Scots Kirk, Kandy

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Coordinates: 7°17′46″N 80°38′14″E / 7.29611°N 80.63722°E / 7.29611; 80.63722
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Presbyterian Church, Kandy
Scots Kirk
Presbyterian Church, Kandy is located in Sri Lanka
Presbyterian Church, Kandy
Presbyterian Church, Kandy
7°17′46″N 80°38′14″E / 7.29611°N 80.63722°E / 7.29611; 80.63722
Location127 D. S. Senanayake Street, Kandy, Sri Lanka
DenominationChurch of Scotland
Websitehttps://scotskirk.lk/
History
StatusChurch
Founded1845; 179 years ago (1845)
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationArchaeological protected monument
Architectural typeGothic
Administration
DioceseInternational Presbytery
Clergy
Priest(s)Saman Perera

Scots Kirk (Sinhala: ස්කොට්ලන්ත කර්ක්) or Presbyterian Church, Kandy, is Presbyterian church, located at 127 D. S. Senanayake Street (formerly Trincomalee Street), Kandy.[1]

The church was established by the Church of Scotland in 1845.[2][3] The construction of the church was funded from donations collected by Scottish planters and managers from surrounding coffee estates.

Robert Smith was the chaplain of Scots Kirk from 1856[4] and was replaced by George Washington Sprott, who served from 1857 to 1864.[5] Sprott was succeeded by John Watt,[6] who was followed by Edmond Steuart Russell, the chaplain from 1903 to 1909[7] and then John Faulds from 1909 to 1920.[8][9] The chaplain from 1927 to ?? was John Macara.

On 15 April 1863 the church combined with St. Andrew's Scots Kirk in Colombo, to form the Presbytery of Ceylon. In 1954 both churches formed the Presbytery of Lanka. The Scots Kirk continues to operate as part of the Church of Scotland, under the jurisdiction of the International Presbytery.[10]

On 8 July 2005 it was formally included as an 'Archaeological Protected Monument' by the government.[11]

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Further reading[edit]

  • Presbyterian Church (Scots' Kirk) Kandy (1995). Presbyterian Church (Scots' Kirk) Kandy, 1845 - 1995: Souvenir 150th Anniversary. Presbyterian Church (Scots' Kirk) Kandy.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Skeen, George J. A. (1909). A Guide to Kandy, with Maps: A Handbook of Information, Useful Alike to the Visitor and the Resident. A. M. & J. Ferguson. p. 40.
  2. ^ "Presbyterian Church (Kandy)". Ministry of Justice (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Sri Lanka - (Asia)". Reformed Online (Reformiert). Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Allen's Indian Mail and Register of Intelligence for British & Foreign India, China, & All Parts of the East". 14. London: William H. Allen. 1856: 306. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ George Sprott and the Revival of Worship in Scotland (PDF). The Church Service Society.
  6. ^ The Church of Scotland Year Book. Church of Scotland. General Assembly. 1885. p. 166.
  7. ^ Ceylon Registrar-General's Department (Ceylon), ed. (1907). Ceylon Blue Book. South Africa: Government Printer. p. Q2.
  8. ^ Scott, Hew (1928). Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ: The Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation. Vol. 7. Oliver and Boyd.
  9. ^ Ceylon Registrar-General's Department (Ceylon), ed. (1915). Ceylon Blue Book. South Africa: Government Printer. p. Q2.
  10. ^ Devine, T. M.; McCarthy, Angela, eds. (2016). The Scottish Experience in Asia, c.1700 to the Present: Settlers and Sojourners. Springer. p. 202. ISBN 9783319430744.
  11. ^ "Gazette". The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 1401. 8 July 2005.
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