The Orthodox Eparchy of Japan

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We carve the cross of Christ on the pagan stones, upon pagan hearts, in a pagan world; reclaiming them for Christ and rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit!

The Ancient Orthodox Communion describes a network of hugely diverse people, from different backgrounds, streams and edges of life. We are united in our desire to embrace and express an ongoing exploration into a new way for living Christianly - a way that offers hope in the changed and changing culture of today's world. 

Inspired by, drawing from, and living the ancient tradition, the Community is geographically dispersed and strongly ecumenical but with an identity rooted in the history and spiritual heritage of the undivided Orthodox Church.

In seeking God as the 'one thing necessary' our continuing quest for a 'new spirituality' is the heart of our life whether alone or together. It is this blending of 'a prayer that is quiet and contemplative and a faith that is active and contagious', lived out in the ordinariness of everyday life, which forms a foundational basis for our growth and development.

This Communion is the gift of God to those whose hearts are set on holiness and whose lives are constantly being redefined and redirected by living the questions, 'Who is it that you seek?' How then shall we live? How can we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? Keeping these questions alive sustains the ongoing journey of discovery into the vocation of a new life.

As a Communion of the heart, all brothers and sisters (wherever they may be) are united on this inner journey of seeking God, knowing self, in order to learn how we can better live with others and serve the world of our influence whether it be great or small, 'wherever the Father leads'