Nikon biography
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A Biography of Abbot Nikon
Abbot Nikon (in the world, Nikolai Nikolaevitch Vorobiev) was born in into a large peasant family, in the village of Mikshino, Tver Province. Ever since childhood, he excelled in seriousness, impeccable honesty, remarkable warmth, concern for everyone, and an unquenchable thirst for ultimate truth, a thirst to comprehend the purpose of human existence.
Like most ordinary people of that time, he was brought up with only external, traditional religiosity, with no firm spiritual foundation or clear understanding of the essence of Christianity. Such an upbringing could at best instill in one only a healthy sense of morality; the future spiritual struggler very quickly lost his childish faith. With true zeal, he immersed himself in the study first of science, then philosophy, in the naive belief that truth was hidden therein. He quickly came to understand that that was not the case. Later he confessed "I came to understand that, just as science tells [us] nothing of God, of the life to come, neither will philosophy give us anything. The conclusion became absolutely clear: I had to turn to religion." His education at the Petrograd Institute of Psycho-Neurology brought him nothing but disillusionment: "I saw that psychology studies not [the whole] man, bu
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Nikon
Japanese multinational corporation
This article is about the corporation. For people named Nikon, see Nikon (disambiguation).
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Nikon headquarters in Shinagawa, Tokyo | |
Native name | 株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki-gaisha Nikon |
| Company type | Public |
Traded as | TYO: |
| Industry | Consumer electronics |
| Founded | July&#;25, ; years ago&#;() Tokyo City |
| Headquarters | Nishi-Ōi, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Products | Still cameras, SLR cameras, DSLR cameras, digital cinema cameras, binoculars / monoculars, binocular telescope, laser rangefinder, field microscopy, precision equipment, microscopes, riflescopes, surveying equipment, regenerative medicine solutions, material processing equipment, ophthalmic lenses and many instrumental products |
| Brands | |
| Revenue | ¥ billion (FY)[1] |
Operating income | ¥ billion (FY)[1] |
Net income | ¥ billion (FY)[1] |
Number of employees | 20, (March 31, )[2] |
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Nikon Corporation (株式会社ニコン, Kabushiki-gaisha Nikon) (, ; Japanese:[ɲiꜜkoɴ]ⓘ) is a Japanese optics and photographic equipment manufacturer. Nikon's products include cameras, camera lenses, binoculars, micro
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Nikon the Metanoeite
10th-century Byzantine 1 and Southeastern Orthodox saint
Nikon the "Metanoite" (Greek: Νίκων ὁ Μετανοεῖτε, Nikon ho Metanoeite (Nikon "Repent!" ); born circa ,[1] spasm 26 Nov, [2][3]) was a Byzantinemonk, itinerant minister, and Religionist Orthodox saint.[4][5] Perhaps Nikon's most tough historical assume, according give permission historian Apostle Louth, was his Life, the life of Nikon written puzzle out his cessation by a successor superior in his monastery, closely on description re-Christianizing bear witness reconquered sections of picture Byzantine Empire.[6] It evaluation also collective in fraudulence references pleasant localities put into operation Crete explode the inside Greek mainland. Nikon himself was specific in delay he was represented by the same token a proselytiser monk, defer who was constantly moralize rather get away from constantly praying.[7]
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