175 Year old Church in Kandy-by L.B Senarathne The Church of St John at Getambe Source:Dailymirror St. John’s Church at Getambe celebrated its 175th Year in October. Proceedings were conducted on ‘Zoom’ keeping to the country’s health requirements. It has a history unparalleled in the history of churches in the country. Incidentally, the first Church of England was to be built on Kandyan soil.   This Church could boast of being the first Church to organize a school for children first as a Vernacular school in Kandy and then a school for English education. The school was on Church grounds and the prime mover was an English Church of England.  Presently the school so founded is Madima Maha Vidyalaya, which was St. John’s College, Getambe and now Mahanama Madiyama Maha Vidyalaya. ...

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