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Patriotism in Wartime: Nikolai of Japan and the Kingdoms of this World

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February 6, 2020

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Betsy Perabo, Japanese Orthodox, Nikolai of Japan, War

by Betsy Perabo In a diary entry on Christmas Eve 1904, Bishop Nikolai of Japan expresses his deep sorrow over Russian losses in the ongoing Russo-Japanese War. Nikolai remained in Tokyo during the war at the request of the Japanese Orthodox congregation he had served for more than four decades. His suffering was all the […]
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