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St. Thomas' Church is situated in Kotahena (District 13) a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is one of the oldest churches in Sri Lanka as now part of the Anglican Church of Ceylon . St. Thomas Church was the first Anglican church built in Sri Lanka, it was constructed by Governor of Ceylon Sir Robert Brownrigg for the use by the local Tamil ...
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Cathedrals of the Roman Catholic Church in Sri Lanka: [1] St. Joseph's Cathedral, Anuradhapura; Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral, Badulla; Our Lady of Assumption Cathedral, Batticaloa; Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral, Chilaw; St. Lucia's Cathedral, Colombo; Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral, Galle; St. Mary's Cathedral, Jaffna; St. Anthony's ...
St. Andrew's Church in Colombo is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. For administrative purposes, it is part of the Church of Scotland's International Presbytery. According to the 2015 yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, around 6,671 active members are in Sri Lanka. [19]
S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia (abbreviated as STC), is a fee-levying Anglican selective entry boys' private school in Sri Lanka.Started as a private school by James Chapman, the first Anglican Bishop of Colombo, in 1851, it was founded as a college and cathedral for the new Diocese of Colombo of the Church of Ceylon, modelled on British Public school tradition.
In 1995, at a ceremony in Colombo, Pope St. John Paul II beatified Father Joseph Vaz (originally, José Vaz), an early Goan missionary to the country, who is known as the Apostle of Sri Lanka. On 17 September 2014, Pope Francis approved the vote to have him declared a saint. [ 5 ]
He then inducted Rev. Fred S. De Silva as the first President of the Methodist Church of Ceylon. The Governor-general of Ceylon was present at the Service. The Methodist Church of Sri Lanka celebrated its bicentenary on 29 June 2014 with a National Thanksgiving Service at the Cathedral of Christ the Living Saviour. More than 10,000 Methodist ...
S. Thomas' College, Bandarawela is a selective entry boys' private school, situated in the town of Bandarawela in the Uva Province, Sri Lanka. It is an Anglican school administrated by the Church of Ceylon. The college is run by a Board of Governors which is chaired by the Anglican Bishop of Colombo, who is also known as the "Visitor of the ...