Sergius Tikhomirov

Metropolitan Sergius of Japan

Metropolitan Sergius (secular name Georgiy Alexeyevich Tikhomirov, Russian: Георгий Алексеевич Тихомиров;[1] June 16, 1871 – August 10, 1945) was a bishop of the Orthodox Eastern Church. He first served in Russia, but spent most of his episcopate in Japan (1908 - 1945) in the Russian Orthodox Christian mission and in the Japanese Orthodox Church.

  1. ^ Biography of Sergius Tikhomirov on "Pravoslavnaya beseda" web-site, in Russian