St Mary and St John Church, Nugegoda
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| St Mary and St John Church, Nugegoda | |
|---|---|
| Church of St Mary and St John, Nugegoda | |
| SS. Mary and John, Nugegoda | |
| 06°52′14″N 79°53′18″E / 6.87056°N 79.88833°ECoordinates: 06°52′14″N 79°53′18″E / 6.87056°N 79.88833°E ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ | |
| Location | Nugegoda, Colombo Sri Lanka |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Website | ssmjchurch |
| History | |
| Founded | May 1850 |
| Dedication | The Virgin Mary and John the Baptist |
| Dedicated | May 1850 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Early English Gothic |
| Completed | 27 December 1942 |
| Specifications | |
| Bells | 1 |
| Administration | |
| Parish | St Mary and St John Church, Nugegoda |
| Archdeaconry | Colombo Archdeaconry |
| Diocese | Diocese of Colombo |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | Dushantha Lakshman Rodrigo |
| Vicar(s) | Wilson Gnanadoss |
| Asst Curate(s) | Ramesh Schaffter |
St Mary and St John Church is an Anglican church in Nugegoda in Sri Lanka..[1][2] Which was first built in 1850, the current church was completed in 1942. It is located in the Centre of Nugegoda, and is a historic landmark in that area.[3][not in citation given][4][5] [6][7]
History[edit]
Construction[edit]
The Missionary Records of 1830 mentions visits to Nugegoda, and there are records of a proposal to build a Church or Chapel on a land, dimensions being 50 yards x 40 yards, which was subsequently given on the 26 May 1849 by Peiris family (Hendrick, Juwanis, Andiris, Gabriel, Marco and Bastiana), to the Missionary of Kotte, this land now includes the building, schoolroom and chapel. Quote “Given to the Church Missionary society for the purpose of holding divine service and also for the building of a Church.” The initial Church was then constructed in May 1850.[8][9][4][10][5] [6][7]
Rev. Isaah Wood obtained funds from the CMS to build the Church, and in a year £18 was granted to complete the verandahs. Later on 10 November 1885, 5 perches of land and 2 roods were purchased for a sum of Rs 21 to collectively form part of the Church cemetery, and by 1929 the Church had a total area of over one acre.[11][9][4][10][5] [6][7]
The Ceylon Diocesan Gazette refers to the Nugegoda, Bewila (Udahamulla) and Nawala chapels being licensed for marriages in 1879. It was also mentioned that the Bishop Edward Ralph Johnson, metropolitan of India & Ceylon, visited Nugegoda on his return from Kotte in 1881.[9][4][10][5] [6][7]
The first Priest was Rev. James Andries De Livera (1864). He died a year later in December 1868 and is buried in the church cemetery, his son Baron De Livera donated the land on which the Parsonage was built (currently the premises of the present Sarasavi Bookshop).[9][4][10][5] [6][7]
Developments[edit]
Later on in 1939 and 1940 the Church was completed, as the current structure that stands today, and was named as S.S. Mary and John, Nugegoda. In 1940, the cemetery was transferred from the Church Missionary Trust Association Ltd to the Diocese of Colombo.[9][4][10][5] [6][7]
Renovations[edit]
In 2016, under the tenure of Rev Dushantha Rodrigo, the Church was completely renovated. This also included the Clergy Houses. The Upstairs offices were newly built, a new belfry was done and an adult baptismal font, which was donated[12]
St. Johns School[edit]
On 5 May 1915, St.John's Mixed English School was founded with 14 pupils. The Schoolroom was also donated by Mr Baron De Livera, behind the Parsonage.[9][4][10][5] [6][7]
In 1931, Christopherson Hall of the St John's Mixed School was built. In 1934, the Mixed School was separated to establish the St John's Girl's School and St John's Boys' School separately. The St John's Boys College with 256 students moved to its present premises on High Level Road, and The Sinhala School that exists next to the Church was rebuilt. Today the boys school is known as St. John's College, Nugegoda.[13][not in citation given][9][4][10][5] [6][7]
List of Priests[edit]
| Bishops of Colombo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes | |
| 1864 | 1882 | Rev. J. A. De Livera | Worked under Missionaries of Kotte | |
| 1882 | 1884 | Rev. H. W. Kannangara | Worked under Missionaries of Kotte | |
| 1884 | 1887 | Rev. D. Jayasinghe | Worked under Missionaries of Kotte | |
| 1887 | 1904 | Rev. G. S. Amerasekara | Worked under Missionaries of Kotte | |
| 1904 | 1909 | Rev. G. S. Amerasekara | The Church of St. John the Evangelist | |
| 1909 | 1911 | Rev. J. H. Wickramanayake | The Church of St. John the Evangelist | |
| 1911 | 1930 | Rev. J. P. Ramanayake | The Church of St. John the Evangelist | |
| 1930 | 1942 | Rev. P. E. Wickramasinghe | The Church of St. John the Evangelist | |
| 1942 | 1944 | Rev. P. E. Wickramasinghe | The Church of SS. Mary & John | |
| 1945 | 1969 | Rev. Canon. T. A. M. Jayaweera | The Church of SS. Mary & John | |
| 1969 | 1972 | Rev. Geoffrey Misso | The Church of SS. Mary & John | |
| 1972 | 1978 | Rev. Godwin Weerasuriya[14] | The Church of SS. Mary & John | |
| 1979 | 1982 | Rev. Roger Herft | The Church of SS. Mary & John | |
| 1983 | 1984 | Rev. Joshua Ratnam | The Church of SS. Mary & John | |
| 1984 | 1985 | Rev. Eardly Mendis | The Church of SS. Mary & John | |
| 1985 | 1988 | Rev. Bernard Perera | The Church of SS. Mary & John | |
| 1988 | 1996 | Rev. Gamini Serasinghe | The Church of SS. Mary & John | |
| 1996 | 2002 | Rev. Canon Lloyd | The Church of SS. Mary & John | |
| 2002 | 2005 | Rev. Bennet Balasinghe | The Church of SS. Mary & John | |
| 2005 | 2007 | Rev. Ven. Devapriya de Silva | The Church of SS. Mary & John | |
| 2007 | 2007 | Rev. Sydney Knight | The Church of SS. Mary & John | |
| 2007 | 2010 | Rev. Jubilee Ponniah | The Church of SS. Mary & John | |
| 2010 | 2012 | Rev. Jayanth Jeyaveerasingham | The Church of SS. Mary & John | |
| 2012 | 2017 | Rev Dushantha Rodrigo[12][15][16] | The Church of SS. Mary & John. Current 16th Bishop of Colombo since 28 October 2020 | |
| 2018 | 2020 | Rev. Christie Joseph | The Church of SS. Mary & John | |
| 2020 | Present | Rev. Wilson Gnanadoss | The Church of SS. Mary & John | |
References[edit]
[12] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [1] [46] [47]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ranasinghe, Douglas D.; Raṇasiṃha, Ḍaglas Bī (1976). "The Lion of Kotte: His Life & Times".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "St. Mary & John Church, Nugegoda". www.dioceseofcolombo.lk. 22 October 2015.
