St. Luke's Church Borella

St. Luke's Church Borella

St. Luke's Church is situated in the Borella district of Sri Lanka. The church is well known for its traditional Sinhalese architecture.The church has very unusual architecture - the clergyman behind the new look was Reverend Canon Ivan Corea who started a massive building program in 1948 after World War II.

When Radio Ceylon became a public corporation in January 1967 and changed its name to the Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation a service of thanksgiving was held at St.Luke's Church,Borella.

The choir of St.Luke's Church has been featured on several Christmas and Easter radio prgrams over the airwaves of Radio Ceylon and subsequently the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation.

Several Bishops of Colombo of the Church of Ceylon have served as former vicars and curates of St.Luke's Church, Borella, during their ministries among them Bishop Abeynaike.

External links

* [http://canon-corea-tribute.tripod.com St.Luke's Church Borella]


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