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Orthodox Church Of Japan

Orthodox Church of Japan ( )
Founder (s)	St Nicolas Japan
Autocephaly / Autonomy declared	1970
Autocephaly / Autonomy recognized	1970 by the Church of Russia
Current primate	Archbishop Daniel
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Primary territory	Japan
Territorial extension	-
Rite	Byzantine
Language (s) liturgical (s)	Japanese
Musical tradition	Russian
Calendar	Julian
Estimated population	30 000
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St. Nicolas Cathedral in Tokyo

The Orthodox Church of Japan is an autonomous jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church, canonically attached to the Patriarchate of Moscow and All Russia. The head of the Church carries the title of Archbishop of Tokyo, Metropolitan of all Japan, with residence in Tokyo (current holder: His Beatitude Daniel History

Organization

The churches of the seven councils (Orthodox, Orthodox Church or Communion)
Autocephalous churches	Constantinople Alexandria Antioch Jerusalem Russia Serbia Romania Bulgaria Georgia Cyprus Greece Albania Poland Czech-Slovakia America *
Autonomous Churches	Sinai Finland Estonia (Patr. ecumenical) * Estonia (Patr. Moscow) * EGL. Russian transboundary Ukraine (Patr. Moscow) * Moldova (Patr. Moscow) * Latvia (Patr. Moscow) * Belarus (Moscow Patr.) * Moldavia (Romania Patr.) * Ohrid (Patr. Serbia) * Japan * China *
Independent churches noncanonical	Ukraine (Kiev Patr.) Ukraine (gl. autocph.) Macedonia Montenegro Italy Belarus (gl. autocph.) EGL. calend-old. Greece EGL. Old calend. Romania EGL. Old ritual. Russian EGL. Turkish Orthodox EGL. Orthodox France EGL. Orthodox French
Note	* Church autocephalous or whose autonomy is not universally recognized.
See also: two councils of churches - churches of three councils - the Eastern Catholic Churches

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