The Japanese Orthodox Church or the Orthodox Church in Japan (日本ハリストス正教会, Nihon Harisutosu Seikyōkai?, OCJ) is an autonomous church within the Orthodox Church, under the omophorion of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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