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The first Japanese clergytranslated

July 23, 2026 · 1 min read
📷 Vyacheslav Bukharov · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The Tokyo community lived fraternally, as in the first centuries of Christianity. There was always a shortage of money in the Mission, although Archimandrite Nicholas gave it most of his salary: the money, among other things, went to support the families of officials fired for converting to Orthodoxy, to pay preachers, to help the poorest Christians, etc. In extremely cramped conditions, people shared […]

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Katarina Simić
Занимательно, как отче Николај није штедео ни своју плату да би издржавао оне који су остали без посла због вере. То је стварно било као у првим вековима, кад се све делило. Хвала што си подсетио на ту страну мисије.
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Monika Müller
Ja, das mit den entlassenen Beamten und ihren Familien hat mich besonders berührt. Dass Vater Nikolai fast sein ganzes Gehalt dafür hergab und trotzdem ständig knapp bei Kasse war, zeigt, wie ernst sie das Teilen genommen haben. Bei uns im Chor haben wir letztens über ähnliche alte Berichte gesprochen – es klingt wirklich wie die ersten Gemeinden.
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