Search results
Christianity is a minority religion in Sri Lanka. It was introduced to the island in first century. Traditionally, after Thomas the Apostle's visit in Kerala in AD 52, Christianity is said to have been introduced to Sri Lanka because of its close geographical and commercial ties.
- Religion in Sri Lanka
Christianity. Sri Lanka is officially a Buddhist country,...
- Category:Christianity in Sri Lanka
Category:Christianity in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia. Wikimedia...
- Religion in Sri Lanka
Christianity in Sri Lanka. Christianity is a small religion in Sri Lanka. People think that Christianity came to Sri Lanka, which is close to India, when Christianity came to India in 52 AD. [1] Christian traders came to in Sri Lanka in 500AD and created a church.
Apr 21, 2024 · According to the 2012 census, 6% of the population of Sri Lanka was Christian; of these, one in ten was Protestant, showing that there were approximately six Protestants for every 1,000 Sri Lankans. Later estimates suggest that this share has doubled in less than ten years.
Apr 22, 2019 · Approximately, 7% of Sri Lanka’s 21 million are Christian. The majority of them are Roman Catholic. Sri Lanka’s Christians have a long history that reflects the dynamics of colonialism...
- Mathew Schmalz
Apr 24, 2019 · Christianity first arrived in Sri Lanka thanks to European colonialism, but today about 7% of the population follows the faith. They have been the victims of ethnic and religious-inspired violence in recent years, most infamously the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings which killed 359 people. How did Christianity arrive in Sri Lanka?
