Navy renders assistance to conduct St. Anthony’s Church festival in Palaitivu

The annual festival of St. Anthony’s Church on the Palaitivu Island, Jaffna was successfully held on 01st and 02nd March 2024.

The Sri Lanka Navy supervised the arrangement of sea transportation for religious dignitaries who attended the feast and provided sanitary, medical facilities, drinking water and other infrastructure as well as lifesaving teams for the safety of the devotees.

The main mass of the festival was conducted by the Vicar General of the Jaffna Diocese Very Rev. Fr. P Josephdas Jebarathnam.