The Buddhist Vesak festival celebrations in Sri Lanka have evolved into an interreligious affair, with more Hindus and Christians participating in the festivities, observers say. Christians and Hindus ...

(RNS) — Sri Lankan Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has taken the lead in keeping women away from the altar. Last October, he decreed that there would be no female altar servers in his archdiocese. No matter ...

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As Thailand and Sri Lanka mark 70 years of formal diplomatic relations next Thursday, both nations celebrate not only modern cooperation but a spiritual and cultural bond that has endured for more ...

Throughout this report, religious switching refers to a change between the religious group in which a person says they were raised (during their childhood) and their religious identity now (in ...

The Mahavamsa narrative relating to Prince Vijaya’s arrival in the island and landing in an area called Tambapanni (which basically means copper coloured soil), which is in the north-western coast of ...

Today marks seven years since the horrendous Easter Sunday terror attacks that devastated Sri Lanka.Religious services have ...