🇱🇰 Colombo, Sri Lanka · Roman Catholic · 1834 Closed now

St. Anthony's Shrine, Colombo

St. Anthony's Shrine at Kochchikade in Colombo is one of Sri Lanka's most beloved churches, dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua and visited by Catholics, Buddhists, Hindus and Muslims alike. Rebuilt and enlarged over nearly two centuries, it is a national shrine known for answered prayers; it was struck in the 2019 Easter bombings and has since been restored.

Annual visitors: ≈ 700,000
Location: 6.9628, 79.8586
Local time: 04:05 (Asia/Colombo)

🕘 Visiting hours

Mon–Sun

05:00–20:00

Tuesdays are especially busy with novena devotions.

✨ Saints & blessed venerated here

Saint Anthony of Padua Saint

The shrine's patron, invoked for lost things and urgent needs

Care & donations

Managed by the local diocese / parish of Colombo

The candle wall

2 candles burning now · 161 places

Local time
04:05

Tap an empty holder to light your own candle · €2.00 · hover a flame to see its intention