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His Grace the Right Reverend Bishop '''Nicholas (Ono) of Japan''' was consecrated as the ruling bishop of the [[Church of Japan]] in 1941 when the militaristic Japanese government required the heads of all religious groups in Japan to be Japanese nationals. He was the first Japanese national to be consecrated an Orthodox [[bishop]].
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His Grace the Right Reverend [[Bishop]] '''Nicholas (Ono) of Japan''' was consecrated as the ruling bishop of the [[Church of Japan]] in 1941 when the militaristic Japanese government required the heads of all religious groups in Japan to be Japanese nationals. He was the first Japanese national to be consecrated an Orthodox [[bishop]].
  
 
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Fr. Nicholas Ono was a [[priest]] in the Church of Japan.
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Future Bishop Nicholas was born Kiichi Yamazaki on September 8, 1872, in the village of Kannami in Shizuoka Prefecture. When he was still in elementary school, his older brother, Yamazaki Kenzabur
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As the Japanese military grew in power within Japan during the 1930s, the government became more and more nationalist and militaristic. In 1940, the government passed laws that all institutions, including religious ones, must be headed by Japanese nationals. Thus, [[Sergius (Tikhomirov) of Japan|Metr. Sergius]], who was the [[Archbishop]] of Tokyo and [[Metropolitan]] of All Japan, and his choir director, [[Victor Pokrovsky]], as non-Japanese born members, were forced all out of the Church administration. With the forced "retirement" of Metr. Sergius, the government required that a Japanese be [[enthronement|enthroned]] as the ruling bishop. Obeying the edict, a council of the Japanese Church was held in 1941 that elected Archpriest Nicholas Ono as the new bishop. As he was married, his wife was sent to a [[monastery]] in Harbin, Manchuria, which was then ruled by Japan. Fr. Nicholas was then [[consecration|consecrated]] as the ruling bishop of Japan by Archbishop Nestor of Harbin, who was cooperating with the military government. Thus, Bp. Nicholas became the first Japanese Orthodox to be consecrated an Orthodox bishop in Japan and remained in that position until the end of World War II.  Subsequently, Bp. Nicholas reconciled himself with the Japanese Orthodox Church before he died.
 
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Revision as of 09:09, March 18, 2006

This article forms part of the series
Orthodoxy in Japan
Holy Resurrection Cathedral (Tokyo, Japan)
History
Timeline of Orthodoxy in Japan
Church of Japan
Saints
Nicholas of Japan
Andronik of Perm
Bishops
Sergius (Tikhomirov)
Nicholas (Ono)
Benjamin (Basalyga)
Ireney (Bekish)
Nikon (de Greve)
Vladimir (Nagosky)
Theodosius (Nagashima)
Seraphim (Sigrist) of Sendai
Daniel (Nushiro) of Japan
Seraphim (Tsujie) of Sendai
People
Fr Paul Sawabe
Fr Simeon Michiro Mii
Fr Anatoly Tikhai
Yakov Tikhai
Victor Pokrovsky
Irina Yamashita
Institutions
Holy Resurrection Cathedral
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His Grace the Right Reverend Bishop Nicholas (Ono) of Japan was consecrated as the ruling bishop of the Church of Japan in 1941 when the militaristic Japanese government required the heads of all religious groups in Japan to be Japanese nationals. He was the first Japanese national to be consecrated an Orthodox bishop.

Life

Future Bishop Nicholas was born Kiichi Yamazaki on September 8, 1872, in the village of Kannami in Shizuoka Prefecture. When he was still in elementary school, his older brother, Yamazaki Kenzabur

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