The Church of the Resurrection of Christ, known as Shyu-no Fukkatsu Seido, is an Orthodox church in the city of Hakodate on the island of Hokkaido. This parish is part of the Eastern Japanese Diocese of the Autonomous Japanese Orthodox Church, which is under the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate. It is the first Orthodox church in Japan, founded in 1859 as a church at the Russian consulate. The church is one of the main attractions of Hakodate, and locals call it Gangandera due to the ringing of its bells.
The temple was founded in 1858 by Russian consul Joseph Goshkevich in Hakodate, which was then the only Japanese city open to foreigners. In 1859, services were held in a converted space on the grounds of a Buddhist temple.
The first building of the Orthodox church, constructed with funds from the consulate, was consecrated in October 1860.
From 1861, the priest Nikolai Kasatkin served in the church, who became the founder of the Japanese Orthodox Church. From 1873 to 1898, an elementary school operated at the temple, and from 1884 to 1893, a school for girls.
In 1907, the church was destroyed by a fire that engulfed all of Hakodate. Restoration was completed in 1916, and a new church was built of brick in the Russian-Byzantine style.
In 1983, the church was included in the list of important cultural heritage monuments of Japan.
On September 14, 2012, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow visited the Resurrection Church during his visit to the Japanese Church.
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