St. Mary's Church, Nayakakanda

St. Mary's Church, Nayakakanda Our Lady of Purification Church, Nayakakanda serves over 4827 families comprised of various ethnic groups. St. Frs. Dominic Pulikani & carlo Mario Cardano. Fr. J.L.

Mary's Church, Nayakakanda ( Wattala ), celebrated 150th Jubilee of the Church on 04th and 05th February 2012. While His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith presided at the Solemn Jubilee Eucharistic celebration on Sunday the 05th February 2012, His Lordship Bishop Maxwell Silva presided at the Solemn Jubilee Vespers on Saturday the 04th Feb. 2012. The permanent structure for the first Church of St.

Mary’s Nayakakanda, Hendala commenced in 1862 on property donated by a group of devoot Catholics of the area, and was completed by the pioneering efforts of Rev. This Church, while serving the Nayakakanda community for over 100 years, also served the needs of the faithful of Wattala and its’ surroundings especially during the feast of the Presentation of Our Lady. In 1934 Nayakakanda was declared a Parish. The continuous increase of parishioners over the preceding years and the progressive deterioration of the building prompted Rev. Joseph Aloysius OMI to take measures to commence reconstruction to the existing structure in 1952, which was subsequently completed in 1962 by Rev. Mique OMI

Today over 4827 families comprised of various ethnic groups are served by St. Mary’s. The Church is also coordinating centre for over 32 societies which serve the spiritual and temporal needs of the Faithful. Nayakakanda is today the largest Parish in the Diocese of Colombo, which includes two sub parishes, Kerawalapitiya and Balagala, serving 750 and 1400 families respectively. His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith and the Prime Minister and other guests were welcomed by Rev. Mahndra Gunatillake, Parish Priest, and the Assistant Priests and the Members of the Parish Pastoral Council. His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm presided at the Jubilee Mass together with the other priests present

23/08/2026

🔴LIVE | SUNDAY HOLY MASS | ඉරුදින දිව්‍ය පූජාව | 23.08.2026 | Our Lady of Purification Church, Nayakakanda

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21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
සාමාන්‍ය සමයේ 21 වන ඉරුදින

📖 The gospel of the day: Matthew 16:13-20
📖 අද දින ශුද්ධ වූ සුභාරංචිය: මතෙව් 16:13-20

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"You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God." – Matthew 16:16

"ඔබ වහන්සේ ක්‍රිස්තුස් වහන්සේ ය, ජීවමාන දෙවියන් වහන්සේගේ පුත්‍රයාණෝ ය." – මතෙව් 16:16

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සජීවී විකාශන:
කුරුස පාමුල මෙහෙය: සෑම සිකුරාදාවකම සවස 6.30
ඉරුදින දිව්‍ය පූජාව: සෑම ඉරිදාවකම උදෑසන 9.30

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23/08/2026
22/08/2026

අගෝස්තු 23වන දින තෙවන වාරය සදහා දහම් පාසල් ආරම්භය උදෑසන 7.30ට හා විශේෂ දෙමාපිය රැස්වීම උදෑසන 8.00 දිව්‍ය පුජා වෙන් පසුව ..

21/08/2026

🔴LIVE | කුරුස පාමුල මෙහෙය | KURUSA PAMULA MEHEYA | 21.08.2026 | Our Lady of Purification Church, Nayakakanda

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Friday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time
සාමාන්‍ය සමයේ 20 වන සතියේ සිකුරාදා

📖 The gospel of the day: Matthew 22:34-40
📖 අද දින ශුද්ධ වූ සුභාරංචිය: මතෙව් 22:34-40

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"'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" – Matthew 22:37-39

"'නුඹේ මුළු හදවතින් ද නුඹේ මුළු ආත්මයෙන් ද නුඹේ මුළු බුද්ධියෙන් ද නුඹේ දෙවි ස්වාමීන් වහන්සේට ප්‍රේම කරන්න.' පළමු වන විශාලතම ආඥාව මේ ය. දෙවන ආඥාව ද ඊට සමාන ය: 'නුඹට මෙන් නුඹේ අසල්වැසියාට ප්‍රේම කරන්න.'" – මතෙව් 22:37-39

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සජීවී විකාශන:
කුරුස පාමුල මෙහෙය: සෑම සිකුරාදාවකම සවස 6.30
ඉරුදින දිව්‍ය පූජාව: සෑම ඉරිදාවකම උදෑසන 9.30

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18/08/2026

🔴SERMON | දාවිත්ගේ පුත්‍රයාණනී මට අනුකම්පා කළ මැනව... | ගරු. දුලිප් කමල් පියතුමා | Rev. Fr. Dulip Kamal | 14.08.2026 | Our Lady of Purification Church, Nayakakanda

"Be nourished by the Word of God through today's sermon from Our Lady of Purification Church, Nayakakanda. May this message strengthen your faith and inspire your life in Christ."

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18/08/2026

🔴SERMON |කානානිය ස්ත්‍රියගේ මැදිහත්බාවයේ යාච්ඤා | ගරු. දුලිප් කමල් පියතුමා | Rev. Fr. Dulip kamal | 16.08.2026 | Our Lady of Purification Church, Nayakakanda

"Be nourished by the Word of God through today's sermon from Our Lady of Purification Church, Nayakakanda. May this message strengthen your faith and inspire your life in Christ."

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16/08/2026

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16/08/2026

🔴LIVE | SUNDAY HOLY MASS | ඉරුදින දිව්‍ය පූජාව | 16.08.2026 | Our Lady of Purification Church, Nayakakanda

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20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
සාමාන්‍ය සමයේ 20 වන ඉරුදින

📖 The gospel of the day: Matthew 15:21-28
📖 අද දින ශුද්ධ වූ සුභාරංචිය: මතෙව් 15:21-28

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"Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted." – Matthew 15:28

"ස්ත්‍රිය, නුඹේ ඇදහිල්ල මහත් ය; නුඹ කැමති ලෙස නුඹට සිදු වේ වා!" – මතෙව් 15:28

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සජීවී විකාශන:
කුරුස පාමුල මෙහෙය: සෑම සිකුරාදාවකම සවස 6.30
ඉරුදින දිව්‍ය පූජාව: සෑම ඉරිදාවකම උදෑසන 9.30

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Kurusa Pamula Meheya:
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Heaven rejoices today as the Blessed Virgin Mary is crowned in eternal glory ✝️👑On this sacred Solemnity of the Assumpti...
15/08/2026

Heaven rejoices today as the Blessed Virgin Mary is crowned in eternal glory ✝️👑

On this sacred Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we honour our Blessed Mother, who was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory. Her humble faith, loving obedience, and complete trust in God continue to shine as a light for all who seek to follow Christ.

May her example strengthen our hearts, deepen our faith, and inspire us to surrender our lives to God’s perfect will with confidence and hope.

Blessed Virgin Mary, Assumed into Heaven, pray for us and lead us always to your Son, Jesus Christ. 🤍

Address

NAYAKAKANDA, HENDALA
Wattala
11300

Opening Hours

Monday 07:00 - 12:00
16:00 - 18:30
Tuesday 07:00 - 12:00
16:00 - 18:30
Wednesday 06:00 - 18:30
Thursday 07:00 - 12:00
16:00 - 18:30
Friday 06:00 - 18:30
Saturday 08:00 - 12:00
16:00 - 18:30
Sunday 08:30 - 12:00
16:00 - 18:30

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+94112930234

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