Milagiriya

Coordinates: 6°53′20″N 79°51′24″E / 6.88889°N 79.85667°E / 6.88889; 79.85667
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Milagiriya

මිලාගිරිය

மிளகிரிய

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

References

  1. ^ Mendis, Frederick (23 February 2003). "St. Paul's Milagiriya celebrates 150th anniversary". Sunday Observer – Magazine. Retrieved 25 November 2021.

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