St. James' Church, Nallur
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  St. James' Church Location within Northern Province | |
| Location | Nallur |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| History | |
| Status | Church |
| Consecrated | 1847 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Archaeological protected monument |
| Designated | 30 December 2011 |
| Completed | 1828 |
| Administration | |
| Metropolis | Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Diocese | Colombo |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | N. J. Gnanakaruniyan |
St. James' Church is a Church of Ceylon church located in Nallur in northern Sri Lanka.
History
In 1817 the Anglican Church Mission Society (CMS) approved the establishment of missions in Ceylon.[1] On 20 December 1817 four clergymen - Joseph Knight, Samuel Lambrick, Robert Major and Benjamin Ward - and their wives left England and sailed to Ceylon on board the Vittoria.[1] They arrived in late June 1818.[1] Knight went to Jaffna, Lambrick went to Colombo, Major and his wife went to Galle and Ward and his wife to Trincomalee.[1] Knight started his missionary work in 1818 in Nallur.[1] In 1820 Knight bought a mission house in Nallur to conduct regular services.[2] An old, dilapidated Dutch church next to the mission house was handed over to the mission by the government in 1823.[2] This church was the site of the Nallur Kandaswamy Temple before it was destroyed by the Portuguese.[3][4] After extensive repairs this church was opened to the public for worship on 25 July 1828 (St. James' day).[2] Bishop James Chapman consecrated the church in 1847 and in 1849 a 60 feet tower was added.[2]
The church was declared an archaeological protected monument in December 2011.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d e Martyn, John H. (1923). Notes on Jaffna - Chronological, Historical, Biographical (PDF). Tellippalai: American Ceylon Mission Press. p. 166. ISBN 81-206-1670-7.
- ^ a b c d "St. Jame's Church, Nallur". Colombo.
- ^ Hussein, Asiff (17 November 2002). "Sojourn in Jaffna : A traveller's paradise". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka).
- ^ Dureiswamy, Sivanandini (28 August 2011). "The spiritual odyssey - Nallur darisanam". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka).
- ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 1739: 1093. 30 December 2011.
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