Milagiriya
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Milagiriya
මිලාගිරිය மிளகிரிய | |
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Milagiriya is a district of Colombo city in
Roman Catholic Church
there.
History
The writer Frederick Mendis observed: "In 1656, after the capitulation to the Dutch, the Milagiriya church gave way to a
St. Paul the Apostle."[1]
The British built a new church on these grounds in 1848 and named it St. Paul's Church, the church is now an important landmark in Colombo.
A parish school was founded on 14 January 1887. St. Paul's Milagiriya School is now run by the Government of Sri Lanka.
See also
- St. Paul's Church, Milagiriya
- Colombo
- Church of Ceylon
- St. Paul’s Girls School, Milagiriya
References
- ^ Mendis, Frederick (23 February 2003). "St. Paul's Milagiriya celebrates 150th anniversary". Sunday Observer – Magazine. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
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