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*1860: Ioann Kasatkin takes monastic vows as Nicholas and is ordained a priest.
*1861: Fr. Nicholas meets Abp. Innocent of Kamchatka and discusses his missionary experience in Alaska. Fr. Nicholas arrives at the Russian Consulate in Hakodate to begin his service to the consulate and begin his missionary efforts with the Japanese.
*1865: Fr. Nicholas meets [[Paul Sawabe|Takuma Sawabe]] in a confrontation over the teaching of Christianity in Japan. After listening to Fr. Nicholas, Sawabe becomes Fr. Nicholas’ Nicholas' first student and disciple.
*1868: Fr. Nicholas performs his first baptisms of Japanese converts in April: Sawabe received the name Paul, Sakai became John, and Urano became James.
*1870: Fr. Nicholas is elevated to the rank of archimandrite, and the Holy Synod of the Church of Russia grants financial support for Fr. Nicholas’ Nicholas' mission to Japan.
*1871: Fr. Nicholas moves his [[missionary]] efforts to Tokyo.
*1872: Fr. Nicholas baptizes his first class of ten [[catechumen]]s in Tokyo.
*1884: Ground at Kanda Surugadai were blessed for the erection of a cathedral.
*1891: The cathedral at Kanda Surugadai is completed and is consecrated in the name of the [[Holy Resurrection Cathedral (Tokyo, Japan)|Holy Resurrection]] on March 8. The cathedral is known more affectionally as Nicolai-do, the House of Nicholas.
*1903: The general council established, at Bp. Nicholas’ Nicholas' recommendation, a financial plan for the independence of the Church.
*1904: The Russo-Japanese War begins. Bp. Nicholas decides to remain in Japan but not celebrate any public services.
*1905: The war is concluded. The Japanese Church aided the Japanese government in caring for the Russian prisoners.
*1907: Bp. Nicholas is elevated to Archbishop of All Japan, establishing the Church of Japan as a separated, independent diocese. Bp. Andronik departed for Russia due to poor health. Abp. Nicholas asks for an auxiliary.
*1908: Bp. [[Sergius (Tikhomirov) of Japan| Sergius (Tikhomirov)]] arrives in Japan as Bishop of Kyoto, auxiliary to Abp. Nicholas.
*1911: Fiftieth anniversary of Abp. Nicholas’ Nicholas' arrival in Japan is celebrated.
*1912: Abp. Nicholas dies on February 16 of heart failure. Bp. Sergius is recognized by the [[Holy Synod]] of Russia as successor to Abp. Nicholas and is elevated to Archbishop.
*1931: Abp. Sergius is elevated to Metropolitan of All Japan by the Holy Synod of Russia.
*1940: Militarized Japanese government enacts laws requiring all religious organizations in Japan to have Japanese in leadership positions. Metr. Sergius and non-Japanese staff retire. Metr. Sergius chooses to remain in Japan.
*1941: Priest [[Nicholas (Ono) of Japan|Nicholas Ono]] elected bishop by the general council. He is consecrated Bishop Nicholas by Abp. Nestor of Harbin after Fr. Ono’s Ono's wife enters a Harbin monastery. Bp. Nicholas is first Japanese to be consecrated a bishop.
*1944-45: Major Orthodox churches in Osaka, Nagoya, Shizuoka, Kagoshima, Nagasaki, and Sendai are destroyed in World War II air raids.
*1945: After being arrested, Metr. Sergius dies mysteriously while under house arrest on August 15, five days before the war ended. Church of Japan enters temporarily under the jurisdiction of the North American diocese of the [[Church of Russia]] (commonly referred to as the ‘’Metropolia’’‘'Metropolia'').
==Post World War II (1946-Present)==
