| The 61st Annual October Festival that is a Service of Thanksgiving for the Unity of the Church - the Church of South India - will be held at the JDCSI Cathedral Church at Vaddukoddai, Saturday October 11, 2008. |
| The chief invitee and the one who will deliver the sermon at the worship service will be the Rev Angela Tampiyappa, resident pastor of St George's East St Kilda, Victoria, Australia. Prior to leaving for Australia, the Rev Angela Tampiyappa served in the Jaffna Diocese where she made a major contribution to some of the most neglected and socially sidelined communities in Jaffna. |
| During the worship service two decons will be ordained as presbyters and three evangelists as deacons. |
| Following the worship service, the congregation will march in procession to the Otley Hall at Jaffna College where a public meeting will be held under the chairmanship of the Rev A Mathanarajah, missionary and presbyter in charge of the Colombo Church. |
| A fellowship lunch will follow and in the afternoon there will be a variety programme of music, dances and skits in which a number of children and young people will participate. |
| The first of these festivals took place October 10, 1947 soon after the Church of South India came into being and on that occasion, the saintly bishop, the Rt Rev Dr Sabapathy Kulandran was enthroned as the Bishop of the Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India. |
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