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St Michael and All Angels Church, Polwatte () is located in
A new chapel was the constructed on the present site was erected in 1865. Two years later it was enlarged and dedicated to St. Thomas on his
church website
Church of Ceylon - The Anglican Church in Sri Lanka
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Kollupitiya
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, a suburb of Colombo
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, Sri Lanka
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.
History
In 1844 Rev. Solomon David fromKotahena
Kotahena is a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka, and is known as ''Colombo 13''.
Places of worship
Local houses of worship include:
* St. Lucia's Cathedral (1881), Catholic
* St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade, St. Anthony's Shrine, Catholic
*St. ...
began holding regular services in a house in the area. In 1853 the first chapel in Polwatte, located near the present junction of Hudson’s Road and Mohandiram’s Lane, was dedicated to St. Thomas by Bishop
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James Chapman. The chapel was essentially a small building with a cadjan roof and half walls. The chapel was accidentally burnt down in 1864, when fireworks as part of the chapel's anniversary celebrations went awry.
A new chapel was the constructed on the present site was erected in 1865. Two years later it was enlarged and dedicated to St. Thomas on his feast day
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, 21 December 1867 by Bishop Piers Claughton. In 1886 Archdeacon
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Walter Edmond Matthew introduced services in English and proposed that the name be changed to 'Church of the Good Shepherd' to avoid confusion with a similar named church
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in Kotahena
Kotahena is a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka, and is known as ''Colombo 13''.
Places of worship
Local houses of worship include:
* St. Lucia's Cathedral (1881), Catholic
* St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade, St. Anthony's Shrine, Catholic
*St. ...
. The congregation however decided upon St Michael and All Angels, with the church dedicated on St. Michael’s Day, 29 September 1887. Rev. P. B. Moonemale was appointed as the first resident priest. In 1896 two aisles were added to the church. In 1899 two new parish
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es were formed, St. Paul's Church, Milagiriya and St. Michael’s.
In 1918 the decision was made to enlarge the church however it became apparent that an entirely new church building was required. The first part of the new church was consecrated by Bishop
A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...
Ernest Copleston Ernest Arthur Copleston (1855 – 24 August 1933) was an Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century.
He was born in Barnes, Surrey, the fourth son of Rev. Reginald Edward, vicar of Barnes, fellow of Exeter College, Oxford,"Ecclesiastical ...
on 20 November 1919, with construction of the whole church completed in 1922 and the church was re-consecrated on St. Michael’s Day, that year, by Bishop Copleston.
Worship services are held in English
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, Sinhala and Tamil
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.
External links
church website
Church of Ceylon - The Anglican Church in Sri Lanka
References
*''The Travel Diaries of Peter Pears, 1936-1978'', By Peter Pears, Philip Reed aGoggle Books
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