200th Anniversary of the CMS' arrival in Jaffna

The  200th anniversary of the CMS' arrival  in Jaffna,  was marked in July at St. James' Church, Nallur. one of the original mission stations and an old historic church going back to Dutch times.   It was through the work of Rev. Joseph Knight and the other pioneers that the schools which later became St. John’s College and Chundikuli Girls’ school were started in Nallur. A series of events culminating in a service of  Thanksgiving presided by the Bishop of Colombo took place over three days in Nallur. The new vicarage of the St. James' was also blessed and opened by the Bishop.

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(21-09-2018 04:17PM)