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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 ...
The Kotahena East Grama Niladhari Division has a Hindu majority (52.7%), a significant Roman Catholic population (29.5%) and a significant Buddhist population (10.8%). In comparison, the Colombo Divisional Secretariat (which contains the Kotahena East Grama Niladhari Division) has a Muslim plurality (41.8%), a significant Hindu population (22.7%), a significant Buddhist population (19.0%) and ...
St. Thomas' Church (Ginthupitiya) - Some scholars are of the opinion that Thomas the Apostle, one of Jesus’ 12 apostles also visited Sri Lanka and preached on the hillock or plain of St. Thomas or Santhumpitiya on which St. Thomas Church, Gintupitiya now stands.
St. Thomas' Church, Colombo This page was last edited on 26 September 2023, at 11:41 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
St. Thomas' Church, Colombo; W. Wolvendaal Church This page was last edited on 22 April 2019, at 14:34 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Moratuwa Area and Kutunayake Negombo Areas are the regions where many Methodists live. In 2005 and 2006, the Methodist Church of Sri Lanka had a very difficult time during a period of anti-Christian violence. St. Andrew's Church in Colombo is a congregation of the Church of Scotland.
Without the quick action of first responders who arrived at the church at about 12:12 a.m. following reports of an individual trying to set fires, the damage to the house of worship would have ...
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 ]