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Solemnity of St. Sylvester, Abbot
Solemn Vespers and the Festive Mass of the Feast of passing of St. Sylvester into eternal glory (TRANSITUS) was celebrated in anticipation on the 23rd and 24th of November at St. Sylvester’s Monastery, Montefano, Ampitiya. The Sylvestro Benedictine monks of Sri Lanka also welcomed the new Bishop of Kandy, His Lordship Rt. Rev. Dr. Dewshritha Valence Mendis, renewing the long held traditional intimacy between the Bishop of Kandy and the Sylvestrine monks.
