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unusual facts about Holy Cross Church, Gampaha



Canadian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2000–01

The Canada national cricket team toured Sri Lanka in May 2001 season and played eight one-day matches against various provincial teams in Colombo, Galle, Moratuwa and Gampaha.

Franklin Place

Also as part of the complex were included Boston Theater (1793), the first theater built in Boston, placed at the northeast end of the square, and Holy Cross Church (begun 1800), the city’s first Roman Catholic church, directly opposite the theater at the southeast end.

Henry Jayasena

Henry Jayasena (Sinhala:හෙන්රි ජයසේන) (6 July 1931 - 11 November 2009) born in Bendiyamulla, Gampaha is a Sri Lankan film actor and dramatist.

Holy Cross Church, Burley

The stained glass in the east window dates from about 1870 and is by Clayton and Bell, while that in the west window is by Westlake.

Holy Cross Church, Frankfurt-Bornheim

At November 11, 2012 the quinquennial anniversary of the centre of meditation was celebrated with the auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Limburg Dr. Thomas Löhr and a lecture by the journalist and theologian Klaus Hofmeister of the Hessischer Rundfunk.

August 2007 the diocese Limburg intended the church on instruction of former bishop Franz Kamphaus to the center for Christian meditation and spirituality.

They formed a translation in German language of the Latin hymn Vexilla Regis (Des Kreuzes Zeichen zieht einher) (=doth flash the wonder of the cross).

Holy Cross Church, Gampaha

An Apostolic Blessing certificate was received from Pope John Paul II for the 75th anniversary of Holy Cross Church in 1991.

Holy Cross Church, Kaunas

The church and the monastery were closed in 1845 and since when were used as a store house for carts and harness.

During the renovation from 1885 till 1898, five new sanctuaries were built, the pulpit, the organ, as well as three new bells were installed.

Holy Cross Church, Kurla

Our Lady of Fatima, Kirol in 1953, St. Joseph, near Kurla Railway Station in1968, St. Jude, Jeri Meri in 1972, St. Anthony, Saki Naka in 1975, Holy Family, Pestomsagar in 1982 and Infant Jesus, Ghatkopar in 1983 were established as independent parishes.

Holy Cross Church, Pavoor

The Holy Cross Church, Pavoor, Kasaragod district, Kerala is a Roman Catholic Church (Latin Rite) and the only place in the world where a range of Catholic Church Services are conducted in Tulu.

Holy Cross Church, St Helens

Fr Thomas Seed, the head of the Jesuits in Britain, who also founded Sacred Heart Church in Edinburgh laid the foundation stone of the church on 3 May 1860, what was then Feast of the Finding of the True Cross.

Ikman.lk

Ads for second hand cars account for nearly 20% of all ads posted, with users from Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Kandy and Kurunegala contributing the majority of ads.

Józef Glemp

On Sunday, the coffin was moved to the Church of the Holy Cross, where a Holy Mass was celebrated by Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the apostolic nuncio to Poland, with the sermon preached by Archbishop Józef Michalik, the head of the Polish Conference of Bishops.

Milanówek

During World War II urn with the heart of Frédéric Chopin, transferred from Holy Cross Church in Krakowskie Przedmieście in Warsaw, was stored in St. Hedwig Church in Milanówek.

Negombo Tamil

Negombo Tamils, native Sri Lankan Tamils who live in the western Gampaha and Puttalam districts

Redvers Buller

He died on 2 June 1908, at the family seat, Downes House, Crediton, Devon, and is buried in the churchyard of Holy Cross Church in Crediton.

Somasiri Dehipitiya

Dehipitiya was born in Gampaha and attended Galahitiyawe Madhya Maha Vidyalaya.

St Peter's College, Colombo

The branch, St. Peter’s College, Gampaha, was inaugurated by Archbishop Oswald Gomis on 2 February 1993, as the first Branch school in Sri Lanka after the schools take over act No.8, passed in 1961.

St Peter's College, Gampaha

Peter's College, Gampaha (Sinhala: සාන්ත පීතර විදුහල, Tamil: செயிண்ட் பீட்டர் கல்லூரி) is a boys-only primary to secondary (inclusive) branch school of St Peter's College, Colombo in the Udugampola zone of Gampaha, Sri Lanka, founded in 1993.

Joe Wickramasinghe, suggested opening a branch school of St. Peter’s College at Gampaha.

The Choral Project

They have performed in Washington D.C.'s National Cathedral, San Francisco's Mission Dolores Basilica, Mission Santa Clara de Asís, Santa Cruz' Holy Cross Church, and multiple venues in England, Scotland, Wales, Costa Rica, and Mexico.

Yasodara Devi Balika Maha Vidyalaya

Yasodara Devi Balika Maha Vidyalaya is a girls' school located in Gampaha district in Sri Lanka.


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