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Church of Ceylon

Index Church of Ceylon

The Church of Ceylon is the Anglican Church in Sri Lanka, as an extra-provincial diocese of the Archbishop of Canterbury. [1]

40 relations: Anglican Church of India, Anglican Communion, Anuradhapura cross, Archbishop of Canterbury, Baptists, Bishop of Colombo, Bishop of Kurunegala, Cathedral of Christ the King, Kurunegala, Cathedral of Christ the Living Saviour, Catholic Church, Christian Reformed Church in Sri Lanka, Christianity in Sri Lanka, Church Mission Society, Church of Pakistan, Church of the Province of Myanmar, Colombo, Dhiloraj Canagasabey, Diocese of Colombo, Dutch Reformed Church, Folk music, Galle, India, Jaffna, Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India, James Chapman (bishop), Justin Welby, Kandy, Keerthisiri Fernando, Kurunegala, Methodism, Methodist Church in Sri Lanka, Metropolitan bishop, Myanmar, Pakistan, Presbyterianism, Sri Lanka, The Salvation Army, Theological College of Lanka, Trinity College, Kandy, W. S. Senior.

Anglican Church of India

The Anglican Church of India (ACI) is a union of independent Anglican churches in India.

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Anglican Communion

The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion with 85 million members, founded in 1867 in London, England.

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Anuradhapura cross

The Cross of Anuradhapura or Anuradhapura cross is a form of the Christian cross symbol.

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Archbishop of Canterbury

The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury.

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Baptists

Baptists are Christians distinguished by baptizing professing believers only (believer's baptism, as opposed to infant baptism), and doing so by complete immersion (as opposed to affusion or sprinkling).

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Bishop of Colombo

The Anglican Bishop of Colombo is the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Colombo, a diocese in the Church of Ceylon which is part of the Anglican Communion.

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Bishop of Kurunegala

The Anglican Bishop of Kurunegala is the bishop of the Diocese of Kurunegala, a diocese in the Church of Ceylon which is part of the Anglican Communion.

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Cathedral of Christ the King, Kurunegala

Cathedral of Christ the King is located on Kandy Road, Kurunegala, Sri Lanka.

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Cathedral of Christ the Living Saviour

The Cathedral of Christ the Living Saviour is located in Cinnamon Gardens (Colombo 07) a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Christian Reformed Church in Sri Lanka

The Christian Reformed Church in Sri Lanka (formerly known as the Dutch Reformed Church in Sri Lanka) is the oldest Protestant church on the island.

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Christianity in Sri Lanka

Christianity is a minority religion in Sri Lanka.

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Church Mission Society

The Church Mission Society (CMS), formerly in Britain and currently in Australia and New Zealand known as the Church Missionary Society, is a mission society working with the Anglican Communion and Protestant Christians around the world.

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Church of Pakistan

The Church of Pakistan is a united church in Pakistan, which is part of the Anglican Communion and a member of the World Communion of Reformed ChurchesDatabase (9 February 2006).

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Church of the Province of Myanmar

The Church of the Province of Myanmar in Asia is a member church of the Anglican Communion.

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Colombo

Colombo (translit,; translit) is the commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka.

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Dhiloraj Canagasabey

Dhiloraj Ranjit Canagasabey (born 23 May 1955) is a Sri Lankan Tamil bishop who is the current Bishop of Colombo in the Church of Ceylon.

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Diocese of Colombo

The Diocese of Colombo (Anglican Church of Ceylon) is based in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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Dutch Reformed Church

The Dutch Reformed Church (in or NHK) was the largest Christian denomination in the Netherlands from the onset of the Protestant Reformation until 1930.

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Folk music

Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival.

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Galle

Galle (ගාල්ල; காலி) is a major city in Sri Lanka, situated on the southwestern tip, 119 km from Colombo.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Jaffna

Jaffna is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.

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Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India

The Jaffna Diocese is the Church of South India diocese for northern Sri Lanka.

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James Chapman (bishop)

James Chapman (1799–1879)Church Bells (July 17, 1875) W. Wells Gardner, Publisher, London was the first Bishop of Colombo (Anglican), in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), serving from 1845 to 1861.

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Justin Welby

Justin Portal Welby (born 6 January 1956) is the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury and the most senior bishop in the Church of England.

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Kandy

Kandy (මහනුවර Mahanuwara, pronounced; கண்டி, pronounced) is a major city in Sri Lanka located in the Central Province.

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Keerthisiri Fernando

The Rev. Keerthisiri Fernando (b. 5 May 1961), M. Phil, B. Div, B. Th, is the sixth Bishop of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka.

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Kurunegala

Kurunegala (කුරුණෑගල, குருணாகல்) is a major city in Sri Lanka.

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Methodism

Methodism or the Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity which derive their inspiration from the life and teachings of John Wesley, an Anglican minister in England.

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Methodist Church in Sri Lanka

The Methodist Church of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රි ලංකා මෙතොදිස්ත සභාව Sri Lanka Methodista Sabhava) and in (Tamil language: இலங்கை மெதடிஸ்த திருச்சபை Illangai Methadistha Thiruchabai) is a Protestant Christian denomination in Sri Lanka.

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Metropolitan bishop

In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis (then more precisely called metropolitan archbishop); that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital.

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Myanmar

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma, is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia.

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Pakistan

Pakistan (پاکِستان), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (اِسلامی جمہوریہ پاکِستان), is a country in South Asia.

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Presbyterianism

Presbyterianism is a part of the reformed tradition within Protestantism which traces its origins to Britain, particularly Scotland, and Ireland.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා; Tamil: இலங்கை Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea.

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The Salvation Army

The Salvation Army is a Protestant Christian church and an international charitable organisation structured in a quasi-military fashion.

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Theological College of Lanka

The Theological College of Lanka (TCL) was inaugurated in 1963 by the Anglican Church, the Methodist Church and the Baptist Church in Sri Lanka.

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Trinity College, Kandy

Trinity College, Kandy, is a private school for boys in Sri Lanka founded in 1872 by Anglican missionaries, that offers primary and secondary education.

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W. S. Senior

Reverend Walter Stanley Senior (10 May 1876 – 23 February 1938) was an English scholar, poet and member of the Church Missionary Society.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Ceylon

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