Holy Resurrection Cathedral (復活大聖堂)

Holy Resurrection Cathedral today

The Holy Resurrection Cathedral, also known as Nikolai Cathedral, or Nikorai-do (ニコライ堂) by the Japanese, is a Russian Orthodox Church in Japan built by St. Nicholas of Japan, founder of the Japanese Orthodox Church, in 1891. It was built in the Meiji period in Kanda, near the Kanda Myojin shrine. It was destroyed by an earthquake and later rebuilt in the 1920s with a shorter bell tower, a modified dome, and a less ornate interior.
This site is great to visit as it is mentioned in the Edo Tokyo Museum as they have a model of this Cathedral there.

For Social Studies Teachers the Holy Resurrection Cathedral relates to the Grade 8 Social Studies Curriculum Outcomes of:
"8.1. 4 appreciate how a society’s worldview shapes individual citizenship and identity

8.1.6 analyze the effects that rapid adaptation had on traditionally isolated Japan during the

Meiji period by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues:

• How did the changes resulting from adaptation affect Japan economically, politically and

socially during the Meiji period?"( From the Grade 8 Social Studies Program of Studies)