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Venerable Joseph Sarvananthan was an Anglican Priest, in the Diocese of Colombo of the Church of Ceylon in Sri Lanka. He was made a Deacon in 1965 and ordained as a priest in 1966. Known as Fr Sarva or Sarvananthan 'Pothagar', he served in Bandarawela, Chilaw, Jaffna and Colombo. He has been a Chaplain to St. John's College, Jaffna and C.M.S. Ladies' College, Colombo〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ladies College – Principal's Prize day Report (accessed 6 March 2011) )〕 Colombo and Dean of Post Ordination Training. He was the Chairman of the Board of Governors for the CMS schools. He was also the Archdeacon of Jaffna from 1995 to 2001.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Principal's Prize Day Report – PDF Document (accessed 7 May 2010) )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Sunday Leader of 27 January 2002 – Rev. Nesakumar is new Jaffna Archdeacon (accessed 21 May 2010) )〕 Finally he served as Priest in charge of Christ Church, Galle Face, before his untimely death after a brief illness.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Daily News of Friday 18 February 2011 – Obituaries online edition (accessed 6 March 2011) )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=(accessed 6 March 2011) )〕 Father Sarvananthan faithfully served God and the Body of Christ for forty four years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Daily News of 3 March 2011 (accessed 6 March 2011) )〕 He had his primary and secondary education at Jaffna College, Vaddukottai, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Degree at Divinity School Colombo, which is affiliated to Serampore College, India. Furthermore he went to (Château De Bossey ) in Geneva to do his Masters in Theology in 1986. As a member of the (Faith and Order Commission ) of the (World Council of Churches ), Ven. J Sarvananthan attended the Christian Conference of Asia, which convened in Malaysia in July and August 2004. Fr Sarva along with his wife Iris was present at the Ordination of his eldest son Sudharshan Sarvananthan〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Church Times appointments page (accessed 2 June 2010) )〕 at Carlisle Cathedral on June 2008. His son, who finally decided to take Holy Orders following in his father's footsteps, served his Title Post in the Heart of Eden Team Ministry〔(Heart of Eden Monthly Magazine – PDF Document (accessed 2 June 2010) )〕 in rural Cumbria, UK. ==See also== *Church of Ceylon 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph Sarvananthan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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