- Daniel (Nushiro) of Japan
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Met. Daniel Archbishop of Tokyo Enthroned May 14, 2000 Predecessor Metropolitan Theodosius (Nagashima) Successor Incumbent Other posts Locum tenens of the Western Japanese Diocese as of 2001. Orders Ordination 1972 Consecration November 14, 1999[1] Personal details Birth name Jude Nushiro Born 5 September 1938
Toyohashi, AichiNationality Japanese Denomination Eastern Orthodox Spouse Deceased Alma mater Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, Aichi University Metropolitan Daniel (Nushiro) of All Japan (主代郁夫 Ikuo Nushiro, born September 5, 1938[2]) is a Japanese clergyman and monk of the Japanese Orthodox Church. Since 2000 he is the primate of the Japanese Orthodox Church,[3] by virtue of the office of the Archbishop of Tokyo. He is thus is the spiritual leader of almost 30,000 Japanese Orthodox Christians.
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Early life
Metropolitan Daniel was born into a Japanese Orthodox family in Toyohashi, Aichi, and was baptized as Jude. After he graduated with a degree in French literature from Aichi University in 1962, he studied theology at Tokyo Orthodox Seminary until 1965. He went to Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Crestwood, New York. In 1968 he finished his study at Saint Vladimir 1968 and was ordained to the diaconate.
Upon his return to Japan, he served as a deacon at Tokyo Resurrection Cathedral from November 1970 till 1972. In 1972 he was ordained a priest and served in Toyohashi, until 1999.
Appointment to the primacy
In 1999 his predecessor, Metropolitan Theodosius (Nagashima) of Japan died, and the Japanese Orthodox Church decided to elect three bishops and Jude Nushiro was considered as a good candidates for bishopric, as his wife had predeceased him. On August 20, 1999 he received his monastic tonsure and became known as monk Daniel, and was consecrated a bishop on November 14, 1999.[1] The Japanese Orthodox Church had planned to enthrone Bishop Peter (Arihara) of Yokohama as successor to the late Metropolitan Theodosius, and appoint Daniel to the Bishopric of Kyoto, but the sudden death of Peter in this year changed their plan entirely. Daniel was then considered the successor of Theodore, and elevated to the rank of archbishop and metropolitan. On May 14, 2000 Daniel was enthroned to the Archbishop of Tokyo and Metropolitan of All Japan, consecrated by Patriarch Alexy II of Russia who visited Japan for his enthronement and other bishops.
Spiritual leadership
Daniel is a prolific writer and insightful preacher with humor and plain wording. He issues tracts both focusing on daily reading and theological issues and the latter type of his writing is published as brochures for the education of the faithful. In his leadership a male monastery was founded in Tokyo in 2005, near to the Resurrection Cathedral.
He gained some popularity in Russian segment of Internet in January 2009, before the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia election. A group of laity started a website, where all users could vote for the future Patriarch. As a result, Daniel, "only bishop not directly related to the former USSR",[4] took the first place ahead of Kirill.[5] The administration of zapatriarha.ru then zeroed votes for Daniel and excluded him from a list of candidates, explaining his high ratings as "hacker attack" result. Such actions made Internet voters accuse website creators of promoting Kirill.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Biography of Met. Daniel" (in Japanese). http://www.orthodoxjapan.jp/daishukyou.html. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
- ^ "生年 生地（出身）" (in Japanese). The Orthodox Church in Japan. http://www.orthodoxjapan.jp/daishukyou.html. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
- ^ "Даниил, митрополит Токийский и всей Японии (Нуширо Икио)" (in Russian). Patriarchia.ru. http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/81250.html. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
- ^ a b Sannikova, Anna. "Runet chooses the Patriarch" (in Russian). Infox.ru. http://www.infox.ru/authority/mans/2009/01/12/Runyet_vyybirayet_pa.phtml. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
- ^ "Archbishop of Tokyo leads in an informal online referendum "For the patriarch"" (in Russian). Lenta.ru. http://lenta.ru/news/2009/01/14/refer/. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
Catgeory:People from Aichi Prefecture
Categories:- Japanese Orthodox Church
- Christian religious leaders
- Christianity in Japan
- Eastern Orthodox Christians from Japan
- Eastern Orthodox bishops
- 1938 births
- Living people
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