Shuzenji Orthodox Church of the Transfiguration

Преображенская церковь в Сюдзэндзи

JapanИдзу (Сюдзэндзи)1912Public buildings

A plastered wooden church with a bell tower, built in 1912 to a design by Moses Kawamura Izo by some 70 parishioners and craftsmen in three and a half months, with prayers for the recovery of Archbishop Nicholas of Japan, head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission. It houses an iconostasis and furnishings from the church at Port Arthur that had been kept at the Tokyo cathedral. The building is a designated cultural property of Shizuoka Prefecture.

Деревянная оштукатуренная церковь с колокольней построена в 1912 году по проекту Моисея Кавамуры Идзо силами около 70 прихожан и мастеров за три с половиной месяца — с молитвой о выздоровлении архиепископа Николая Японского, главы Русской духовной миссии. В храме установлены иконостас и утварь из церкви Порт-Артура, хранившиеся в токийском соборе. Здание — культурное достояние префектуры Сидзуока.

Property abroad

EraChurch

FunctionChurch

Present ownerOrthodox Church in Japan (Shuzenji parish)

Acquisitionbuilt, 1912

StatusIn use

As of2025-03

An active church of the Orthodox Church in Japan: according to a March 2025 publication the liturgy is celebrated once a month and the exterior can be viewed at other times.