Daniel Nushiro
Eastern Orthodox | |
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| Alma mater | Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, Aichi University |
Early life
Metropolitan Daniel was born on 5 September 1938 into a Japanese Orthodox family in
Upon his return to Japan, he served as a deacon at
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 candidate for bishopric, as his wife had predeceased him. On 20 August 1999, he received his monastic tonsure and became known as monk Daniel, and was consecrated a bishop on 14 November 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 14 May 2000, Daniel was enthroned to the Archbishop of Tokyo and Metropolitan of All Japan, consecrated by
Spiritual leadership
Daniel was a prolific writer and insightful preacher with humor and plain wording. He issued 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.
Daniel gained some popularity in the
The administration of the website zapatriarha.ru then zeroed votes for Daniel and excluded him from a list of candidates, explaining his high ratings as the result of a "hacker attack". Such actions caused Internet voters to accuse the website creators of promoting Kirill.[3]
Death
Daniel died on 10 August 2023, at the age of 84 at Kyoundo Hospital after respiratory failure due to interstitual lung disease.[5][6] He was buried at the Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery on the afternoon of 17 August 2023.
On the same day, 10 August 2023, Archbishop Seraphim, Archbishop of the Orthodox Church of Japan in Sendai and Vice-Bishop of Tokyo was appointed Acting Primate.[7]
References
- ^ a b "Biography of Met. Daniel" (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 June 2010.
- ^ Даниил митрополит Токийский и всей Японии (Нуширо Икио) (in Russian). Patriarchia.ru. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
- ^ a b Sannikova, Anna. "Runet chooses the Patriarch" (in Russian). Infox.ru. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
- ^ "Archbishop of Tokyo leads in an informal online referendum "For the patriarch"" (in Russian). Lenta.ru. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
- ^ Умер митрополит Токийский и всея Японии Даниил (in Russian)
- ^ "東京復活大聖堂（ニコライ堂） | 日本ハリストス正教会教団 東京復活大聖堂公式サイト" (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ "首座主教代理セラフィム座下の就任 | 東京復活大聖堂（ニコライ堂）" (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 August 2023.