Saint Nicholas, Equal of the Apostles, Archbishop of Japan
Commemorated on February 16
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www.oca.orgSaint Nicholas, Equal of the Apostles, Archbishop of JapanSaint Nicholas, Enlightener of Japan, was born Ivan Dimitrievich Kasatkin on August 1, 1836 in the village of Berezovsk, Belsk district, Smolensk diocese, where his father served as deacon. At the age of five he lost his mother. He completed the Belsk religious school, and afterwards the Smolensk…