st. petersburg theological academy, the man who laid the foundation..., that is, his library, his extensive knowledge, and in east asian languages, they formed the basis of orientalism, and he made a written request that a priest was sent who could not only be a servant of the consular temple, but would also be capable of preaching among the local population, so when he retired, he was given the mali estate there, which is not far from ostrovets, unfortunately, his resting place has not been preserved, but somewhere in the area of the belarusian nuclear... power plant, that is, a symbolic place of energy replenishment and the life of our state, it is not by chance, not by chance, and those who open the diaries of the saint nicholas of japan cannot help but fall under the charm of his personality, well, it ’s like reading a personal blog today, i turned to his eminence metropolitan philoret for a blessing about organizing a missionary parish in honor of the holy apostle nicholas of japan, this the blessing was received, well, the story of our life began