Shirakawa Orthodox Church of the Entry of the Theotokos

Введенская церковь в Сиракаве

JapanСиракава1914–1915Public buildings

The Orthodox community of Shirakawa was founded in 1878 through the preaching of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Japan. The present wooden church with a bell tower over the entrance was built in 1914–1915 to a design by Kawamura Izo by the local master carpenter Nakamura Shintaro; according to the city, half of the cost was covered by donations from Shirakawa parishioners, Russia and believers of the Russian Orthodox Church. The building and its icons are cultural properties of Fukushima Prefecture.

Православная община Сиракавы основана в 1878 году в ходе проповеди Русской духовной миссии в Японии. Нынешняя деревянная церковь с колокольней над входом построена в 1914–1915 годах по проекту Кавамуры Идзо местным плотником Накамурой Синтаро; по сведениям городских властей, половину расходов покрыли пожертвования прихожан Сиракавы, России и верующих Русской православной церкви. Здание и иконы храма — культурное достояние префектуры Фукусима.

Property abroad

EraChurch

FunctionChurch

Present ownerOrthodox Church in Japan (Shirakawa parish)

Acquisitionbuilt, 1915

StatusIn use

As of2014-08

An active church of the Orthodox Church in Japan and a prefectural cultural property, open to visitors (Fukushima Prefecture publication, August 2014).