] from Russia, [[Sergius I (Stragorodsky) of Moscow|Sergius (Stragorodsky)]], later [[patriarch]] of Russia, was assigned to the [[church]] in Kyoto where he developed the pastoral life of the Kyoto [[parish]] during the next three years. Subsequent to his return to Russia, Fr. Sergius wrote a book of his experiences in Japan entitled "Hokkaido Travel Notes".
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[[Category: Japanese Churchesin Japan]]
[[Category: Orthodoxy in Japan]]
