Churches and Christian Sites in Nagasaki
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Otome Toge Maria Chapel - Christian Martyr Site, Tsuwano Shimane - 乙女峠マリア聖堂 - Japan As It Truly Is
The Maria Seido Chapel site was one of the saddest episodes in Japan's history, when many hidden Christians were tortured and killed between 1868 to 1873. About 3000 Christians in Urakami (Nagasaki) were arrested and divided into 21 groups to destroy their faith. One of these groups (153 people) was sent to Tsuwano, where they were thrown into icy ponds naked and had ice water poured on them to try to break their faith. When that failed, they were starved, giving the Christians only 2 rice balls a day and locked in 3' by 3' cages in the cold winter nights.
One of the most famous stories during this persecution was of one man named Yasutaro who was forced to be in a cage night after night in the winter cold, and says he saw visions of the Virgin Mary which gave him strength to continue. But in January 1869 after a heavy snowfall completely buried the cage, he was found dead inside. About 54 of the Christians renounced their faith due to the torture and persecution, and were immediately freed to live in a nearby village. But several still held sympathy for the remaining converts, and secretly managed to get food to them in the camp. In the end about 36 people were martyred, and those that survived the ordeal were returned to Urakami, Nagasaki.
The land is on a now defunct Buddhist temple, and was purchased by the Catholic Church in 1939. The chapel was constructed there in 1948.
At the start of the Christian persecution by the 3rd Shogun, Iemitsu, some estimate that about 300,000 Japanese converts existed in Japan. Today, about 1% of the population calls itself Christian, about evenly split between Catholicism and Protestantism.
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Saint Paul Miki & Martyrs
Saint Paul Miki of Nagasaki , Japan
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St. Paul Miki and Companions
(d. 1597)
Paul Miki was a native of Japan and was a Jesuit. He is one of the most famous Martyrs of Japan.
Three and a half centuries before the atomic bomb fell on Nagasaki , Japan killing over 37,000 People , 26 martyrs of Japan were crucified on a hill, which is now known as the Holy Mountain, and which overlooks Nagasaki.
The Martyrs professed their common faith and love for Jesus and his Church.
Paul Miki along with other martyrs were crucified.
Paul Miki's faith was steadfast in the face of death . As he hung on the Cross he continued to profess his faith and preached to those who were present to witness the execution saying
The sentence of judgment says these men came to Japan from the Philippines, but I did not come from any other country. I am a true Japanese. The only reason for my being killed is that I have taught the doctrine of Christ. I certainly did teach the doctrine of Christ. I thank God it is for this reason I die. I believe that I am telling only the truth before I die. I know you believe me and I want to say to you all once again: Ask Christ to help you to become happy. I obey Christ. After Christ's example I forgive my persecutors. I do not hate them. I ask God to have pity on all, and I hope my blood will fall on my fellow men as a fruitful rain.
Paul Miki was Beatified in 1627, along with the other martyrs.
In 1862 Paul Miki and the other martyrs were canonized.
Saint Paul Miki through his preaching was able to establish Christianity in the vicinity of Nagasaki whose Christians worshiped in secrecy for thousands of years thus preserving Christianity in Nagasaki , Japan.
Today the Church is free in Japan and is respected.
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February 6 Saint Paul Miki and Companions
(d. 1597)
Nagasaki, Japan, is familiar to Americans as the city on which the second atomic bomb was dropped, immediately killing over 37,000 people. Three and a half centuries before, 26 martyrs of Japan were crucified on a hill, now known as the Holy Mountain, overlooking Nagasaki. Among them were priests, brothers, and laymen, Franciscans, Jesuits, and members of the Secular Franciscan Order; there were catechists, doctors, simple artisans, and servants, old men and innocent children—all united in a common faith and love for Jesus and his Church.
Brother Paul Miki, a Jesuit and a native of Japan, has become the best known among the martyrs of Japan. While hanging upon a cross, Paul Miki preached to the people gathered for the execution: “The sentence of judgment says these men came to Japan from the Philippines, but I did not come from any other country. I am a true Japanese. The only reason for my being killed is that I have taught the doctrine of Christ. I certainly did teach the doctrine of Christ. I thank God it is for this reason I die. I believe that I am telling only the truth before I die. I know you believe me and I want to say to you all once again: Ask Christ to help you to become happy. I obey Christ. After Christ’s example I forgive my persecutors. I do not hate them. I ask God to have pity on all, and I hope my blood will fall on my fellow men as a fruitful rain.”
When missionaries returned to Japan in the 1860s, at first they found no trace of Christianity. But after establishing themselves they found that thousands of Christians lived around Nagasaki and that they had secretly preserved the faith. Beatified in 1627, the martyrs of Japan were finally canonized in 1862.
Today, a new era has come for the Church in Japan. Although the number of Catholics is not large, the Church is respected and has total religious freedom. The spread of Christianity in the Far East is slow and difficult. Faith such as that of the 26 martyrs is needed today as much as in 1597.
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Otome Touge Tsuwano
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The Otome Toge Maria Chapel (乙女峠マリア聖堂, Otome Tōge Maria Seidō) was built in 1951 in memory of Christians who were relocated to and persecuted in Tsuwano at the beginning of the Meiji Period (1868-1912). The small rustic chapel stands in the woods west of Tsuwano Station.
Christianity was prohibited in Japan during the Edo Period (1603-1867) but some Japanese Christians continued to practice their religion secretly. Some of them made their belief public after the Meiji Restoration (1867), partly unknowing that the ban was still in place. These Christians, mostly from Nagasaki, were sent in groups to various parts of Japan to be persuaded to abandon their religion. One of these places was Tsuwano, where the Otome Toge Maria Chapel currently stands.
Torture ensued when persuasion tactics failed, and 36 of the Christians did not survive the ordeal. Beside the chapel is a monument with a statue of Virgin Mary and a man in a cage, depicting the story of one of the Chirstians who was locked up and left in the cold, but stood steadfast because he reportedly saw the apparition of Virgin Mary every night.
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Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953), taking office upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. A World War I veteran, he assumed the presidency during the waning months of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War. He is known for implementing the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe, for establishing the Truman Doctrine and NATO against Soviet and Chinese Communism, and for intervening in the Korean War. In domestic affairs, he was a moderate Democrat whose liberal proposals were a continuation of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, but the conservative-dominated Congress blocked most of them. He used the veto power 180 times, more than any president since, and saw 12 overridden by Congress; only Grover Cleveland and Franklin D. Roosevelt used the veto more often, and only Gerald Ford and Andrew Johnson saw so many veto overrides. He is the only world leader to have used nuclear weapons in war. He desegregated the U.S. Armed Forces, supported a newly independent Israel and was a founder of the United Nations.
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