Ishinomaki Saint John the Apostle Orthodox Church

The Ishinomaki Saint John the Apostle Orthodox Church ( _ja. 石巻ハリストス正教会 聖使徒イオアン聖堂: Ishinomaki Harisutosu Seikyōkai, Sei-shito Ioan Seidō) is the Orthodox Church in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, dedicated to St. John the Apostle, belonging to Orthodox Church in Japan.

As the old church building ( _ja. 聖使徒イオアン会堂:Sei-Shito Ioan Kaidō) was damaged in 1978 Miyagi earthquake, it was reconstructed in a new location. Today, Ishinomaki Orthodox Church uses the other new church building (whose name is almost same; " _ja. 聖使徒イオアン聖堂:Sei-Shito Ioan Seidō", likewise dedicated to St. John the Apostle) after the earthquake.

Sei-Shito Ioan Kaidō is listed on Ishinomaki Cultural Heritages by municipality. It is the oldest wooden church building (built in 1880) among existing wooden churches in Japan.

Gallery

References and sources

*八木谷涼子・編『別冊太陽　日本の教会をたずねて II』平凡社 ISBN 4582921272

ee also

*Holy Resurrection Cathedral (Nicholai-do) - Metropolitan Cathedral of the Orthodox Church in Japan

External Links

* [http://www9.ocn.ne.jp/~higashi/ishinomaki.htm 石巻ハリストス正教会（聖使徒イオアン聖堂）] - A page in Official Site of Eastern Diocese of the Orthodox Church in Japan (Japanese)
* [http://www.city.ishinomaki.miyagi.jp/ishistcult/bunka/harisutosu.jsp 石巻ハリストス正教会教会堂（聖使徒イオアン会堂）] - A page in Official Site of Ishinomaki-City municipality (Japanese)
* [http://www.sukima.com/16_hanamaki01_05/09khristos.htm 旧ハリストス正教会] - Pictures of inner space