- ↑ John, Church of SS Mary and. "About Us – Church of SS. Mary and John". Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Wickremesinghe PE. The Nugegoda Mission After Ninety-One Years : With a Record and Retrospect of the Diocese of Colombo. 2nd ed. Nugegoda: Sarasavi; 2007.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 Medis F Church of Ceylon. The Church of Ceylon : A History 1945-1995. Colombo: Diocese of Colombo; 1995. https://books.google.com/books?id=BB3kAAAAMAAJ. Accessed December 9 2022.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 Church of Ceylon and Charles Harold Wilfred DE SOYSA. 1945. The Church of Ceylon: Her Faith and Mission. a Centenary Book. [by Various Authors. Edited by C.h.w. De Soysa.].
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 Balding John William and Church Missionary Society. 1922. One Hundred Years in Ceylon or the Centenary Volume of the Church Missionary Society in Ceylon 1818-1918. Madras: Printed at the Diocesan Press. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/22107623.html.
- ↑ St Mary & St John, Nugegoda Records
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 Herath HMM Savanadasa JC. Nugegoda : Glimpses of the Past. 1st ed. Nugegoda: Sarasavi; 2009.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 Abēsēkara, Tissa. (2007). Roots, reflections & reminiscences. Nugegoda : Sarasavi Publishers
- ↑ "Sri Lanka Burgher Family Genealo". www.worldgenweb.org.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Joseph, Dishan. "A mission to serve humanity". Daily News.
- ↑ http://ceylon-ananda.com/st-johns-college-nugegoda-hundred-years-of-excellence/
- ↑ College, Rev Marc Billimoria (Warden S. Thomas’; Lavinia), Mount. "A PRIEST FOR ALL REASONS". Daily News.
- ↑ "Shaping his destiny in the service of God | Daily FT". www.ft.lk.
- ↑ "Archbishop of Canterbury appoints Father Dushantha Rodrigo as next Bishop of Colombo".
- ↑ "Of life, love and work of a time gone by".
- ↑ "SS. Mary and John Church - Anglican church in Nugegoda 10250".
- ↑ The Nugegoda Mission after ninety-one years: With a record and retrospect of the Diocese of Colombo. Sarasavi Publishers. 1940. ISBN 9789555736015. Search this book on
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- ↑ "The Nugegoda Mission after ninety-one Years. With a record and retrospect of the Diocese of Colombo, etc. [By P.E. Wickremesinghe, G.B. Ekanayake, A.C. Houlder. With plates, including portraits.] | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org.
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- ↑ St. John’s College Nugegoda-100 years of excellence by Jagath C. Savanadasa - https://www.sarasavi.lk/st-johns-college-nugegoda-100-years-of-excellence-955002850x
- ↑ "St. John's College, Nugegoda [WorldCat Identities]".
- ↑ "St Mary & St Johns Church - Sri Lanka Telecom Rainbowpages".
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- ↑ Church of SS Mary & John Nugegoda - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb1gR7JZydU
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- ↑ Marriage Records of Beven Family Genealogy - https://thedutchburgherunion.org/genealogy/ancestry-b/JDBU%201952%20Vol%2042%20No%203%20p114-121%20-%20Beven%20Ancestry%281%29.pdf
- ↑ "Felix Dias Abeyesinghe: A Mentor without Peer and a Man for All Seasons". 16 May 2021.
- ↑ https://yamm.finance/wiki/Nugegoda.html
- ↑ "History – Samudradevi Balika Vidyalaya". 26 September 2021.
- ↑ "St Mary's Church Bambalapitiya - About Rev. Fr. Sunil de Silva - Parish Priest".
- ↑ https://www.christian.gov.lk/sunday-schools/colombo-district.html
- ↑ "Corporate Responsility Initiative with Street Kids of Yawajeewa Community Centre Negombo – 2018 November 24 & 25".
- ↑ "The Ceylon Blue Book". 1915.
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- ↑ Medis, Frederick (1995). The Church of Ceylon: A History, 1945-1995. Diocese of Colombo. ISBN 9789559411000. Search this book on
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