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Cathedral of Christ the Living Saviour |
Cathedral of Christ the Living Saviour (Sinhala: ජීවමාන විමුක්තිදායක ක්රිස්තු මුල් දෙව්මැදුර) is an Anglican church situated in Cinnamon Gardens in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is the primary Anglican Cathedral, affiliated to the Church of Ceylon.
History
At the early part of the 20th century, establishing of a new and spacious Cathedral was suggested to replace the old and inadequate structure in Mutwal which was consecrated in September 1854. However, this was delayed due to various reasons until Bishop Cecil Douglas Horsley set a tablet on the present site on 7 November 1945. After years, the foundation stone for the new cathedral was laid on 28 October 1968 during the Episcopate of Bishop Harold De Soysa, the first Sri Lankan Bishop of Colombo. The cathedral was consecrated on 7 November 1973 with Bishop Cyril Abeynaike presided (Jayasinghe, 2015).
The Church Building
The cathedral was designed by Wynne Jones and P. H. Wilson Peiris and was built by U. N. Gunasekara (Jayasinghe, 2015; Pieris, 1994). The architectural form of the cathedral is reminiscent of a Buddhist temple and the hexagonal shape of the main space in the building and its two-tiered roof is intended to look like a tent (Jayasinghe, 2015; Pieris, 1994). The slope of the floor downwards towards the sanctuary making the bishop, priests and people to sit at the same level (Jayasinghe, 2015). The altar is placed in a central position to receive a great prominence in the building.
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Books, Dissertations
1) Jayasinghe, S., 2015. “Identity Crisis" of Post-Colonial Church Architecture in Sri Lanka. ARCASIA Design Analysis Forum. pp.6-22.
2) Pieris, A.D., 1994. The trouser under the cloth: Ceylon/Sri Lanka, personal space in the decolonization (Doctoral dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
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